About 6,750 desperate Nigerian migrants have made it to Europe in the first six months of this year, taking the risky trip through the Sahara Desert to Libya and then another risky trip on rickety boats through the Mediterranean to … read more
A new report says Nigeria’s draconian law against gays has led to mob attacks, police torture, evictions, public whippings and health risks, and asks the country’s new president to repeal the legislation. The Same Sex Marriage Prohibition Act became law … read more
What this writer saw and experienced at Apapa on 24 June, 2015 is no more gridlock in the area. The gridlock has snowballed into chaos. If anyone is in doubt, such a person should visit Apapa after reading this piece. … read more
Some of the Nigerian schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram militants last year have been brainwashed to begin fighting for the Islamist group, with many carrying out public beatings and even killings, other captives have told the BBC. Women who claim … read more
Nigeria’s state oil company earned 8.1 trillion naira ($41 billion) from 2012 until the end of May, but only paid 4.3 trillion to the federal government, the country’s National Economic Council (NEC) said on Monday. The NEC, which includes Nigeria’s … read more
A Liberian has died of Ebola in the first recorded case of the disease since a country at the heart of an epidemic that has killed more than 11,000 people was declared virus-free on May 9 after going 42 days … read more
A new opinion poll suggests that 87% of people in Nigeria support the legal ban on same-sex relations. That number is lower than five years ago, when 96% of Nigerians opposed relationships between same-sex couples. Gay rights activists, who commissioned … read more
President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered Nigeria’s security agents to arrest his brother-in-law for allegedly extorting money from an unnamed businessman, a close confidante of the Nigerian leader told Sahara Reporters. He said the suspect, named Musa Yola, was the immediate … read more
A new drug that stops the malaria parasite in its tracks, and could be delivered in a single dose, has researchers excited about treatment prospects for the disease. The newly discovered synthetic compound attacks the malaria parasite at multiple stages … read more
The Agip oil company centre in Ebocha in Ogba Egbema Ndoni LGA in Rivers yesternight was hit by an explosion. VANGUARD reports that a citizen, Lukeson Oguchi, said the fire started at about 11pm after a loud explosion. The cause … read more