The Nigerian government has been accused of secretly detaining a prominent Zaria-based Islamic scholar, Sheikh Sani Khalifa, for over three weeks without charge, raising serious concerns about human rights abuses and violations of due process.   Sources told SaharaReporters on Saturday that Sheikh Khalifa has been in custody for 23 days, with his whereabouts unknown to family members and...

Skuki  Skuki did not rise quietly through the Nigerian music industry. They burst in with energy, slang, dance moves, and unapologetic party vibes. At a time when Afrobeats was evolving and the club scene was expanding rapidly, Skuki positioned themselves as the life of the party. But before the flashing lights, wild stage performances, and catchy anthems, there were two brothers with a...

Episode 3: THE FINAL SACRIFICE I knew, in that moment, that there would be no sunrise for me. The room shook as Daniel stepped closer, his bones cracking and rearranging themselves with every movement. He was no longer a child. He was something ancient wearing my son’s face like borrowed skin. His shadow crawled across the walls, stretching far beyond his body, touching the bones in the...

Lawrence Anini    In the turbulent decade of the 1980s, when fear gripped many parts of southern Nigeria, one name echoed louder than the rest. That name was Lawrence Anini. He became one of the most feared criminals in Nigerian history, a man whose actions shook the nation and exposed deep cracks in the country’s security system. Early Life and Background Lawrence Anini was...

The Federal Government of Nigeria has expressed strong concern over the deportation of 13 Nigerian nationals by the United States via Ghana, a move it says was carried out without prior consultation. The deportees, along with one Gambian, were flown out of the U.S. on a military cargo plane and handed over to Ghanaian authorities, despite having no legal or personal ties to the country....