The Sharp Contrast Between Ibrahim Traore And Thomas Sankara
By: Prof Sheriff Folarin I wasn’t a fan of Traore or any of the other two Sahelian heads of state until France came into the picture. France has always been…
Carl Umegboro: Legal Practitioners Bill, What Is More?
In the cause of the 2025 annual conference of the Nigerian Bar Association held in August at Enugu, through a piece titled “NBA and the recognition palaver,” I underscored the…
Coups Cannot Deliver The Freedom Africa Needs
By Samuel Sodunke In the past five years, Africa has experienced nine successful military coups in Burkina Faso, Gabon, Guinea, Mali, Niger, and Sudan. Disturbingly, some Africans, despite their painful…
ADC, EFCC combats over Malami’s detention
The African Democratic Congress has warned the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission against politicising its anti-graft war, saying that doing so amounts to corruption. The party faulted the revocation of…
FRSC, police command punish lawlessness on Lagos-Ibadan Exp
By PEB Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, running through Lagos, Ogun and Oyo states, has become a nuisance to motorists. Data from the Federal Road Safety Corps indicates that as of October 2025,…
My delegation trip to Nigeria heartbreaking – US congressman
A United States Congressman, Riley Moore, has described his recent visit to Nigeria as distressing, recounting harrowing encounters with victims of violent attacks, particularly in the Middle Belt region. Moore…
Judges exempted from immediate police withdrawal order, says CJN
The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, has said that the presidential directive ordering the withdrawal of police officers attached to Very Important Personalities is part of measures to…
Division denies gunmen attack, allege land disputes in Lagos community
Lagos State Police Command has dismissed reports that armed men invaded Ajebo Community near Agbowa in the Ikosi-Ejirin Local Council Development Area, injuring residents, firing shots, and looting properties. Online…
Law Student Kills Self
A Nigerian Law School student, Ayomiposi Ojajuni, has reportedly died by suicide after he was allegedly barred from writing the Bar Final examinations at the Yola campus in Adamawa State.…
Budget 2026: Matters Arising
Finally, there is hope that the 2026 Federal Government budget will be presented to the National Assembly this week or before the year runs out. Many states have presented their…