Saharareporters has learned from highly reliable sources that Mr. Badamosi Kabir, a member of the House of Representatives and a son-in-law to the late Nigerian ruler, Umaru Yar’adua, is in a coma in a London hospital. Mr. Kabir reportedly fell … read more
President Goodluck Jonathan vowed Saturday to rid Nigeria of “terrorists” after a bomb ripped through a crowded market in Abuja on New Year’s Eve, killing four people in the latest of a spate of attacks. Speaking at a New Year … read more
Timeline of religious and ethnic violence in Nigeria in the last ten years: 2000 Thousands killed in northern Nigeria as non-Muslims opposed to the introduction of Islamic sharia law fight Muslims who demand its implementation in the northern state of … read more
An investigation into allegations of child abuse and child witchcraft has begin in Uyo, Nigeria today. A commission looking into allegations of child witchcraft in the Nigerian state of Akwa Ibom has commenced today in the city of Uyo in … read more
The main militant group in Nigeria’s oil-rich southern delta said it did not set a bomb that exploded inside a busy beer garden at an army barracks in the capital. The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta sent … read more
Several houses were yesterday burnt with properties destroyed in resumed clashes between K-Dere and B-Dere village communities in Gokana local government area of Rivers State. Six persons had been killed when the fight first broke out between the villagers over … read more
Gunmen suspected to be part of a radical Islamic sect that claimed responsibility for Christmas eve attacks that killed dozens on Tuesday shot dead two policemen in northern Nigeria, police said. In two separate attacks in the northern city of … read more
Chief of Army Staff (COS), Lt-Gen Onyeabo Azubuike Ihejirika, has explained the reason the security authorities in Nigeria have not arrested backslidden ex-militant leader, John Togo. He said though his whereabout is fully known to the army his arrest is … read more
Nigeria’s ex- President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo slumped yesterday afternoon while attending the 70th birthday party of Major General Olu Bajowa in Okitipupa Ondo State. The incident happened at St. Stephen Anglican Church. According to high profile sources at the event, … read more
Nigerian faith leaders have accused politicians of fuelling a recent upsurge in sectarian violence in which 80 people have died. In a joint news conference, Muslim and Christian leaders said politicians were using religion to whip up trouble around the … read more