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  A large contingent of security personnel, comprising agents from the Department of State Services (DSS) and police officers, has surrounded the office of the Committee for the Defence of Human Rights (CDHR) in Ikeja, Lagos State.  The security operatives laid siege to the office known as Rights House, at 43, Adeniyi Jones Avenue, off Oba Akran Avenue, Ikeja. A heavy security presence, comprising both uniformed and plainclothes operatives, was deployed to the office on Friday...

SaharaReporters also found that a total sum of N23billion as budgeted for same items by 17 states.  A budget review of states fiscal estimates for the 2024 fiscal year has shown that over N7billion was budgeted by the Adamawa, Borno and Yobe state governments as honorarium and sitting allowances.SaharaReporters also found that a total sum of N23billion as budgeted for same items by 17 states. The states studied in this report are; Osun, Ekiti, Ondo, Oyo,...

Footage broadcast by TV GloboNews showed a large area on fire and smoke appearing to billow from an apparent plane fuselage.    A passenger plane carrying 62 people has crashed in the state of Sao Paulo, Brazil.    Footage broadcast by TV GloboNews showed a large area on fire and smoke appearing to billow from an apparent plane fuselage.    The plane carrying 62 people, including crew members, has crashed in the city of Vinhedo,...

The payments were broken into N1.6 billion for “Domestic Interest/discount” and another N58 billion paid for “Domestic Principal.” A review of the budget performance documents of Kano State has shown that a sum of N60billion was spent by the state on public debt charges between April and June 2024.   The N60billion was spent in the second quarter and this is despite the fact that only N4.6 billion was budgeted to be spent by the...

This would mean that the state plans to spend N122.5 million for each vehicle meant for the Speaker and Deputy Speaker. A review of the budget performance documents has shown that the Ondo State government budgeted the sum of N245million to buy two Lexus jeeps for the Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the House of Assembly.   This would mean that the state plans to spend N122.5 million for each vehicle meant for the Speaker...

Over 400 escaped inmates including several Boko Haram terrorists have remained at large for two years after the attack on the Kuje Medium Custodial Centre in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.   Despite ongoing efforts, security agencies have been unable to recapture the fugitives.   According to data on the Nigerian Correctional Service’s website, over 400 inmates who fled during the jailbreak on July 5, 2022, are still unaccounted for. The figure includes Boko Haram...

Nigerians on Saturday hit the roads in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, for a one-million man march marking the 10th day of the nationwide protest against hunger, hardship and bad governance under President Bola Tinubu.   Protesting Nigerians on Saturday morning carried banners and placards in photographs seen by SaharaReporters in Abuja in the 10th day of the nationwide protests.    Some of the placards read, “End Bad Governance in Nigeria,” “Nigerians are tired of...

  The Inspector General of Police, IGP Kayode Egbetokun, has denied the police excessive use of force on the protesters and shooting of live ammunition at the protesters during the ongoing nationwide hunger and hardship protest.   The IGP’s denial came on Tuesday while fielding questions at the joint security press briefing in Abuja, despite video and photos evidences making the rounds on social media of policemen shooting live ammunition at the peaceful #EndBadGovernance protesters. ...

A video has surfaced showing Chris Uba, a prominent Peoples Democratic Party figure from Anambra State, physically assaulting an artisan who “completed a job at his London residence but was not paid”.    Although the details of the job and agreement are unclear, the 36-second video obtained by SaharaReporters on Monday evening shows a man, a foreign national, requesting payment for the work done.    In response, Uba, formerly a political heavyweight in Anambra State,...