Tag: Nigeria

Twitter founder Jack Dorsey appoints 3 Nigerians into Bitcoin trust fund

By Ismail Auwal Three Nigerians have been selected to the board of the Bitcoin (BTrust) trust fund by Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey. Dorsey, who stepped down...

Report: 322 police officers, 642 soldiers — how security operatives were killed in one year

In what appears to be a festival of bloodletting, at least 964 officers of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) and the Nigerian military were...

Internal rifts put Zamfara, Katsina camps of bandits on collision course

By Ismail Auwal An internal conflict between two bandit camps is said to have worsened in recent days. The conflict occurs between bandits from the Batsari...

Buhari leaves for Turkey amidst #SecureNorth protests

By Sahelian Times President Muhammadu Buhari will on Thursday leave Abuja for Istanbul, Turkey to attend the third Turkey-Africa Partnership Summit, hosted by President Recep...

Northern Nigerian youths defy DSS’ threat, stage #SecureNorth protests in major cities

By Ismail Auwal Youths in northern Nigeria have defied the threats of the Department of Security Service (DSS), and stormed the streets of major cities...

Nigeria, banditry, Buhari: A system failure [I]

By Abdulhamid Al-Gazali There is no doubt about the fact that the past provides us with far more effective tools for addressing our socio-political and...

Children might be recruited for crime during Christmas, DSS warns

By Sahelian Times   The State Security Service, SSS, has called on parents and guardians to be watchful of their children and wards as students return...

UAE resolves row with Nigeria, gives Air Peace 7 slots after diplomatic tension

By Sahelian Times After weeks of diplomatic row, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has granted Air Peace seven slots at Dubai Airport, after the back...

Breaking: MTN, MAFAB emerge winners of Nigeria’s 3.5GHz spectrum auction

By Ismail Auwal The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has declared MTN Nigeria and Mafab Communications winners of the two slots of the 3.5GHz spectrum auction...

UK to lift travel ban as Nigeria considers retaliation

  By Sahelian Times The United Kingdom is about to scrap the travel ban imposed on countries after the detection of the Omicron variant of COVID-19,   Nigeria...

The anointed one and his diehards, the region and anagnorisis

By Sani Abdulrazak Five times he called on his region and presented himself, five times they answered and voted him en masse. To them, he...

Black Axe: Leaked documents shine spotlight on secretive Nigerian gang

By Ismail Auwal A violent mafia-style gang in Nigeria linked to murder and fraud has infiltrated the country's political system and launched a global scamming...

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