Merrill Lynch Wealth Management, an arm of Merrill Lynch Bank of America, which provides financial strategies and solutions to countries and high networth corporates and other organisations globally, has blacklisted customers resident in Nigeria, undermining recent achievements by some Nigerians … read more
A Nigerian court has sentenced a former spokesman of the militant Islamist sect Boko Haram to three years in prison. Ali Sanda Umar Konduga was arrested last month with Nigerian senator Ali Ndume, who is accused of backing Boko Haram. … read more
Malam Abdulkadir Apaokagi, an Abuja-based Islamic scholar, on Sunday in Abuja, called for death penalty for same sex marriage in Nigeria. Apaokagi in a sermon at the weekly prayer session of Nasrul –lahi-L-Fatih Society of Nigeria (NASFAT), said gays in … read more
A serious blast rocked the northern city of Kaduna today killing 10 people including a pregnant woman and two kids. Eyewitness told Saharareporters that the early morning explosion happened in a market in Ogbomosho area alongKatsina road opposite former Scala … read more
A two-year-old girl, Rejoice Aradu, who was kidnapped by hoodlums on November 30, 2011, in Rivers State, was later abandoned by her captors due to her persistent crying. Aradu’s captors, who are already in police net, confessed to have demanded … read more
The director-general of the National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency (NESREA), Dr. Ngeri Benebo, has stated that the December 31 deadline given for the ban of 2-stroke engines still stands despite calls for extension. Benebo said that, after the … read more
Nigerian senate has passed a bill banning same-sex marriages, defying a threat from Britain to withhold aid from nations violating gay rights. The bill by Africa’s most populous nation calls for a 14-year sentence for anyone convicted of homosexuality. Anyone … read more
The State Security Service, on Wednesday, paraded seven suspects for circulating threatening text messages and emails to foreign embassies. According to the security agency, the messages caused the Eid-il-Kabir Boko Haram attack scare in Abuja earlier in November. Chinwedu Josiah, … read more
Defying pressure from Western countries against legislation that limits rights of sexual minorities, the upper chamber of Nigeria National Assembly, the Senate, on Tuesday passed a bill to prohibit same sex marriage. Tagged Same-Sex Prohibition Bill, the law proposed up … read more
Calls for the government to bring an end to the huge cost of the subsidy on fuel must be seen as a clear route to the economic survival of Nigeria , according to presentations made before the Senate committee probing … read more