Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Wednesday quizzed a former governor of Cross Rivers State, Liyel Imoke, for his alleged involvement in the N500million allegedly collected by the chairman of the Cross Rivers State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, Ntufam Okon. Read More…
The Federal Government on Wednesday announced a new pump price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) which should not be above N145 per litre. Read More…
Former Minister of Education, Malam Ibrahim Shekarau has said that the former foriegn affairs minister, Aminu Bashir Wali pleaded with him to share the N950m in his residence. Read More…
Operatives of the 2 Brigade of the Nigerian Army, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, have arrested 17 suspected cultists and armed robbers, even as arms and ammunition were recovered. Read More…
Thousands of angry youth in Kano on Wednesday stormed houses belonging to their Senator and member of the House of Representatives, and set the properties alight, accusing the lawmakers of failing to fulfil their electoral promises. Read More…
President Muhammadu Buhari says he does not want an apology from UK Prime Minister David Cameron for describing Nigeria as a “fantastically corrupt” country. Read More…
A prominent Lagos-based civil rights attorney and human rights activist, Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, was arrested yesterday afternoon at his Lekki office by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. Read More…
Global anti-corruption network, Transparency International, has defended Nigeria and Afghanistan which the United Kingdom Prime Minister, David Cameron, described as ‘fantastically corrupt’ countries. Read More…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Enugu State on Tuesday elected Mr Augustine Nnamani as its chairman for the next four years. Read More…
Over 5,000 members of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, today embarked on a protest march in Aba, Abia state, threatening that nobody can stop the actualization of a sovereign state of Biafra. Read More…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has secured a remand warrant to further detain the Spokesman for the Goodluck Jonathan Campaign Organisation, Femi Fani-Kayode, Read More…
Gunmen suspected to be militants on Tuesday, killed three soldiers at Foropa, Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State. Read More…
The Chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal, Danladi Umar, at the resumed hearing of the trial of the Senate President, Bukola Saraki over false asset declaration, ruled in favour of Saraki Read More…
THE economic recession has struck the sex market in Paradise City, Calabar, capital of Cross River State, forcing working girls to slash their charges to an all-time low of N400 per insertion and N1, 500 – N2, 000 per night for home service due to diminishing patronage. Read More…
Naija Standard – SAMSON SHOAGA/EDITOR, presently in UNITED KINGDOM
“Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you”-Freidrich Nietzsche
Reports reaching us from Bori Ogoni headquarters of khana LGA has it that Three persons believed to be APC loyalist has been feared killed by unknown assailants Monday evening. Read More…
Rivers State governor, Mr Nyesom Wike, has sworn in a new Commissioner for Works, Harrison Iheanyichukwu, with a charge that he must work hard to deliver on the new Rivers projects. Read More…
Loquacious former Minister of Aviation and Campaign Director of the Goodluck Jonathan Campaign, Femi Fani-Kayode, has been remanded in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), sources within the anti-graft body told SaharaReporters on Monday evening. Read More…
A former military administrator of Akwa Ibom State and chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Air Commodore Idongesit Nkanga, has been arrested by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Read More…
SaharaReporters has learned that Ibrahim Uwais, a son of former Chief Justice Mohammed Uwais, died today near Aleppo, Syria as the United States targeted members of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in fierce airstrikes. Read More…
Mr. Lekan Shonde, who allegedly killed his wife, Ronke, surrendered himself to the Rapid Response Squad of the Lagos State Police Command on Monday. Read More…
The Presidency on Tuesday said the statement credited to the British Prime Minister, David Cameron, that Nigeria is a “fantastically corrupt” country is not reflective of the anti-corruption posture of the Muhammadu Buhari administration. Read More…
Senator Ben Murray Bruce, representing Bayelsa East Senatorial District at the upper chamber of the National Assembly Read More…