The United Kingdom’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) has issued a fresh travel warning to its citizens, advising against travel to large parts of Nigeria amid escalating insecurity, kidnappings, terrorism, and violent crime. In its latest Foreign Travel Advice published on GOV.UK and obtained by SaharaReporters on Sunday, the British government said insecurity “is increasing across […]

​One month after President Bola Ahmed Tinubu proclaimeda state of emergency over Rivers State last March, on 18 April 2025, former Rivers State Governor, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, and Life Member of the Body of Benchers, Nyesom Wike, held one of his beverage-powered media encounters in Abuja, during which he proclaimed with characteristic exuberance that his successor as Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, “should thank Mr.

The Edo State Civil Society Coalition for Human Rights has condemned the Edo State government and security agencies over what it described as their “negligence, complacency, and inexcusable inertia” leading to the death of a kidnapped seminarian, Alabi Emmanuel.  Emmanuel reportedly died in the hands of his abductors months after being taken hostage. According to

The Federal Ministry of Education’s recent announcement of a revised national curriculum and the plan of the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) to examine it from the 2026 WASSCE has sparked widespread concerns among students, parents, and educators.  The present SS 3 students who will take WAEC’s exam in the next six months will be

Some weeks ago, Senator Ted Cruz of the state of Texas publicly claimed there is an ongoing genocide against Christians in Nigeria and it is state sponsored.  Expectedly, true to our values, we were divided as a people along religious and tribal lines. It further deepened the gulf between us as a people.  Some days

Gunmen on Saturday launched a coordinated attack on polling units in Nri, Anaocha Local Government Area of Anambra State, firing several gunshots into the air and making away with ballot boxes and result sheets. According to eyewitnesses, the attackers stormed the polling centres while voting and sorting were ongoing. Their sporadic gunfire forced voters, ad-hoc

Soludo scored very high margins in all the results announced, leaving his opponents trailing far behind him. The Anambra State Governor, Prof Chukwuma Soludo has won all the 19 local government areas of the state already announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Saturday’s election. Soludo scored very high margins in all the