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Proceedings in the protracted trial of Rabiu Sheriff, a retired Assistant Police Commissioner and former Chief Security Officer to ex-Adamawa Governor Murtala Nyako, were stalled on Thursday after the state Chief Judge, Justice Hafsat Abdulrahman, adjourned the matter to February 26 for adoption of the prosecution’s final written address.
The trial of former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, over an alleged ₦80.2 billion fraud continued on Thursday before Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuja, with a prosecution witness explaining how ₦46.5 million was transferred into the account of the American International School.
More than 160 worshippers abducted by bandits in Kurmin Wali village, Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State, have been released. A competent source with knowledge of the developments surrounding the abduction confirmed to SaharaReporters on Thursday that the victims, who were kidnapped in January 2026, have regained their freedom.
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Some newly promoted officers of the Nigeria Police Force have petitioned the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, over what they describe as an unfair effective date attached to their recent elevation from Inspector to Assistant Superintendent of Police II (ASP II). The officers, who spoke through a formal petition addressed to the IGP and
A resident of Vandeikya Local Government Area of Benue State, Terzungwe Samuel Ater, has accused the council chairman, Mr. Guda Godwin, also known as Bia Kusa, of physically assaulting him during the demolition of houses in Ihugh community on Tuesday evening.
The Presidency under President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has shifted responsibility for Nigeria’s staggering poverty rate to state governments and the 774 local government councils, declaring that they, not the Federal Government, should be blamed for the 133 million Nigerians classified as multidimensionally poor.
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The federal lawmaker representing Cross River State North, Senator Jarigbe Agom Jarigbe, has denied allegations of procurement contract breach levelled against him by a civic technology organisation, TrackaNG. John Adie, the media aide to Senator Jarigbe, in a release on Thursday reacted to SaharaReporters’ report, noting that the lawmaker did not have a company linked
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The Kano Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday, February 5, 2026, arraigned a former Vice Chancellor of the Federal University Dutsinma, Katsina State, Prof Armaya’u Hamisu Bichi, over an alleged N19.7million bribery scheme.
A Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court in Abuja has convicted and sentenced a former Managing Director of the Nigerian Export-Import Bank (NEXIM), Robert Orya, to a cumulative 490 years imprisonment over a N2.4 billion fraud.
BREAKING: Abuja Court Jails Ex-NEXIM MD Robert Orya For 490 Years Over N2.4Billion Fraud Read More »
The Senator representing Kogi Central, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, has condemned the recent killings in parts of Kwara State, describing the attacks as unacceptable and deeply troubling. In a statement issued on Wednesday, the senator called for the swift arrest and prosecution of the attackers responsible for the massacre. The senator warned that the continued bloodshed poses
