In the house of ‘Mi Lord’, there are judgments
By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu Abdul Leigh Balogun became a judge of the High Court of Lagos State in 1976. In a career as a trial judge spanning 17 years and…
Abandoned mansion: Knowledge, history, intellectual legacy of S. L. Akintola in dust
By Daniel Ayantoye “We don’t enter that house. It is a powerful house. Don’t you know it belongs to a powerful person? Some people even say there are spirits there.”…
Internal rival Ogun towns clash over Eba Island oil rights, Ondo ownership clearers
After the Atijere community of Ondo State laid claim to Eba Island, two neighbouring towns in the Ogun Waterside Local Government of Ogun State, Ode-Omi and Makun Omi, have laid…
FRN v. CHIEF MIKE OZEKHOME, SAN: Activism, the price of conscience, and the theatre of persecution, when a State puts history on trial, and calls it justice
Human rights activism has never been a gentleman’s pastime. It is, by its very nature, an inconvenient vocation, one that unsettles power, interrogates authority, and stubbornly refuses to genuflect when…
Yoruba group rejects Ogun Govt claim of Eba oil drilling ownership, warns against land grabbing
*Faults renaming Olokola free trade zone *Wants Aiyedatiwa to reject scheme to compromise Ilaje ancestral land The Egbe Omo Ilaje, the umbrella sociocultural organisation of the Ilaje people, in Ondo…
50 exemptions and reliefs in new tax administration
By From January 1, 2026, Nigeria’s new tax law will come to effect. This law will provide many reliefs and exemptions for low-income earners, average taxpayers, and small businesses. The…
Coup attempt, denial and the military’s changing story
By Olalekan Adetayo Film industry investment opportunities It is extremely challenging to practise journalism in Nigeria. I am not even going into the issue of safety—where those who are uncomfortable…
Eba oil exploration: Land grabbing by power by turning Ogun into investment destination
Eba Island belongs to Ondo not Ogun – Oba Adeoye By Kayode Akinmadet He is a man the opposition loves to deride, yet one who keeps his gaze firmly fixed…
Monitors demands probe into alleged forgery of 2025 tax law
Citizen advocacy group, Citizen Monitors, has called for a probe into allegations that the 2025 Tax Law was forged, warning that the development poses a serious threat to constitutional governance…
Lagos, stop illegal demolition of waterfront buildings
A young boy struggles to salvage a sinking canoe, now serving as his family’s only shelter, following the demolition of homes in Makoko, Lagos. On June 22, 2017, the Lagos…