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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 …

  The enforcement of the sit-at-home had resulted in deadly attacks and destruction of goods in Nigeria’s South-east for years, despite being cancelled repeatedly by the Mr Kanu-led IPOB. The outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) says its convicted leader, Nnamdi Kanu, has directed “total cancellation” of sit-at-home across Nigeria’s South-east. IPOB spokesperson, Emma Powerful, disclosed this in a statement …

Fresh indications of reconciliation have emerged in Rivers State after President Bola Tinubu intervened in the lingering political crisis during a late-night meeting in Abuja. A source within the Villa told Vanguard that the President held talks with the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike; Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara; and other key political stakeholders from the state. …

A rights activist, Dr Joe Okei-Odumakin, has described Senate’s rejection of mandatory electronic transmission of election results as a step backward for Nigeria’s democracy. In an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Lagos, Okei-Odumakin expressed concern about the Senate’s decision. Okei-Odumakin, the President of the Centre for Change, said that the decision was troubling. She …

The Director-General of the Michael Imoudu National Institute for Labour Studies (MINILS), Issa Aremu, has cautioned media practitioners against sensational reportage that conferred undeserved publicity on the cowardly activities of bandits and terrorists. Aremu made the call on Sunday in Ilorin on the sidelines of his electronic membership registration with the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Baboko Ward in Ilorin …

The Headquarters, 1 Division/Sector 1, Operation Fansan Yamma, has denied reports alleging protests by residents of some communities in Kaduna State over displacement of villages and closure of schools. The denial is contained in a statement issued, by Lt.-Col. Shu’aib Umar,acting Deputy Director, Army Public Relations 1 Division Nigerian Army on Sunday in Kaduna. He described the report, circulated by …

President Bola Tinubu on Sunday received the Commander of the United States Africa Command (USAFRICOM), Gen. Dagvin Anderson, and his delegation at the State House, Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the meeting was attended by the National Security Adviser (NSA), Malam Nuhu Ribadu, and the Service Chiefs. Also present was the Charge d’Affaires of the U.S. …