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A review of public records on the federal payments portal, Govspend, has shown that the National Sports Commission spent a total of N877 million on fencing works at the Moshood Abiola Stadium, Abuja. Payments seen by SaharaReporters on the portal indicate that the funds were disbursed in two separate transactions on the same day to […]
No fewer than six passengers lost their lives while 23 others sustained varying degrees of injuries in a road traffic crash that occurred along the Lagos–Ibadan Expressway, around the Four Square Camp area. The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) confirmed the incident in a statement issued on Monday in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, by
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A viral video showing Nigerian Senator Adams Oshiomhole rubbing a woman’s foot aboard a private jet has continued to spark outrage across social media platforms. Fresh findings by SaharaReporters have revealed that the woman is not Oshiomhole’s wife, contrary to earlier speculation online. Some social media users had claimed the woman in the footage was
Tension gripped the Ogbor Hill area of Aba, Abia State, following the discovery of a large object suspected to be a bomb within the premises of the United Evangelical Church, Ehere/Umuola. However, no fewer than 100 persons would have been dead if the object had exploded. SaharaReporters gathered that the suspected explosive device was first
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The announcement that PayPal would finally allow Nigerians to receive international payments through a partnership with Paga has met, not with celebration, but with a furious and revealing debate. For many, this is not a lifeline but a provocation, a belated attempt to profit from a market forced to mature without it. This reaction is
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The Ghanaian government has temporarily suspended citizenship applications for people of African descent as the government moves to review and reform a process that has been widely criticised for being costly, complex and difficult to complete. The programme, introduced in 2016, allows individuals who can demonstrate ancestral ties to Africa to apply for Ghanaian citizenship.
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At least half of health facilities in Nigeria lack the capacity to adequately treat snakebite envenoming, a new global report has revealed, raising fresh concerns about preventable deaths and disabilities across the country.
At least half of health facilities in Nigeria lack the capacity to adequately treat snakebite envenoming, a new global report has revealed, raising fresh concerns about preventable deaths and disabilities across the country.
An anti-genocide activist, Franc Utoo, has alleged that those responsible for the June 2025 attack on the Yelwatta community in Benue State, in which hundreds of people were killed, are known to both locals and authorities, but that the Nigerian government lacks the sincerity to bring them to justice.
