"THE SAHARA REPORTERS VERSUS THE NIGERIAN GOVERNMENT"

(i). This online news organization has operated autonomously, independently and freely from its onset to date from the normal direct interference of the Nigerian government and her security agencies that hate free speech and press freedom. (ii). This online media that is based in the New York city is protected by the Amendment One of the United States constitution that supports the freedom of religion, speech, press and peaceful assembly. (iii). The Sahara Reporters rely mainly on the ordinary Nigerians (citizen reporters) and not professional journalists primarily for its own source of news reporting about the menaces of the official corruption in the Nigerian government, the mismanagement of the Nigerian state resources by her officials, lawlessness, abuse of power, abuse of human rights and the rule of brutality that are happening in Nigeria. This news organization has given international voice to the ordinary Nigerians and to the opposition groups in and outside Nigeria. 

(iv). The Sahara Reporters have received free money or grant money from the two highly reputable international non-governmental organizations to date that allowed it to expand and to modernize its operations to the 21st century international standard. The Ford Foundation gave $175,000 to the Sahara Reporters and another $450,000 grant came from The Omidyar Foundation. (v). The Sahara Reporters have been recognized by the major international news media, such as, the CNN, New York Times, Daily Beast, Aljazeera, BBC and many others for its reliability, credibility, fairness, boldness, balanced and objective news coverage and reporting. (vi). The Sahara Reporters have the global reputation for its powerful investigative news reporting, such as, the illness and the death of the former Nigerian leader Musa Yar'Adua, the photo of the Nigerian man, Farouk Adulmutallab (the underwear bomber) that attempted to bomb an airline over the United States and many other important news information that is normally kept away from the millions of the ordinary Nigerians.