Issues/Policy

SaharaReporters has obtained a list of at least 91 people tied to influential or highly placed Nigerians who were recently offered juicy appointments by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) in a hiring process that […]

The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, has said that at the moment, importing Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, also known as petrol, is cheaper than producing the product in the country’s refineries.

INVESTIGATORS at the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have stumbled on evidence that showed how prominent politicians, mostly from the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, allegedly shared N3.145billion in the build up to the […]

An Abuja High Court sitting at Jabi has ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, and the Nigerian Army to immediately release Col. Nicholas Ashinze, a former aide to the erstwhile National Security Adviser, […]

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has traced N3.145bn transferred to the private accounts of some members of the Peoples Democratic Party Presidential Campaign Organisation. According to detectives at the EFCC, the money emanated from […]

Grand-Bassam is the latest target as Islamic State, al-Qaida and their local affiliates battle to extend their sphere of influence This latest attack in Ivory Coast – claimed by al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) […]

  Serbian authorities are investigating reports that two missiles were found in cargo headed to the U.S on a passenger flight from Lebanon to Serbia, The Associated Press reports.

Until last Wednesday, I never knew the mandate and responsibility of the Federal Road Safety Corps extended to investigation as to the cause of road accidents and making the reports public. Even if I ever […]

The Senate has accused the Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami,of having ulterior motive in the payment of N50 billion by MTN, as part of fine imposed on it by the […]

The Minister of Information and Culture Alhaji Lai Mohammed has said that he never said that Nigeria’s economy was beyond the control of the president. Mohammed in a statement by Segun Adeyemi his Speacial Assistant […]

The Head, Media Relations and Strategy of the Federal Road Safety Commission, FRSC, Bisi Kazeem, has insisted that late James Ocholi’s driver had no driver’s license record with the commission. Mr. Kazeem said this on […]

The arrest of a middle-aged drug peddler in an internally displaced persons’ camp in Dikwa, Borno State has become a source of worry to the Nigeria Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, officials said. Baba Haruna, […]

With the expected visit this week of South Africa’s President, Mr. Jacob Zuma, there is hope that the lingering dispute between the Nigerian authorities and the MTN Group will be resolved. Minister of Communications Technology, […]

Sad times. All of a sudden nothing is working. The high hopes, the lofty expectations, with which we welcomed President Muhammadu Buhari (PMB) to power less than a year ago, have turned into a mirage, […]

In a hard-line decision, a deputy governor of Central Bank of Nigeria and four deputy directors have been suspended by the apex bank Governor, Mr. Godwin Emefiele, for failing to follow financial regulations and due […]

Despite suspending their strike, Nigerian oil workers insist on the convocation of an all-inclusive conference to discuss the problems facing the oil and gas industry in the country. The nationwide strike suspended on Thursday was […]

“The culprits will not go unpunished. I have been Military Governor, Petroleum Minister, Military Head of State and headed the Petroleum Trust Fund. Never have I heard the words “Budget padding”.” President Buhari, February 23, […]

Like the gold rush of California in 19th century America, the small settlement of Oloibiri, a district headquarters in Ogbia in the defunct Eastern Region, came into limelight in second half of the 20th century […]