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At least six people have died after Russia launched hundreds of missile and drone attacks on energy infrastructure and residential targets in Ukraine overnight. A strike on an apartment building in the city of Dnipro killed two people and wounded 12, while three died in Zaporizhzhia. Two people died in a Russian strike on an apartment building in Dnipro In …

The Museum of West African Art (MOWAA) has refuted reports suggesting it was being officially commissioned this month, explaining that the formal opening is planned for next year to allow the completion of ongoing construction and broader stakeholder engagement. The management said the activities slated for November are preview events and the launch of Nigeria Imaginary: Homecoming, an expanded version …

Russia says it is closely following developments surrounding reports of possible United States military action in Nigeria, following comments by former US President Donald Trump. Foreign Ministry spokeswoman, Maria Zakharova, disclosed this on Friday while responding to a question from Anadolu Agency during a press briefing in Moscow. Zakharova urged Washington to respect international law and act responsibly in its …

Speaking at the 2020 Leadership Newspaper Award and Conference in Abuja on Thursday, the spiritual leader of Muslims in Nigeria noted that God did not make a mistake putting all the various groups in Nigeria together. The Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III has urged Nigerians to drop their various separatist agendas.  Speaking at the 2020 Leadership Newspaper Award …

As residents prepare for the polls, one question remains: Will this election bring progress for women’s political participation, or reinforce familiar patterns of exclusion? On Saturday, voters in Anambra State will elect a new governor to lead the state for the next four years. As residents prepare for the polls, one question remains: Will this election bring progress for women’s …

According to the sources, each state governor who has recently defected to the APC got a total package of N250billion. The Bola Tinubu’s Presidency has been accused of a massive financial inducement scheme engineered to lure opposition governors and lawmakers into the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).  Top sources within the Presidency told SaharaReporters on Friday that the ongoing wave …

President Bola Tinubu met with the Sultan of Sokoto, His Eminence Muhammad Sa’adu Abubakar, on Friday at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. The meeting, which took place in the first-floor office of the President, was said to be part of wide consultations President Tinubu is having with religious and traditional leaders in the wake of the United States President, Donald …

In the brief obtained by SaharaReporters, Amupitan made a damning conclusion: “There is evidence that genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity have been committed by both State and non-State actors,” he wrote. Nigeria’s newly appointed Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof Joash Ojo Amupitan (SAN), in a 2020 report where he wrote a legal brief, accused …

National President of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN), Bishop Francis Wale Oke, has reaffirmed that the ongoing killings and attacks on Christian communities across the country amount to genocide, urging both local and international stakeholders to collaborate in tackling the crisis. Bishop Oke dismissed recent rumours claiming he denied the existence of genocide against Christians in Nigeria during his …

Umm Shukry inspects her olive trees one by one, just as she did every year for a decade. But this olive harvest season is different. Nearly all her trees are damaged; their branches bare and brittle. Examining each limb, she feels exhausted with sorrow. “I am suffocated. I am suffocated from seeing my hard work turn out like this,” she …