The Bayelsa State High Court has ordered a fast-tracked trial for 15 domestic workers who have spent nearly six years in detention at the Okaka Correctional Centre, Yenagoa, without conviction, over missing jewellery belonging to former First Lady Patience Jonathan. SaharaReporters gathered that the order came after the prosecution and defence teams reached a…
The House of Representatives Public Accounts Committee has directed Remita, a financial technology firm, to refund N182.77 billion to the federal government. The sum was allegedly withheld from the Treasury Single Account (TSA) since 2015. The directive was issued on Wednesday during a committee meeting in Abuja, following the submission of a forensic audit…
Photograph by Nathaniel St. Clair “Man is what he eats,” (“Der Mensch ist was er isst“) is a well-known pun in German on ist (to be) and isst (to eat) from the 19th century German philosopher Ludwig Feuerbach. More than a pun in German, it is an excellent short summary of Feuerbach’s material criticism of…
Burkina Faso authorities has seized a total of 133 tons of drugs across the country in 2024. The announcement was made during the CNLD’s 20th ordinary session in Ouagadougou by the Inspector General of Police Emmanuel Kaboré, permanent secretary of the National Committee for the Fight Against Drugs (CNLD). These seizures were the result of…
Hamas late Thursday signaled rejection of Israel’s latest truce proposal and called for a “comprehensive” deal to end the 18-month-long war. The comment by the Palestinian militants’ chief negotiator came after civil defense rescuers in Gaza said a rash of Israeli air strikes killed at least 40 people, most of them in encampments for displaced…
