The Defence Headquarters has revealed that the recent spike in terrorist activities across the North East and North West is tied to an influx of foreign fighters, in a sobering update on Nigeria’s escalating security crisis. These reinforcements, arriving from the volatile Sahel region, have emboldened terror groups, leading to intensified attacks on military bases…
Nigeria’s President, Bola Tinubu has lauded six accomplished Nigerian scientists and engineers who have been named among the 400 recipients of the prestigious Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) in the United States. The award, established in 1996 by former US President Bill Clinton, is the highest honour granted by the…
The management of Ekiti State College of Nursing Sciences, Ado-Ekiti has directed students to pay N250,000 each as accommodation fee for the current academic session. SaharaReporters learned that the school is charging a total sum of N1 million to accommodate four students in a room. Some of the affected students who spoke…
Nigerian singer Oludipe Oluwasanmi David, professionally known as Spyro, has insisted that he never made money when he was signed onto the record label of music promoter Paul Okoye, popularly known as Paul O. Recall that Spyro said in a recent interview that he was signed to a record label run by Paulo, who owned three Rolls-Royces,…
A High Court sitting in Warri, Delta State on Wednesday, ordered that a 25-year-old man, Oghenevwede Friday, should be remanded to the Warri Correctional Center for allegedly r3ping a 14-year-old girl. The magistrate case adjourned the case till the 4th of February 2025 pending legal advice from the office of the Director of…
Sultry Nollywood actress Omoni Oboli has taken to her social media account to address a recent movie script plagiarism claim against her made by a film producer. The mother of three, in a post on her official Instagram page, shed more light on the claim made by Susan Jimah, who alleged that Oboli’s YouTube film…
Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, Minister of Interior, says 90 percent of expatriates doing jobs meant for Nigerians lack proper work permits. Tunji-Ojo disclosed this when he appeared before the joint national assembly joint committees on interior to defend the budget of the interior ministry on Wednesday, January 15. Adams Oshiomhole, chairman of the senate committee on…
A recent review of budget performance documents for Jigawa, Katsina, and Kebbi states revealed that these states collectively spent a staggering N3.512 billion on refreshments, meals, and honorarium between January and September 2024. What’s even more alarming is that this excessive spending occurred despite the dire poverty situation in these states, with a…
ByteDance-owned social media company TikTok will restore service “in a relatively short time” if the proposed move to ban its operations in the US is reversed. This is according to a report published on Wednesday by Reuters, which stated that unless the court steps in, TikTok will shut its app for U.S. users on Sunday, January…
American actor and film producer, Leonardo DiCaprio has announced a $1 million donation toward operations helping firefighters battle the ongoing Los Angeles fires. ‘The Los Angeles wildfires are devastating our city,’ the A-lister, 50, said Wednesday on Instagram Stories. ‘I am committing $1 million in partnership with @rewild’s Rapid Response Program to support both urgent needs and post-fire recovery efforts.’ The…
