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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 …

The Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday fixed November 20 for the delivery of judgment in the terrorism case brought against the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu. Justice James Omotosho announced the date while ruling on the matter after Kanu failed to open his defence, having exhausted the six days allocated to him by …

The move comes despite the increase in crude oil prices to an average of $64 per barrel, yesterday from $62 per barrel the previous day. Dangote Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) trucks loading Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) at the Dangote Petroleum Refinery gantry, during a press conference to mark the first anniversary of petrol rollout and the official presentation of CNG-powered …

African and international efforts to stop the war have been slow. Now, swift action, including the possible invocation of R2P, is vital. After an 18-month siege, the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) captured El-Fasher, the capital of Darfur, Sudan, on 26 October. The city, until recently the last stronghold of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) in Darfur, is now under …

Nancy Pelosi has announced her retirement from Congress, ending a decades-long career that saw the California Democrat become one of the most powerful figures in US politics. In a video message on Thursday, Pelosi said she will not be seeking re-election to Congress at the end of her term in January 2027. It marks the end of a storied political …

The bill recommends that the sanctions be imposed under the Global Magnitsky framework, a system of laws that allows the US government to target foreign individuals or entities involved in human rights abuses. A new bill, which seeks to impose sanctions and other restrictions on individuals and bodies allegedly responsible for violating religious freedom in Nigeria, has been introduced to the US …