Sahara Reporters

For Inspector Imayuse Odion Stephen, May 20, 2025, began like any other day of service to his country. An operative with the Intelligence Response Team (IRT) of the Nigeria Police Force, he was travelling through Edo State on an official investigation when his mission took a sad turn.

The Osun State government has accused the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Oyebamiji, of corruption involving a $20million World Bank primary healthcare grant and the alleged mismanagement of state-owned mining licences. The accusations were contained in a statement issued on Monday and signed  by the Spokesperson to the Governor, Olawale Rasheed,

In an interview with CBS News cited by Reuters, Trump suggested that the military campaign by the United States and Israel had significantly weakened Iran’s capabilities.

A review by SaharaReporters of the public payments portal, Govspend, has shown that the office responsible for debt management in Nigeria, the Debt Management Office spent N52.1million on tea for its staff in 2025.  Records on the portal show that on August 29, 2025, a sum of N8.6 million was paid to Diamond Seasons Nigeria

Former Super Eagles coach, Festus Adegboye Onigbinde, has died at the age of 88. According to family sources, the veteran football administrator and respected tactician passed away on Monday, March 9, 2026. His death was confirmed in a statement released by the family, which described him as a devoted sportsman, community leader, and a major

Despite fiscal provisions in Nigeria which frown at government funds being paid into private accounts, the Nigerian government has paid amounts running into over N2billion into the personal accounts of four ex-militants for the 2025 fiscal year. This development is based on a review of the public payments portal, Govspend.

The Kwara State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) is deepening in crisis, following protests in the Irepodun Local Government Area over allegations of manipulation and imposition of party executives. Aggrieved party members staged a protest on Sunday at the Irepodun Local Government Secretariat, accusing the state leadership of altering ward and local government

A 26-year-old fallen sergeant, Benjamin N. Pennington of Glendale, Kentucky, died on Sunday after suffering severe injuries during military operations in the Middle East on March 1 at Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia. According to the United States Department of War, Pennington was serving with the 1st Space Battalion under the 1st Space

United States President, Donald Trump, has said the US would offer asylum to members of the Iran Women’s National Football Team if they face being forced to return to Iran, warning that the players could be in grave danger amid the ongoing conflict involving Iran.

Governor Dauda Lawal of Zamfara State has defected from the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), in a dramatic political development that has further deepened the crisis rocking Nigeria’s political opposition. SaharaReporters gathered on Monday that the governor dumped the PDP alongside his deputy, Mani Malam Mummuni, and several