Human rights activist and former presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore, has condemned the Nigerian government over the Contributory Pension Scheme (CPS), describing it as a fraudulent system deliberately designed to impoverish police personnel and other workers while enriching fund managers and political elites. Speaking at a protest organised by retired Nigerian police officers at the National […]

A Nigerian woman trapped in Libya has made a desperate plea to the Nigerian government and the Chairperson of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), Abike Dabiri-Erewa, to urgently facilitate her return home, citing threats to her life and the risk of imprisonment. SaharaReporters’ findings showed that the woman’s appeal surfaced on TikTok on Monday

French authorities have opened an investigation into the sudden death of South Africa’s Ambassador to France, Nkosinathi Emmanuel “Nathi” Mthethwa, who was discovered lifeless outside a hotel in western Paris. Mthethwa, 58, was found near the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Porte Maillot late Monday after his wife reported him missing, having received what she described

A coalition of 130 Pan Yoruba groups has petitioned the United Nations (UN) Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, warning of an alleged plan by terrorist forces to wage war on the Yoruba people of Western Nigeria. In a letter signed by the Alliance for Yoruba Democratic Movements (AYDM) and sent to Guterres, the groups said the

The Federal High Court in Abuja began proceedings on Tuesday in two suits filed by rights activist Omoyele Sowore against the State Security Service (SSS), also known as the Department of State Services (DSS), and social media giants Meta (owners of Facebook and Instagram) and X Corp (formerly Twitter). The cases, marked FHC/ABJ/CS/1887/2025 (Sowore v.

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has condemned what it described as the “cowardly silence and shameful betrayal” of governors, traditional rulers, and political leaders from the South-East over the continued detention of its leader, Nnamdi Kanu. In a press statement issued by IPOB’s spokesperson, Comrade Emma Powerful, on Tuesday, the group accused South-East leaders

The planned arraignment of human rights activist Omoyele Sowore on charges of alleged defamation and cyberstalking of President Bola Tinubu was stalled on Tuesday after the Department of State Services (DSS) failed to serve him with the charge sheet. Sowore is the first defendant in a five-count charge filed by the DSS, with social media