The Kogi State Vigilante Service has successfully apprehended a notorious thief, Lamidi Amoto Lucky, in the Inorere Ogaminana community, located in Adavi Local Government Area of Kogi State.Suspect Caught in Early Morning OperationAccording to reports, the Adavi Command team of the vigilante service arrested the suspect around 4:00 AM on January 27, 2025, during a well-executed operation.Spokesperson S. O. Saka confirmed in a statement released in Lokoja on Friday,...

Efforts to position Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) as a cost-effective alternative to petrol in Nigeria are facing significant obstacles.Despite the federal government’s directive to sell CNG at a subsidized price of N200 per standard cubic meter—far cheaper than the over N1,000 per litre cost of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS)—the initiative is struggling due to inadequate infrastructure.Currently, Nigeria has only about 50 operational CNG refuelling stations, primarily m...

A Nigerian man, Kolawole Oladeji, has been imprisoned since 1999 after being sentenced to death for allegedly being in possession of a stolen generator. Now 64 years old, Kolawole, who worked as a generator repairer, has spent over two decades in custody, first in Ogun State and later at Kirikiri Maximum Security Prison, Lagos State.In an exclusive audio recording obtained by SaharaReporters, Kolawole revealed that his ordeal began on October 30, 1999, when a stolen...