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Grainy footage of a frail man seated beside a walking frame has pushed Uganda’s record on enforced disappearances back into public argument, nearly a year after opposition activist Sam Mugumya vanished from a hotel in Mbarara City. The video, which began circulating on social media around July 31, 2026, appears to show Mugumya, 47, visibly…
Millions of Nigerians who have spent years chasing paper trails for a document as basic as a birth certificate now have a digital route, following the full rollout of the National Population Commission’s electronic civil registration platform. The commission’s chairman, Dr Aminu Yusuf, announced at a press briefing in Abuja that the VitalReg platform,…
The Association of Senior Staff of Banks, Insurance and Financial Institutions (ASSBIFI), Nigerian Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) Unit, has elected a new executive council to steer the affairs of the union, with Dr. Umar Mohammed Mijinyawa emerging as Secretary General. The election, held in a peaceful and transparent atmosphere, also produced Mr. Ibrahim…
Prince Adeniyi Matthew Adeyemi, the embattled figure at the centre of the Presidential Foreign Investment Promotion Council controversy, has formally asked the House of Representatives to grant administrative clearance that would allow him to appear and testify before its ad hoc investigative panel. In a statement issued by his legal team led by Festus Akhigbe,…
Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State, Chairman of the All Progressives Congress National Campaign Council for the Osun State governorship election, has directed all subcommittees under the council to submit their resolutions and proposals by Thursday as the party intensifies preparations for the 15 August poll. Uzodimma issued the directive on Monday while addressing…
The Federal Government has increased the coupon on its second power sector bond to a range of 17.85 per cent to 17.95 per cent, higher than the 17.50 per cent fixed rate on the inaugural issuance, as it seeks strong investor demand for a N728.98 billion instrument designed to clear legacy debts owed to…
At least 1,932 people lost their lives in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe states between April and June 2026, according to the latest humanitarian access snapshot released by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. The figure comes from data compiled by the Humanitarian Access Working Group drawing on records from the…
Nearly a year after he was first arraigned, Omoyele Sowore’s cyberbullying trial over remarks about President Bola Tinubu is still without an end in sight, the latest sign of how slowly Nigeria’s cybercrime-related prosecutions of government critics tend to move through the courts. The Sahara Reporters publisher and African Action Congress presidential candidate returned…
The long running financial dispute between the Okoye brothers took another public turn on Sunday, August 2, 2026, when former P Square manager Jude Okoye used an Instagram video to reject claims by his younger brother, Peter Okoye, popularly known as Mr P, that he diverted more than $1.2 million in music royalties. Jude…
Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana, has pushed back against the Federal Government’s contemplated electricity tariff increase, arguing that Nigerians should not be made to pay more for a power supply that has barely improved despite trillions of naira in interventions since the sector was privatised thirteen years ago. Speaking to journalists in Ilawe…
