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By Idahosa Musa Some electorates in Uromi, Esan North-East Local Government Area, Edo State on Friday evening lamented what they described as inhuman treatment and abandonment melted out to  them by a certain political party contesting in the Edo Central Senatorial by- election. The people who lamented bitterly over their ordeal at a certain beer parlour in the town, said …

In a video seen by SaharaReporters, some persons around the inferno were observed in a confused state as the fire raged on. The Ibadan-based radio station owned by veteran singer, Yinka Ayefele, is currently being razed by fire.  In a video seen by SaharaReporters, some persons around the inferno were observed in a confused state as the fire raged on. …

Russia launched 85 attack drones and a ballistic missile at Ukraine overnight, Kyiv said Saturday, hours after Russian leader Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump held their Alaska talks. US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin meet during a US-Russia summit on Ukraine at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, on August 15, 2025. (Photo by ANDREW …

With fighter jets, a red carpet and a hopeful slogan — “Pursuing Peace” — plastered on the wall, President Donald Trump welcomed his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin for a summit in Alaska on Friday whose results remained entirely unclear once it abruptly ended. After meeting for nearly three hours, the two men emerged to proclaim progress. But they exited their scheduled news conference without …

•Says: Heed WTO DG’s call for growth, jobs, social safety nets The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has urged President Bola Tinubu to focus on the overlooked aspects of Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala’s recent assessment of the Nigerian economy, accusing the Federal Government of cherry-picking her remarks for political gain. The party faulted the government for celebrating Dr. Okonjo-Iweala’s acknowledgment of economic …

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska (AP) — President Donald Trump failed to secure an agreement from Vladimir Putin on Friday to end Russia’s war in Ukraine, falling short in his most significant move yet to stop the bloodshed, even after rolling out the red carpet for the man who started it. “There’s no deal until there’s a deal,” the U.S. president …

Nigeria’s headline inflation rate eased for the fourth consecutive month in July 2025, falling to 21.88 per cent from 22.22 per cent in June, figures from the National Bureau of Statistics have shown. The latest Consumer Price Index report released on Friday revealed that the July rate was 0.34 percentage points lower than the previous month and 11.52 percentage points …

Rice is a staple food for many households in Nigeria, and demand for it continues to rise as Nigeria relies heavily on imports to meet local consumption Ndianaabasi Innocent stared forlornly at his rice farm in Ekoi Atan Ubom, a village in Ini Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State in south-south Nigeria. “I invested about N400,000 in the four …

National Security Adviser to President Bola Tinubu, Nuhu Ribadu, has noted that national security has beyond arms and ammunition, rather it is about human security. Ribadu stated this at the second edition of the Association of Telecommunication Companies of Nigeria (ATCON), a strategic meeting with stakeholders on the Executive Order for Critical national information infrastructure, held in Abuja. The meeting …

The Director-General of the World Trade Organisation, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has praised President Bola Tinubu’s economic reforms for stabilising Nigeria’s economy despite widespread hardship, and called on the government to focus next on growth and protecting vulnerable citizens. Mrs Okonjo-Iweala, a former Nigeria finance minister, said this on Thursday while speaking to journalists after her meeting with Mr Tinubu. “You cannot …