Movement for Emancipation of Niger Delta, MEND has expressed displeasure and anger over a news report published by online news organisation, Sahara Reporters in which the Bayelsa State Governor, Douye Diri was said to have leaked a explicit video of his affair with the Speaker of the South African Parliament, Zanele Sifuba. While saying that…
Abba Gumel, Nigerian-born US-based Professor of Mathematical Biology, has been elected Fellow of the American Mathematical Society (AMS).He is among distinguished mathematicians elected for 2023 Class of Fellows of the Society. Gumel was recognised for his contributions to the mathematical theory of epidemics, applied dynamical systems, and promoting the use of mathematics to help solve…
Pioneer Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Nuhu Ribadu, has said that the All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, is the most sellable of those vying for the presidency in the 2023 elections. Ribadu, who doubles as the Director of Stakeholder Relations for the Presidential Campaign Council, stated this at the official…
The Senator representing Borno South senatorial district, Mohammed Ali Ndume, has called for a 50 per cent slash in the salaries of the National Assembly members in order to recoup money and allocate same to meet the pressing demands of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). Ndume made the call on Friday in Maiduguri, Borno…
Nigerian singer, Kizz Daniel, has been confirmed as one of the headline performing artistes at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. The World Cup organisers, FIFA, made the confirmation on Friday as they listed the five official performing artistes for the event. In FIFA’s list of headliners for the FIFA Fan Festival during the World…
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has dismissed reports that he was behind the crisis currently rocking the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Jonathan in a statement signed by his Media Adviser, Ikechukwu Eze, said he had served his country “meritoriously at both the state and federal levels, and having been out of office for almost eight…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has filed a suit seeking the disqualification of Babajide Sanwo-Olu as the Lagos governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC). In the suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/1972/22, dated October 17 and filed before a federal high court in Abuja, the PDP is also seeking to invalidate the nomination of 40 other state assembly…
As political campaigns continue to ramp up ahead of the 2023 general elections, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu has said if elected, his government will tackle bottlenecks in the mining sector, including the challenge of illegal mining.Tinubu, who made the promise on Thursday during a strategic town hall on mining…
“Meltdown Being Tracked Real-Time”: Elon Musk On Reports About Crypto Exchange FTX Hacking The Bahamian cryptocurrency exchange FTX has announced that it has been hacked and advised users not to install any future updates and to remove all FTX apps According to the report, more than $600 million in cryptocurrency reportedly fled the wallets of bankrupt…
Multiple sources on Friday told SaharaReporters that the officer attached to the Federal Operations Unit Zone D in Adamawa State had been arrested and detained. Owombo Segun John, an officer of the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) who raised the alarm on how refined petroleum products, especially the Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), otherwise called petrol, is…