Tag: saharareporters

Since the #EndSARS protests started across Nigeria over 12 days ago, I can only recall seeing President Muhammadu Buhari reading a prepared speech into camera for a little over a minute regarding an issue that has sparked national outrage, attracted global attention and solidarity.   Almost everywhere you turn across the country, sponsored thugs and organised criminals are having a… Read More

The Nigerian Government has done the unthinkable by ordering the execution of peaceful protesters in cold blood. The Presidency and the Lagos State Government, alongside the Nigeria Police Force and the Nigerian Army, have turned against the constitution. The essence of our democracy, the preservation of lives, and the rule of law are gradually fading away in the atmosphere of… Read More

The streets of Nigeria are coursing with the blood of innocents felled by guilty bullets of state agents. The Nigerian flag has turned scarlet from being a sponge soaking up the living fluid of harmless citizens who thought that the murderers would respect the symbol of the nation and spare their lives. The bodies of citizens are broken, littering the… Read More

If you are angered by the brutality meted out on peaceful protesters by security forces under direct orders from Nigerian government authorities…  … be creative and express your displeasure through any peaceful means – create and share a song, poem, video/audio recording, speech, article/story, blog, animation, cartoon, sculpture, painting, theater work, anything.  Sign on to petitions and join up to… Read More

Dear beloved,  If you are reading this, then the ultimate has happened. We have laid down our lives for the cleansing of the land we call home, upon the ground we were birthed and one whose prosperity clenches the vein of our heart.  Our death was never planned, all we wanted was the chance to stay alive. Forget what some… Read More

* We made bonfires at the barricade during our time as youth protesters. * They now play music, make stages and invite artistes to play for them in a carnival-like environment attracting a massive crowd. * We were inspired to struggle based on our practical experience, locally and internationally, and our exposure to revolutionary ideas and historical events which we… Read More

There are lots of issues that need to be addressed in Nigeria if we really want an egalitarian society. There are lots of evil being perpetrated in the nation. I always laugh when some misinformed people continue to say Nigeria is a giant of Africa. Yes, they may be right because Nigeria is giant in corruption, favouritism, nepotism, tribalism, non-challenge… Read More

How long, how long will it take? For as long as it will take. The people will die of hunger. They will be murdered in their beds in the dead of night by Boko-Haram terrorists. Their daughters will be violated, The heads of their sons will hang on spikes. Their old men and women will wither away and the innocent… Read More

Yesterday evening was another terrible evening in Anyigba, a town in Dekina local government area of Kogi State when some hoodlums led by the SSA on security in Dekina local government and APC chairmanship candidate for the December Council election in the state beat and molest over four hundred youths and Pastors who were on “Prayer Walk.” One of the… Read More

For a time I held my peace on the #EndSARS movement. In fact, I had tuned off certain matters about Naija. There was a time I became frustrated by Nigerians and disappointed in many of my compatriots for their apparent cowardice, hiding behind the nondescript covers of prayers. There is power in prayer (I know this as a Christian believer… Read More