Nigeria has more existential problems besides poverty. Another major problem is the national habit of clapping for wealth without asking where it came from. In far too many places, public respect is no longer earned by service, sacrifice or productivity. It is bought with convoys, designer clothes, noisy parties, foreign trips and bundles of cash…

[mc4wp_form id=33047] The Ekiti Renaissance Movement (ERM) has concluded a grassroots sensitisation campaign against vote buying and vote selling, urging residents to protect the sanctity of their votes ahead of the 2026 Ekiti State governorship election. The campaign, led by members of the movement, traversed several parts of Ado-Ekiti, engaging traders, motorists, commuters and residents…

The Assistant Controller General of the Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS) visited the Kuje Correctional Centre as part of an inquest into the death of Rwandan national Benjamin Relasss, and preliminary findings have pointed to serious negligence on the part of the facility’s medical officer, sources inside the prison have told SaharaReporters. According to the sources,…

At the bustling Oke-Arin market in Lagos, Mama Nneka sells rice. The premium shelf groans under imported Thai and Indian brands, plastic packaging gleaming under fluorescent lights. In a dusty corner, bags of locally milled rice from Kebbi carry the label “Proudly Nigerian,” but attract few hands. “Customers say it doesn’t swell enough, it has…