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A former deputy director with the Bureau of Public Enterprises, BPE, Charles Osuji, has admitted to collecting bribes on behalf of its former Director-General, Nasir el-Rufai. Osuji confessed in Abuja on Saturday before the Senate Ad-hoc Committee investigating the privatisation of companies and institutions by the BPE saying he was going to Adenuga on behalf of El-Rufai even when the ...

State Security Service(SSS) personnel have started monitoring sermons in mosques and churches in Kogi State, Nigeria. The act is meant to prevent the spread of religious speeches that can inflame and provoke violence. The Director of Security Services for Kogi State, Mike Fubar, said that his organization will also monitor the outdoor preaching and other religious events. Fubar added that ...

Meet Titilayo and Kayode, two American students learning Yoruba in college and who recently spent 9 months perfecting the language in Nigeria. A talented drum player, Kayode opened this short video with his ‘Banta’ performance when the duo visited a Nigerian restaurant in Brooklyn, New York. In this video, recorded in the studio of SaharaTV, you will find out why ...

A radical Muslim sect operating in the northeast has shot dead another prominent cleric from the region, the latest in a string of targeted assassinations terrifying the area. Police say 65-year-old Liman Bana died Friday night after being shot while walking home from conducting prayers at the main mosque in Ngala, Maiduguri. Borno state police spokesman, Abubakar Kabiru, said Saturday ...

Chery Automobile is making moves to build an assembly plant in Kenya to tap East African demand and further strengthen Chinese links with the continent. “They (Chery) are discussing with the Chinese government so that they can get some $50 million to invest in Kenya through an assembly plant,” said Mr Justus Nguu, the director of Stantech Motors, the Kenya ...