Wife of Nigeria’s Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, Dolapo, has paid a visit to family of the murdered woman preacher in Abuja, Eunice Elisha. Eunice was a Deaconess at the Divine Touch Parish of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG. She was killed on Saturday, July 10, 2016, by an unknown person while she was…
The alleged abductor of Bayelsa State teenager, Ese Oruru, Yunusa Dahiru, otherwise known as Yunusa Yellow, has been released after about four months in detention. The Kano State-born alleged kidnapper was reportedly allowed to go home after he met his bail conditions. He is standing trial at the Federal High Court in Yenagoa, Bayelsa. On…
A new twist has emerged on the on-going investigation by SaharaReporters into properties acquired in Dubai by Chief of Army Staff (COAS), General Tukur Buratai. According to the popular online platform, more details about the officer’s real estate acquisitions estimated at N160 million at the minimum have been uncovered. The news platform claimed when not…
Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to President Muhammadu Buhari, Femi Adesina, has disclosed that Nigerians are still solidly behind the present administration despite what ‘critics’ are saying. Adesina, who featured on a phone-in programme on Raypower 100.5FM in Abuja, on Friday, maintained that those complaining of the present tough times in the country are…
Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora, Abike Dabiri Erewa, has described as disheartening the killing of yet another Nigerian, Emmanuel Chidi Nnamdi, in Italy. In a statement by her Special Assistant on Media Abdur-Rahman Balogun, the SSA condemned in totality the murder of an asylum seeker, by an Italian…
Senate President, Bukola Saraki, on Saturday expressed sadness over the death of one of the last set of the nation’s founding fathers, elder statesman, Shettima Ali Monguno, who he described as a detribalized Nigerian and worthy ambassador. Saraki in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Yusuph Olaniyonu, in Abuja noted that…
The Federal Government has announced the appointment of Air Vice Marshal Saliu Usman as the new Chief of Defence Intelligence, CDI, for the armed forces. His appointment followed the numerous security challenges facing the country particularly the resurgent militancy in the Niger Delta. Usman takes over from Major General John Saduana Davies, who had been…
On Friday, July 8, 2016, former Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Ibe Kachikwu, handed over to his successor, Maikanti Baru. Baru was appointed as the new NNPC boss this week by President Muhammadu Buhari. Kachikwu, who is presently the Minister of State, Petroleum Resources, said he is confident Baru would…
The newly appointed Comptroller-General of the Nigerian Prisons Service, NPS, Ja’afaru Ahmed, has been accused of falsifying his age. According to SaharaReporters, in 2015, Ahmed used an age completely different from what he put down when he joined the NPS. Ahmed was appointed by President Muhammadu Buhari in May 2016 as successor to Peter Ekpendu.…
An FCT High Court Seating in Apo, Abuja, has struck-out the Motion filed by the former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Ali Modu Sheriff that prayed it to set aside the Court Judgment that nullified the process that produced him as National Chairman. In his Judgment delivered on Friday July 8, 2016,…