Police powers not absolute, lawyers warn
Lagos: Two Lagos-based lawyers, Kehinde Nubi and Okechukwu Nna, have said police must maintain law and order within legal limits and respect human rights. They stated this in an interview…
Nigeria’s oil windfalls and the need to save for the Future
Nigeria’s current economic story is, in many ways, a paradox, particularly in today’s volatile global environment. Blessed with vast crude oil resources and intermittent periods of substantial revenue inflows, especially…
Army Recruitment: Gov Okpebholo Leads Sensitisation Drive, Urges Edo Youths to Take Advantage
The Executive Governor of Edo State, Senator Monday Okpebholo, on Wednesday led efforts to boost participation of Edo youths in the ongoing Nigerian Army recruitment exercise, as he received a…
Drama in Kwara as APC governorship aspirant steps down for “better candidate”
By Demola Akinyemi, Ilorin ILORIN — A political stir unfolded in Kwara State today as All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship aspirant, Prince Haliru Dantsoho Mahmud, publicly declared his ambition only…
Omo Ibile Igbomina urges Gov. AbdulRazaq to present appointment letter to Ganmo monarch
By Demola Akinyemi, Ilorin ILORIN — The socio-cultural group, Omo Ibile Igbomina, has appealed to Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara State to complete the formal appointment of the Oluganna of…
2027: Kwara APC elders push for power shift to Kwara North
By Demola Akinyemi, Ilorin ILORIN — The Kwara State Elders Caucus of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has called for a power shift to Kwara North Senatorial District ahead of…
Atiku, Obi, Amaechi, Kwankwaso, Aregbesola, Mark, Others Lead ‘Save Democracy’ Protest
Prominent members of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) on Wednesday led the “Save Nigeria Democracy” protest to the headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Several chieftains of the…
Focus: Nemesis – Sambo Dasuki and The Tribulations of Abubakar Malami
There is, in the slow theatre of Nigerian public life, a certain grim poetry in watching men eventually take up residence inside the very machinery they once so enthusiastically operated.…
2027: Atiku, Obi Hedge Election Bets with “Placeholder Parties” against Tinubu’s One Party Strategy
With barely ten months to the 2027 general elections, Nigeria’s top opposition politicians; Alhadji Atiku Abubakar, Peter Obi, and Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, are quietly exploring alternative political platforms in what…
Editorial: Tinubu’s One-party Agenda Erodes Nigerian Democracy
History, when ignored, does not repeat itself so much as it mutates, shedding its crude excesses for subtler, more insidious forms. Nigeria today finds itself staring at a disquieting reincarnation…