According to Sahara Reporters, Police in Ondo State have arrested a suspected kidnapper who slept off while planning to abduct a renowned pharmacist in the state. The suspect, whose real name was yet unknown, was said to have attempted to abduct the owner of the Chinery Pharmacy in Owo, when he was arrested. Femi Joseph,…
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Minister of Communications Adebayo Shittu and Sahara Reporters publisher Omoyele Sowore traded verbal blows in a radio interview over the weekend. The two were invited as guests on Ibadan’s Fresh FM, where Sowore discussed his 2019 aspirations, and the minister countered him. The two ended up trading words, Shittu calling Sowore a daydreamer who is “inconsequential.” “I am consequential because…
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Following the recent allegations of Sahara Reporters that Senator Dino Melaye was not awarded a bachelor’s degree from the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) read more here; he appeared before the Senate today alongside Professor Ibrahim Garba, the Vice Chancellor of ABU, who confirmed that Senator Dino graduated with a third-class degree in Geography. Apparently, Senator…
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Senator Dino Melaye is determined to prove he was graduated from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria with a Bachelors in Geography. Vanguard reports, he would present his is certificate during hearing of a 5 billion Naira libel suit he against an online media outlet, Sahara Reporters, which alleged that he never graduated from the Geography Department…
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The Senate Minority Leader, Chief Godwill Akpabio has denied ownership of Lekki Gardens, Lagos, where a building collapsed, killing over 31 people. A statement issued by Mr Anietie Ekong, Special Assistant to Akpabio on Tuesday in Abuja, described as `unfair to the minority leader,’ linking him to a property he does not own. A…
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Yesterday, Senator Musiliu Obanikoro was accused of moving out of Nigeria so as to avoid being caught by Nigerian investigators by New York based news agency, Sahara Reporters. According to SR, Obanikoro is hiding in a Gwinnnet Count, Georgia, where he reportedly bought a home in 2014. Even more, it said EFCC is in possession…
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Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, Friday, accused an online website Sahara Reporters, of peddling lies and blackmail against him. A statement signed by the Special Adviser to the Senate President on Media and Publicity, Yusuph Olaniyonu, alleged that the online newspaper has taken upon itself calculated attempt to always malign and bring to disrepute, on…
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Media Adviser to Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the immediate past Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Paul C Nwabuikwu, Sunday, faulted a media report suggesting that the former minister was building a multi-million dollar family health facility in Abuja, allegedly from the proceeds of her loot while in office. Nwbuikwu said in a…
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Omoyele Sowore is the publisher of New York-based Sahara Reporters, known for its hard-hitting reporting that is keeping Nigeria’s government officials, individuals and corporations on their toes. Mr. Sowore was on the panelists for BET’s town hall discussion ‘Stolen Innocence: Your Daughters Are Our Daughters’ where he talked about Boko Haram’s kidnapping of the nearly…
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