With just weeks to go before Tanzania’s October 29 general election, serious doubts are mounting about whether the polls will be free or fair. Human Rights Watch (HRW) has released a damning report accusing President Samia Suluhu’s government of silencing…
At this year’s United Nations General Assembly in New York, African leaders came out strong against Israel’s assault on Gaza and global inequality. But when it came to Africa’s own blood-soaked wars in Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo…
Veteran Yoruba actress, Lola Idije, has bared her heart on what it really means to walk the road of single parenting. In a candid conversation with fellow actress Ayo Adesanya, she admitted that raising children alone is one of the…
The family of Peace Onyesom, a lawyer recently called to the bar, has cried out after she and her sister, Gift Onyesom, were kidnapped along the Okene-Auchi road on Friday, September 23. The incident happened while Peace was returning from…
The Federal Government has announced that this year’s 65th Independence Day anniversary will be celebrated on a modest scale. Minister of Information and National Orientation, Alhaji Mohammed Idris, revealed this at a pre-independence press briefing in Abuja on Monday. According…
An Abuja-based NGO, the Society for Rule of Law in Nigeria (SRLN), has raised alarm over the alleged poor treatment of workers at SaharaReporters. The group claimed that editorial staff of the online news platform are treated like slaves, earning…
A gruesome discovery was made in the Edo State forest, where the lifeless body of Kingsley Ogbeibu was found tied and in an advanced state of decomposition. Ogbeibu, a resident of Eguare Emu, had been kidnapped from his farm five…
Former Kaduna lawmaker, Senator Shehu Sani, has appealed to the management of Dangote Petroleum Refinery over the recent dismissal of some Nigerian workers. He asked the company to recall the affected staff and respect their rights to unionize. Sani also…
Nigeria has recorded a major breakthrough in its digital trade transformation with the global registration of its Tax Identification Number (Tax-ID) and the recognition of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) as the country’s official Peppol Authority. The achievement, supported…
Nigeria’s Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil), Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, has announced that the country’s oil production has climbed from 1 million barrels per day (bpd) to 1.8 million bpd, with a target of 2.5 million bpd in the…
