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Promiseland has launched a new project site at Katampe Extension, Abuja.   The Promiseland “City View KATAMPE EXTENSION” is covered by FCDA RofO and CofO.   According to the CEO, Amb. Lawrence Oloche, the commitment of PromiseLand to build 100,000 housing units is UNSHAKEN.   Promiseland Katampe Extension is now selling fast.    Take advantage of this opportunity and be among those to enjoy the Serenity and fascinating City View of Abuja.   In Promiseland Estate, the future is promisin...

Human rights activist and presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC) in the last general elections, Omoyele Sowore, on Wednesday gave a comprehensive update on the trial concerning the trumped-up treason charge brought against him by the Nigerian government. Sowore noted the Nigerian government after being unable to prosecute him for the farcical charge brought a prosecutor who was “pesky, rude, uncouth and unprofessional” to the point that she told the presidential candidat...

Several young people in Kenya have died or been maimed as a result of corporal punishments heaped on them in schools, BBC Africa Eye Investigation has revealed.   According to the report, cases of corporal punishment are still prevalent in schools in Kenya despite being outlawed in 2001.   In ‘Taught to Fear: Corporal Punishment in the Classroom,’ the BBC spoke to young victims and their families seeking justice, as well as the Kenyan teachers fighting back to end the brutal form of punish...

  A mob of angry residents in Kogi State on Wednesday mobbed and nearly killed an Assistant Superintendent of Police who identified himself as ASP Samuel.   Samuel was accused of working with Governor Yahaya Bello’s appointee, Friday Makama, to attack and disrupt the campaign rally of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) candidate in the November governorship election, Alhaji Muritala Ajaka.

A young boy has been rescued by some concerned citizens in Apamisede area of Lokoja, the Kogi State capital. In a video obtained by SaharaReporters, the young boy was seen being tortured and buried alive by his elder brother who claimed he was instructed by the boy’s mother to punish the erring boy. The elder brother, who was caught by neighbours, said he buried the boy alive after their mother directed him to punish the boy for stealing N1000.

  Residents of Zamfara State in Northwest Nigeria have raised the alarm over the persisting violence in the state with prevailing cases of bandit attacks, kidnappings and killings of the people.   Some of the residents condemned the state governor, Dauda Lawal for attending social functions like weddings and partying while residents were being killed.   One of the residents of the state, Aliyu Mai Kakee, told SaharaReporters that the people of the state were living in fear as a result of freq...

  A Delta State-based, self-proclaimed human rights activist, Harrison Gwamnishu, has declared that he is in “serious debt” and not mentally stable.   Gwamnishu contested to become a member of the Delta State House of Assembly as a candidate of the Labour Party in the March 18, 2023 legislative election but lost.   In a series of Facebook posts on Sunday, Gwamnishu claimed that he owed N110,000,000 and had paid N72,000,000, leaving him with a debt of N38,000,000 to offset.  

Protesting workers gathered at the Federal Ministry of Works, Abuja, on Thursday as they locked the minister, Dave Umahi, inside his office.   The workers, who accused Umahi, former Ebonyi State governor, of highhandedness, added that the minister prevented workers who were late to work from gaining access to the ministry.   The union members comprising the Housing and Works Ministry decided to lock up the ministry. The workers also blocked entry and exit into the building thereby preventing t...

The Supreme Court has assured Nigerians that the fire outbreak that occurred at the apex court building on Monday morning did not affect any material or anything connected with the presidential election petition.   The Public Relations Officer of the Supreme Court, Festus Akande, who gave the assurance during an interview on Arise TV shortly after the fire incident, said the fire outbreak occurred in one chamber of the court and affected the library, computer gadgets and other equipment.  

  A video has surfaced on the internet showing the ward chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress in Arigidi, in Akoko North West, Olumide Awolumate, assaulting Dr. Bunmi Osadahun, the Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Development.   SaharaReporters gathered that Osadahun was also attacked by other leaders of the party over the distribution of palliatives aimed at mitigating the impact of the government’s removal of fuel subsidy.