by Ranti Joseph Boko Haram insurgents released a total of 158 women and children abducted from Katarko village and they have been reunited with their families in Damaturu, Yobe. The victims were released by the sect members after three weeks of captivity. The state Commissioner for Justice and Chairman of the State Committee on Rehabilitation... Read More
by Chinwe Okafor The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has stated that visually impaired candidates will not be excluded from the Computer Based Test in the forthcoming Universities Tertiary Matriculation Examination. In a statement on Thursday, The Registrar of JAMB, Prof. ‘Dibu Ojerinde, represented by the Director of Test Administration, Dr. Yusuf Lawal,... Read More
by Chinwe Okafor According to reports by CNN, Bobbi Kristina Brown, the daughter of Bobby Brown and the late Whitney Houston, underwent a procedure to remove her breathing tube on Wednesday. The reports said that Brown underwent a procedure that allows her to breathe through a hole in her throat. CNN’s chief medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta told CNN the procedure... Read More
by Chinwe Okafor The Nigeria Union of Teachers has pinpointed the involvement of pupils in cult-related activities as one of the factors causing unrest in secondary schools in Osun State, the state NUT Public Relations Officer, Mr. Boye Abolurin, revealed in an interview with Punch. According to him, teachers no longer discipline their pupils because of... Read More
by Noble Ezeala The 2015 Essence Black Women in Hollywood Awards went down yesterday in Beverly Hills, building up some anticipation to the Oscars. The red carpet was glamour-packed with Tracey Ellis Ross and Uzo Aduba donning the night’s best looks in Reed Krakoff and L.K. Bennett respectively. Lupita Nyong’o shone on stage while presenting the Vanguard Award to... Read More
by James Sambo Senate members of the All Progressives Congress (APC), have communicated their resolve to block the re-appointment of Senator Musiliu Obanikoro as a minister of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The opposition party senators stated that their decision was borne out of his alleged indictment in the use of the military to rig the... Read More
by Kolapo Olapoju On Thursday, February 19, a pastor based in Borno state, Kallamu Dikwa, corroborated the allegation by the Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi, that the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) gave some pastors billions of Naira to campaign against the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari... Read More
by Chinwe Okafor Think GQ, think MADE. MADE is fast becoming the most stylish men’s magazine in Nigeria, with its ability to transform local celebrities to look like mega super stars. Nevertheless the fashion and lifestyle Magazine is becoming one of the most sought after covers within the industry, with the provision of something different.... Read More
by Chinwe Okafor Just in time for his new single. Iyanya never looked so handsome in an attire. He normally does when he isn’t wearing one- sexy maybe, but handsome. The Oreo artiste was spotted looking dapper in a full black agabada on his Instagram page just as his new single with Diamondz was released... Read More
by Ranti Joseph The Police in Delta on Thursday said it had recovered 7,565 stolen Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) in the state. This is disclosed in a statement signed by the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of the State’s Police Command, Celestina Kalu in Warri, Enugu state. Kalu said that the PVCs were stolen from... Read More
by Chinwe Okafor A man, whose profession was dispatch rider was on Thursday crushed to death by a train in the Fagba area of Lagos State. The victim said to be in his early 30s and identified simply as Johnson, was working with a courier service in Ikeja before he met his untimely death. Johnson, whose wedding... Read More
by Anike Jacobs A suspected 64-year-old ritualist, Michael, who lured an 11-year-old girl, Faith Irabor, from Agbor, Ika South Local Government Area, Delta State, to his home at Egbudu Akah, Aniocha area of the state, has been caught by soldiers. Vanguard reports that Faith was hawking sachet water at the popular Uromi Junction, along Benin... Read More
by Reno Omokri Once a watering hole for anybody who wants to know the truth that those in power do not want you to know, saharareporters.com has reduced itself to a site that is a massive gatherer of negative information on those whose political and ideological leanings differ from the operators of saharareporters.com. When saharareporters.com... Read More
by Chinwe Okafor A middle-aged man has been sentenced to 15 years imprisonment for raping a seven-year-old girl by the Bauchi State High Court presided over by the state Chief Judge, Justice Rabi Umar. Abdullahi was found guilty on the ground that his voluntary confessional statement corroborated with the oral evidence tendered by the victim. The victim... Read More
by Chinwe okafor We wouldn’t exactly say that the kickoff of his 10th year anniversary went great. What with the numerous criticism the first leg of the event got, most saying it was a flop. All that hasn’t deterred Dapo Oyebanjo, popularly known as D’banj, from being grateful for a musical journey which has spanned... Read More
by Anike Jacobs A 21-year-old student simply identified as Bolaji was recently murdered by suspected cultists at a birthday party he organised for his girlfriend in Ondo. According to the Sun, a clash between two rival cult groups during the ceremony claimed the life of the host, alleged to be a member of one of the... Read More
by Adedayo Ademuwagun Would you like to go to Mars — permanently? There’s a nonprofit in the Netherlands called Mars One that’s working to establish permanent human life on Mars within the next few decades. So far they’ve been getting pretty good publicity. They got a lot of media buzz around the world lately when... Read More
by Kolapo Olapoju Ekiti State governor, Ayodele Fayose has claimed that foreign trip made to the United Kingdom, by the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd.), proves that he is sick and lacks the capacity to rule Nigeria. According to Fayose, the clandestine nature of the trip shows that APC leaders... Read More
by Anike Jacobs Another reason to be careful of the kind of friends you keep. A Muslim cleric in the Badagry area of Lagos, Fatai Afobaje, has been arrested for conspiring with some security men at Oko Agbonla, Magbon, to kill his friend, Rafiu Suleiman. Afobaje and Suleiman had been friends for a long time,... Read More
by Isi Esene ‘The Blogger, The Law & The Brand’ is a masterclass panel session hosted by Olorisupergal and Foza, that is targeted at the newly founded niche in media called “Blogging”. The event is going to explore the blogger’s responsibility in the media world, the business opportunities involved and the legal operations in blogging.... Read More
by Chinwe Okafor News went viral of confusion in Oshodi, Lagos on Thursday and it has been revealed that two factions of hoodlums engaged one another in a supremacy battle. The clash which began at 4:30pm in the evening had the hoodlums shooting into the air during the clash and lasted for several minutes, sending shop owners in... Read More
by Adekoya Boladale Far different from the Obasanjo of old who served with Late Murtala Mohammed, the Obasanjo of 1999 was a man changed by the iron bars of the prison. If there was any goodwill Obasanjo worked hard to achieve before 1999 he forfeited it there after. For those of us not privileged to... Read More
by Jewel Stephen The Future project in partnership with AYECI Africa, has commenced yet another laudable initiative; the IAMDIGITAL project, which is geared to train youths with basic computing and communication skills, and also provide them with online learning opportunities, in order to prepare them for the job market. The unemployment situation in the country... Read More
by Chinwe Okafor Well this is a clear indication that the myth that kids take after their parents is a… myth. The new fact should be that, they take after their parent but maybe not in their exact footsteps. Thats the case for Farouq Ajobi Ayinde Marshall, son of Fuji music legend, King Wasiu Ayinde... Read More
by Panshak Ibrahim Former Military Head of State, General Abdulsalami Abubakar (retd.), has categorically stated that there will be no interim government. He spoke to journalists during a press conference on Thursday, after a meeting of the Peace Committee, made up of security Chiefs, party and religious leaders. Abubakar, who is the chairman of the... Read More
by Panshak Ibrahim Boko Haram insurgents have reportedly attacked Gaya, a village in Hong Local Government Area of Adamawa State. The attack which claimed the lives of 30 indigenes, occured in the wee hours of Thursday, February 19, in the community which is located near the Sambisa Forest. The insurgent’s attack came not long after... Read More
by James Sambo According to a report by Punch Newspapers, the Jigawa state governor, Sule Lamido, is said to have met with the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Adamu Mu’azu, in Abuja on Wednesday, February 18, to discuss on steps to take in bringing back former President Olusegun Obasanjo, into the fold of the ruling... Read More
by Kolapo Olapoju Oba of Lagos, Rilwan Akiolu, has accused former President Olusegun Obasanjo of being the architect of his own misfortune, stating that he ‘initiated and nurtured’ all the anomalies he’s now complaining about in the PDP. Akiolu made the statement while speaking to journalists on the sideline of the commissioning of four Nigerian... Read More
by Rahman Ganiy “CAVEAT: This is Satirical, albeit based on real persons is purely fictional and is fit for no one’s consumption. Today, My Local Government Area chairman, was in the area to unveil a newly sunk borehole. Belly and being were ordering entities, as though belly was only but an appendage to the body.... Read More
by Nnaemeka Oruh …whoever claims to be fighting for the good of our nation would always stop and ask; “Will the current trend help my nation grow, or will it harm her more?” The tension is palpable. Naked fear walks through the land unchallenged, waylaying people at every turn. While a deadly group of religious... Read More