Federal Government has taken another major step towards introducing state police in Nigeria, with the Presidential Working Group on the National Policing Bill submitting a draft National Policing Bill, 2026, alongside 29 consequential amendment bills to the Federal Ministry of Justice for legislative drafting review. The draft bills were...
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Barely 35 days after the deadly collapse at the Gidan Best mining site in Taraba State, elders and leaders of Mayokam community in Bali Local Government Area have accused security personnel deployed to secure the area of collecting millions of naira to allow illegal mining activities to continue at...
Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa, has reaffirmed the Federal Government’s commitment to strengthening Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET), disclosing that nearly 250,000 Nigerians are undergoing skills training across more than 1,200 accredited training centres nationwide. Dr Alausa made this known during an engagement with the House...
Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Kaduna State Council, and the Nigerian Army’s One Division have pledged to strengthen collaboration in tackling insecurity and consolidating peace in Kaduna State and the Northwest. The commitment was made when the Deputy Director, Army Public Relations, One Division, Nigerian Army, Colonel Abubakar Abdullahi,...
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has uncovered a suspected counterfeit alcoholic drinks factory in Aba, Abia State, where fake whisky products were allegedly being produced under unsafe and unhygienic conditions. The agency disclosed this in a post shared on its official X account...
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has reacted to the confirmed Ebola case in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), calling for calm and urging Nigerians to follow verified health advice as authorities work to contain the virus. In a post shared on his X account on Tuesday, Atiku expressed concern...
In a major push for food security, the Federal Government has set up a technical committee to immediately accelerate livestock development and staple crop production nationwide. Specifically, the committee is to expedite action on strategic interventions in the agricultural sector, targeting wheat and other staple crops production as well...
The Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) has clarified that its student loan scheme is voluntary and not compulsory for students in tertiary institutions across the country. The agency said the loan was created to support only students who genuinely need financial assistance to pay for their education and should...
*Threatens to sue Saharareporters A retired officer of the Department of State Services (DSS), Nwaogu Ihechimere Ezeakolam, has apologized to the Director- General, Oluwatosin Adeola Ajayi, and the association of retired DSS officers, for leaking an internal matter to an online platform, Saharareporters. The retired officer has written Saharareporters,...
Oyo State Governor, Mr Seyi Makinde, at the weekend, inaugurated newly renovated and fully equipped Chemistry and Physics laboratories at Government College, Ibadan (GCI). The multi-million naira project was donated by the Group Chief Executive Officer of Emadeb Energy Group, Mr Adebowale Olujimi, through the Emadeb Development Foundation, as...
The House of Representatives, on Tuesday, took a major step towards regulating nutrition practice and improving access to professional services for citizens to make necessary sound nutritional choices as lawmakers and stakeholders converged for a public hearing on a bill seeking to establish the Nutritionists Registration Council of Nigeria....
Plateau State House of Assembly has endorsed a proposed constitutional amendment seeking to establish state police in Nigeria, citing security challenges and the need to improve policing at the community level. The endorsement followed the adoption of recommendations by an ad-hoc committee during Monday’s plenary, presided over by the...
Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Ola Olukoyede, has urged students across the country to shun all forms of financial crimes and learn to use the internet responsibly. He made the call in Lagos recently at a sensitisation programme organised by Peace College, Iju-Ishaga, with the...
Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Joash Amupitan, SAN, alongside National Commissioners, Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) from across the South-East Zone, and other senior officials of the Commission, continued the readiness assessment visit to Enugu State ahead of the 2027 General Election, engaging with staff and...
Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 election, has called for stronger partnerships between Europe and Africa to promote good governance, democracy and economic development. Obi made the call in a post on his X account on Tuesday after a series of meetings with...
The United States (US) has commended the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) for dismantling four methamphetamine laboratories linked to Mexican drug cartels in Nigeria, as Chairman, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Rtd), called for sustained or increased American support. The commendation came on Tuesday, October 20, 2026, during...
Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) presidential candidate Peter Obi has defended his recent comments about Nigerians living abroad, saying his message was deliberately distorted by political opponents. He insisted that he never asked Nigerians in the diaspora to stop supporting their families back home but was calling for a country...
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has commenced its South-East zonal readiness assessment ahead of the 2027 General Election, with Chairman, Professor Joash Amupitan, SAN, reaffirming the commission’s commitment to credible polls and calling for stronger collaboration with traditional rulers to ensure peaceful elections. Prof. Amupitan made this known during...
The Sixth prosecution witness, PW6, Liyel Imoke, in the trial of a former Minister of Power and Steel, Olu Agunloye, on Monday, October 19, 2026 told Justice Jude Onwuegbuzie of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, sitting in Apo, Abuja that the Federal Executive Council, FEC did not approve...
Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has urged Nigerian academics and researchers to move beyond publishing scholarly papers and focus on developing practical innovations that address societal challenges, create jobs and generate economic opportunities. The Executive Secretary of TETFund, Dr Sonny Echono, made the call in Abuja on Friday through...