Sahara Reporters

Sahara Reporters is a digital platform that connects global journalists and social advocates, focusing on delivering insights, features, and news from a Nigerian and African viewpoint. This distinctive organization was established in line with Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, uniting everyday individuals devoted to uncovering the truth and sharing it boldly and without bias. With its core members committed to advocacy journalism, Sahara Reporters acts as a hub for reliable reporting of verified news and honest social commentary, empowering anyone who wants to voice their opinions in the interest of the public and the greater good.

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Nigerian Climate Advocate Launches Guinness Record Attempt To Plant 27,000 Trees In 24 Hours

2 days ago | saharareporters.com | Daniel Okonkwo

A Nigerian climate advocate, Micheal Odenigbo, has launched an ambitious bid to set a new world record for the most trees planted by an individual within 24 hours.
Why Buying A House In Nigeria Is A Trap For The Uninformed, By Daniel Okonkwo

3 days ago | saharareporters.com | Daniel Okonkwo

There is a profound sense of relief and security that comes with owning a home. Unlike renting, homeownership offers numerous benefits—long-term financial stability, the ability to build equity, and the freedom to personalise your living space to your taste. While it comes with its responsibilities—such as property maintenance, taxes, and regulatory compliance—the advantages often far outweigh the costs.
Inside The Oval Office, Trump’s New Lair By Azu Ishiekwene

1 week ago | saharareporters.com | Azu Ishiekwene

The world has never been short of demagogues and fools, but the remedies have often matched the supply. In 1990, during President Nelson Mandela’s thank-you tour of the world, he was asked at the City College of New York, Harlem, NY., why he remained friends with Muammar Gaddafi, Yasser Arafat, and Fidel Castro. He replied that he didn’t think it was the business of any country to choose South Africa’s friends. These people stood by South Africa in its hour of need; why should he betray them now?
#OpEd: Before Nuhu Ribadu Rides Off Into Fantasy-Land, By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu

2 weeks ago | saharareporters.com | Chidi Odinkalu

Marte, the headquarters of the eponymous Local Government Area (LGA) on the western floodplains of the Lake Chad in Borno State, north-east Nigeria, has been a site of lingering contest between Nigerian troops on the one hand and Islamist insurgents of Boko Haram on the other for over one decade. At 3,154 km2, Marte LGA is just a little under the size of all of Lagos State.
#OpEd: Ishaq Oloyede’s Cross, By Azu Ishiekwene

2 weeks ago | saharareporters.com | Azu Ishiekwene

he last time a public official wept on national TV, Nigerians regretted offering her towels instead of buckets to collect her tears. She was acting, but we didn’t know it. Diezani Allison-Madueke had just been appointed Minister of Transport and went on a tour to assess some major roads. At the Benin end of the Lagos-Benin highway, she broke down and wept. She was seeing for the first time, outside her bubble, what Nigerians knew and endured daily: poor, hazardous roads. Her tears changed nothing.
EXCLUSIVE: Approved Abuja Estate Demolished On Wike’s Orders ‘Without Notice’, Minister Accused Of Land Grab

3 weeks ago | saharareporters.com | Dave Johnson

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#OpEd: How The Military Taught Nigerians The Art Of Looting, By Owei Lakemfa

3 weeks ago | saharareporters.com | Owei Lakemfa

It will be fallacious to say the military taught Nigerians how to steal. In truth, stealing maybe as old as humanity itself. In fact, stealing is so old that it features in the Ten Commandments God reportedly gave humanity: ‘Thou Shall Not Steal’. However, while the politicians who stole before military rule commenced in Nigeria, were petty thieves, the Generals raised the standard to actual ‘state capture’.
Nigeria: The Making Of A Judicial Selectorate, By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu

4 weeks ago | saharareporters.com | Chidi Odinkalu

Anambra North senatorial constituency comprises seven Local Government Areas (LGAs). These are: Anambra East, Anambra West, Anyamelum, Ogbaru, Onitsha North, Onitsha South, and Oyi. The contest to represent it in the election to the Senate in 2007 turned out to be memorable for all the wrong reasons. Voting in the election occurred on 28 April 2007.
Adesina, Onanuga And The Matter Of Being Better Off, By Azu Ishiekwene

1 month ago | saharareporters.com | Azu Ishiekwene

The President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Akinwunmi Adesina, ruffled presidential feathers on Monday when he said in a speech during the 20th Anniversary dinner of the financial services company, Chapel Hill Denham, that Nigerians were better off in 1960 than they are today. The Special Adviser to the President (Information & Strategy), Bayo Onanuga, immediately disagreed, saying that Adesina used a narrow, perhaps one of the most contested metrics, to measure the country’s progress.
Blessed Are The Crooked Judges, By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu

1 month ago | saharareporters.com | Chidi Odinkalu

When he was a Justice the Court of Appeal in the Port Harcourt Division, during the tenure of Mohammed Bello as Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Alloysius Katsina-Alu was the subject of allegations of serious misconduct which ended up before the Advisory Judicial Committee (AJC), the predecessor to the National Judicial Council (NJC). Upon finding the allegations established, the AJC determined that Katsina-Alu would be denied elevation beyond the Court of Appeal.