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A Northern interest group, Arewa 100% Focus, has called on the National Assembly to consider the interests of Nigerians and adopt the electronic transmission of results in Nigeria’s Electoral Act Amendment. Its National President, Dr Abubakar Fakai, made the call on Monday in Abuja while reacting to the Electoral Act Amendment passed by the Senate last Wednesday. Although several provisions …

UN human rights chief Volker Türk on Monday called on the international community to intervene immediately to stop more mass killings and other flagrant war crimes against civilians in Sudan. Türk said the call was necessary as the brutal Sudan war shows no signs of ending, “We can only expect worse to come” unless action is taken to halt the …

South Africa has moved to withdraw its peacekeepers deployed at the United Nations Organisation Stabilisation Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) after nearly three decades of service. President Cyril Ramaphosa, in a statement, said he informed UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on January 12 about the decision,. According to him, the decision is influenced by the need to …

The Nigerian Association of Nephrology (NAN) says 11 per cent of Nigerians are infected with kidney disease. The Nephrologists made this known at a news conference after the end of their 4-day Annual General Meeting and Scientific Conference on Tuesday in Maiduguri. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that, worried over the sad development, the association met in Maiduguri …

Parts of Igboland remained largely quiet on Monday as many citizens voluntarily observed the weekly sit-at-home in solidarity with the continued detention of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. In a press statement, IPOB spokesperson Comrade Emma Powerful clarified that the enforcement of the Monday sit-at-home has officially ended following a directive by Kanu over the weekend. …

  The House of Representatives had passed its own version of the bill in December 2025, which differs markedly from that of the Senate. A potential act of subversion of the public good reared its head in the Senate’s rejection of the electronic transmission of election results in real time, from polling units to the Independent National Electoral Commission’s (INEC) …

In a separate document exclusively obtained by SaharaReporters, investigators traced alleged inflows of millions of dollars and hundreds of millions of naira into bank accounts linked directly to Mr. Faleye and entities reportedly associated with him.   The Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF), Oluwaseun Mayomi Faleye, is accused of operating more than 100 …

The most volatile president in living memory is becoming ever more driven by the whiplash of his personal whims. The disciplined execution of the early months of President Donald Trump’s second term — when well-drafted executive orders reshaped Washington and America’s global priorities — are now a memory. Shuttering USAID, gutting the federal government, and assaulting the Ivy League curriculum …

Jimmy Lai leaves the Court of Final Appeal by prison van in Hong Kong, on February 1, 2021.Tyrone Siu/Reuters   Hong Kong — Former Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai has been sentenced to 20 years in prison, ending a years-long legal battle that has come to define Beijing’s transformational crackdown on the once-freewheeling financial hub. The 78-year-old self-made billionaire was among the highest-profile …

  Kwara State Government under Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq failed to release funds earmarked for security equipment, according to a detailed budget performance report covering January to September 2025, contained in documents reviewed by SaharaReporters. In Kwara State, insecurity has remained a major challenge, with residents frequently killed and properties destroyed in repeated attacks by bandits and other non-state actors. Last …