The Iranian Football Federation (FFIRI) has accused the United States of withdrawing its ticket allocation for Iranian supporters ahead of the forthcoming World Cup. “With less than three days remaining until the start of the 2026 World Cup, the United States has once again acted to obstruct the presence of Iranian supporters. “It wants to…
By Ayorinde Oluokun Nigeria National Security Adviser, (NSA), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu has undertaken a three-day working visit to the United States as part of efforts to deepen cooperation on security, counterterrorism, regional stability, and strategic partnership between the two countries. Special Adviser to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on media and strategy, Bayo Onanuga revealed this…
The U.S. Department of Justice announced the conviction of 25 individuals in a massive email hacking scheme that defrauded over 1,000 victims across 47 states and 19 countries. But they called it a “Nigerian linked fraud organization”. They made it all about Nigeria. Yet here is what they did not tell you in that headline…
US Two dead, several injured in U.S. park shooting near North Carolina school Quick Read A planned meeting between young people to settle a dispute at a North Carolina park spiraled into a mass shooting on Monday morning, leaving two people dead and several others wounded. A planned meeting between young people to settle a…
2 The House of Representatives has raised strong objections to a motion introduced in the United States Senate seeking to classify Nigeria as a “Country of Particular Concern” (CPC) for alleged religious freedom violations, warning that such a move could distort the country’s security realities, strain diplomatic relations, and undermine its sovereignty. The House’s position…
Quit Claim Deeds seen by SaharaReporters reveal that the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, and his wife, Eberechi Suzette Nyesom-Wike, a Court of Appeal judge, transferred their properties in Florida, United States, into the names of their children between 2021 and 2023. President Bola Tinubu appointed Wike as FCT Minister in…
The Concerned Nigerians Group has raised alarm over what it described as “the alarming rise of authoritarianism and the relentless assaults on free speech and civil liberties in the United States.” The group noted that the trend constitutes the greatest threat to world democracy since the collapse of the Soviet Union. In a statement signed…
Nigerian producer Tempoe has scored yet another career-defining milestone with the global smash Soweto, his hit collaboration with singer Victony. The track was officially certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on September 15, 2025, after surpassing 500,000 certified units in sales and streams in the United States. Released on May 5,…
Mary Moore, a widow of an American citizen, was kidnapped on September 8, 2025, in Wuse Zone 3, Abuja, while preparing to travel to Lagos for a scheduled immigration visa interview with the United States consulate. Moore noted the traumatic experience exclusively to SaharaReporters on Thursday. She had planned to board an Air Peace flight…
Bola Tinubu has intervened via his lawyer, Oluwole O. Afolabi, in the ongoing Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit at the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, with a motion seeking to block the unredacted release of records held by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) on…
