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This article explores the chilling reality of the “rape academy” investigation and the viral spread of the #eyecheck hashtag. The Eyecheck Investigation: Unmasking the Digital “Rape Academy” In April 2026, a landmark investigation by CNN exposed a sprawling, international digital network dubbed the “rape academy.” Operating primarily through encrypted Telegram channels and unregulated fringe pornography […]Read More

By Henry Umoru The Senate has defended its recent decisions to dismiss several petitions, saying that its actions were strictly guided by law, evidence, and respect for existing court judgments. Speaking on Thursday in Abuja shortly after a public hearing, the Chairman, Senate Committee on Ethics, Code of Conduct and Public Petitions, Senator Neda Imasuen, […]

The United States will not exclude Iran from the World Cup tournament it is hosting, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Thursday, after an official mused about replacing war-battered Iran with Italy, which did not qualify. “The problem with Iran, it would be not their athletes. It would be some of the other people that […]

By Chioma Obinna The crisis rocking the Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, at the national level escalated on Thursday as delegates at an Emergency Delegates Meeting, EDM, in Abuja voted to suspend the National Officers’ Committee, NOC, reverse the disqualification of six electoral candidates, and install a caretaker committee to steer the affairs of the association. The […]

President Bola Tinubu has formally written to the Senate, seeking approval for a $516.3 million foreign syndicated loan to support the construction of the Sokoto–Badagry highway. In a communication read by the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, on Thursday, President Tinubu requested a resolution in line with Sections 16 and 21 of the Debt […]

In most governments, the departure of a senior minister is a moment for dignity: a handshake, a statement, perhaps even a photograph of forced smiles. In Nigeria, it has become an exercise in improvisational theatre. The exit of Wale Edun; finance minister, long-time confidant of President Bola Tinubu, and one of the last surviving members […]

Former Petroleum Resources Minister, Diezani Alison Madueke, used Day 23 of her London bribery trial to cast herself not as a grand orchestrator of corruption, but as the political fall guy for Nigeria’s most explosive policy fiasco in a generation – the 2012 fuel subsidy crisis. The latest session at Southwark Crown Court offered a […]

Nigeria’s passport has inched its way up the global mobility ladder, climbing to 88th place in the 2025 Henley Passport Index released this month. The HPI ranks 199 passports against 227 travel destinations; based on the number of destinations a passport holder can access without a visa. The data used comes from the International Air […]

Wale Edun’s recent fall from grace is more than a cabinet reshuffle; it is a parable about power, loyalty, and the increasingly narrow political space around President Bola Tinubu as Nigeria heads toward the 2027 elections. In President Tinubu’s court, loyalty is rarely a permanent condition. It is a currency to be spent, replenished, and […]

Six men accused of plotting to overthrow the government of Bola Tinubu have pleaded not guilty to a 13-count charge of treason and related offences, as a Federal High Court in Abuja ordered their remand in the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS) and fixed an accelerated trial. The defendants – retired Major […]

Nigeria’s Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, has resigned from the Federal Executive Council, setting the stage for a renewed bid to become governor of Oyo State. His resignation letter, dated April 22 and addressed to Bola Tinubu through the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, George Akume, takes effect from April 30, 2026. The […]

By MATTHEW IBADIN This is an open letter to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. I will start by thanking him for appointing one of Nigeria’s finest police officers, Tunji Disu, as the new Inspector General of Police. In one respect, this open letter is to help the new IGP to carry out a radical transformation of the […]