Investigative News

A physically challenged mother of four, Ms Ruth Matthew, has petitioned the Nigeria Police Force, the Department of State Services (DSS), the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), and the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), accusing popular cleric Prophet Jeremiah Omoto Fufeyin of Mercy City Church, Pastor Chris Okafor, actress and […]

The trial of a former Head of Service of the Federation, Winifred Oyo-Ita, resumed on Tuesday, at the Federal High Court in Maitama, Abuja, with a prosecution witness insisting that the defendant made her statements to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) voluntarily and under caution.

Nigerian police officers on Tuesday fired tear gas to disperse students of Kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin, who were protesting against the relocation of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) orientation camp to their campus. SaharaReporters gathered that the incident occurred after students blocked the main gate of the institution to prevent newly deployed corps members

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) on Tuesday held “Trump Solidarity Rallies” across parts of the South-East, with demonstrators renewing calls for the immediate and unconditional release of its detained leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu.

A Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja has struck out the 2017 defamation lawsuit filed by the General Overseer of Omega Fire Ministries Worldwide, Apostle Johnson Suleman, against activist and SaharaReporters publisher, Omoyele Sowore, and Canada-based woman, Stephanie Otobo, over alleged lack of diligent prosecution.

Troops of Operation FANSAN YAMMA (OPFY), Joint Task Force North West, have reportedly neutralised four terrorists and arrested three others during coordinated military operations across parts of Zamfara State, the Nigerian Army has said.

The trial of Adeniyi Kayode, the 46-year-old driver involved in the accident that claimed the lives of Nigerian-born boxing star Anthony Joshua’s close friends, Latif Ayodele and Sina Ghami, has been adjourned to February 25, 2026. The case, initially scheduled for hearing at the Sagamu Magistrate Court, was postponed after prosecuting counsel Richard Nigiwe informed

The Nigerian Army Headquarters has directed all its formations, units, and departments to immediately submit the National Identification Numbers (NIN) of serving personnel as part of the Federal Government’s ongoing tax reforms.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday, arraigned a businessman, Wilson Opuwei, alongside his company, Dateline Energy Services Ltd., before Justice Olubunmi Abike-Fadipe of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, over an alleged $550,000 fraud.

The Amnesty International has condemned the “incessant intimidation and harassment” of Pastor Kayode Olawoye, a cleric and activist known for advocating improvements in road infrastructure across Ogun State.