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  Some hoodlums believed to be thugs working for the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led Kogi State Government have again attacked members and supporters of Mr Murtala Yakubu Ajaka, the governorship candidate of the Social Democratic party in the November 11, 2023 election in Kogi State.   SaharaReporters reliably gathered that the political thugs who wore masks invaded the residences of the SDP members in Okene and burnt all their belongings for allegedly preparing or testifying...

Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN, has warned the Nigerian military not to bungle the case of the 17 Nigerian Army personnel killed in Okuama Community in the Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State.    Falana, who said that murder was not a military offence said that the authorities of the armed forces should be made to realise that the military could not arrest, detain, investigate and charge civilian suspects with any offence...

    One of the eight persons declared wanted by the Defence Headquarters in connection with the killing of 17 military personnel in Okuama community, Delta State has turned himself in.   Clement Ikolo, the King of Ewu Kingdom in the Ughelli South Local Government Area of the state, on Thursday, turned himself in to the authorities by going to the state police command. Before turning himself in, the monarch spoke to Galaxy TV, saying...

The police refused to release the detained social media influencer, Martins Vincent Otse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan on Sunday, blaming it on Easter break. SaharaReporters learnt on Sunday that VeryDarkMan was supposed to regain his freedom on Easter but the police claimed there were no personnel available to process his release due to the Easter celebration. A source privy to the matter told SaharaReporters on Sunday that even though the Chairman of the Police Service...

The AEDC, while confirming the development to its customers through its social media handles, said the national grid collapsed at about 4:28pm.     Nigerians have again been thrown into darkness as the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) on Thursday announced another national grid collapse. The AEDC, while confirming the development to its customers through its social media handles, said the national grid collapsed at about 4:28pm. In the notice, the power distribution company said,...

The Nigerian Air Force has detained one of its personnel over his TikTok videos.   SaharaReporters gathered that the personnel, CPL AI Garba was known for posting video content comparing how US military officers with their counterparts in West African countries.   A relation of Garba revealed that he had been locked up at an underground cell in Abuja since his arrest in February.   “It’s been over six weeks now that he has been...

Mrs Yuki Gambaryan, wife of one of the Binance executives detained by the Nigerian government, Tigran Gambaryan, has called on the United States’ government for intervention on her husband’s continued detention in Nigeria.   Yuki made the call through the US Senator, Cory Booker, and Congresswoman Sara Jacobs, who led a delegation to President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday at the State House.   In a statement made available to journalists, she said, “For more than...

The Syrian Defence Ministry has accused Israel of launching a series of airstrikes near Aleppo on Friday morning.The strikes, which West Jerusalem has not acknowledged, RT reports, killed around 40 people, citing media reports. “Around 1:45am, the Israeli enemy launched an air attack from the direction of Athriya, southeast of Aleppo, targeting a number of points in Aleppo countryside,” the ministry said in a statement.The ministry provided no precise account of casualties or damages, but...

        Former governor of Bayelsa State and serving Senator, Seriake Dickson, has accused top people residing in Lagos and Abuja as masterminds of the oil theft on the Niger Delta soil.     Dickson, who is a Senator representing Bayelsa West in the National Assembly made this revelation when he appeared on “Inside Sources” with Laolu Akande, a socio-political programme which was aired on Channels Television on Friday.     He went...

  K Padmarajan, 65, has contested elections for range of offices, from local council to Indian presidency, and lost all of them   An Indian man who has contested 238 elections and lost every single one is set to embark on his 239th electoral campaign this year.   Known as India’s “elections king”, K Padmarajan, 65, has contested elections for a range of offices, from the local council to the Indian presidency, and lost all...