Governor Monday Okpebholo of Edo State announced on Wednesday in Benin that he has begun mobilising support for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s 2027 reelection bid. The governor disclosed this while receiving Kaycee Osamwonyi, an Edo House of Assembly member. Mr Osamwonyi defected from the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the ruling All Progressives Congress…
A taxi owner was gunned down in Diepkloof, Soweto, on Tuesday afternoon while getting a haircut, in what police suspect may be another incident linked to the ongoing turf war between rival taxi associations in the area. The brazen attack took place inside a local barbershop. According to an eyewitness, three armed men entered…
.Silas Jonathan, the digital investigations manager for the Digital Technology, Artificial Intelligence, and Information Disorder Analysis Centre (DAIDAC), has won the 2025 Michael Elliot Award for Excellence in African Storytelling for Nigeria. The International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) made this announcement via its official X handle @ICFJ. “Announcing the 2025 winners of the Michael Elliott Award for…
Niger’s military government has a taken a decisive move signaling a break from its colonial legacy, as it has officially designated Hausa as the nation’s new national language, effectively altering the status of French. The language shift was enshrined in a newly released charter, published in a special edition of the government’s official journal on…
The Lagos State Government has arrested and arraigned the principal of Babs Fafunwa Millennium Senior Secondary School, Ojodu-Berger, for allegedly attempting to cover up the sexual molestation of 11 female students by a teacher at the school. A source familiar with the case confirmed to SaharaReporters that the principal, Osunrinde Omotayo Abiodun, was arraigned by…
