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Over Taiwan’s Qingming holiday weekend, as families cleaned ancestral graves and crowded around dinner tables, a familiar debate has resurfaced: should this island democracy rely more heavily on the United States for its security or try to reduce tensions by engaging with China? For some, the war in Iran has raised urgent questions about how much attention the US can …

  In December 2016, SaharaReporters reported how Wike, then as Rivers State Governor, was caught on tape as he held telephone conversations with INEC officials, political thugs, youth groups, and community representatives handpicked by him. An audio recording of FCT Minister Nyesom Wike threatening an INEC official in 2016 has resurfaced amid public outrage over his recent threat to shoot …

Explosions have been reported on Iran’s Kharg Island, from which almost all the country’s oil is exported, according to the semi-official Iranian news agency Mehr. Mehr reported “several explosions” but provided no further details. US President Donald Trump has on several occasions threatened to bomb the island or to seize it. On March 30, Trump said in a social media …

Abuja: Residents of the FCT), have expressed optimism that with the approval of N3.3 trillion by the Federal Government to settle the long-standing debts owed generation companies, electricity supply will improve. The residents spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Tuesday. NAN reports that Mr Bayo Onanuga, the Special Adviser to the President on Information and …

The crew of the Artemis 2 lunar mission has travelled further from Earth than any humans ever before, the US space agency NASA announced on Monday. The four astronauts travelled 406,711 kilometres from Earth, eclipsing the 400,171 km record set in 1970 by the crew of the Apollo 13 mission. The Artemis 2 crew – U.S. astronauts Victor Glover, Christina …

UN Secretary General António Guterres called on the United has States and Israel to refrain from attacking Iran’s power plants and other civilian infrastructure, warning that such strikes would violate international law. “Even if specific civilian infrastructure were to qualify as a military objective, international humanitarian law would still prohibit attacks against them if they may be expected to cause …

Eight countries forming the core of the OPEC+ group of oil producers have voiced concern over Iran’s attacks on energy infrastructure as oil shortages persist amid the war in the Middle East. “Restoring damaged energy assets to full capacity is both costly and takes a long time, thereby affecting overall supply availability,” the countries said in a joint statement after …

The Nigeria Data Protection Commission (NDPC) has begun investigation into an alleged data breach involving Remita Payment Services Ltd., Sterling Bank and other institutions. Mr Babatunde Bamigboye, Head, Legal, Enforcement and Regulations at NDPC, said this in a statement on Monday. Bamigboye said a notice of investigation was duly served on April 1, in line with the commission’s procedures. According …

An International non-profit organisation, Hague Institute for Innovation of Law (HiiL), has stressed the need for Nigerian government to formalise the African traditional dispute resolution system to increase citizens’ access to justice. The Country Representative of HiiL, Dr Ijeoma Nwafor, made the call while featuring on the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Personality Interview Series on Monday in Abuja. Nwafor …

A Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun, Olatunbosun Oyintiloye, says it is inaccurate to tag President Bola Tinubu as being responsible for the crisis within African Democratic Party (ADC). Oyintiloye, who described the tag as “disturbing”, said this while speaking with newsmen on Monday in Osogbo, Osun. According to him, the leadership of ADC should leave the …