Conduct public hearings before passing Criminal Law Bill – FENRAD tells Abia Assembly
The Foundation for Environmental Rights, Advocacy and Development, FENRAD, has demanded that the Abia State Criminal Law Bill 2026 (H.A.B 1) and the related Abia State Administration of Criminal Justice…
Borno govt swears in six new High Court judges
Borno State Government has sworn in six newly appointed High Court judges as part of efforts to strengthen justice delivery in the state. The judges were sworn in on Thursday…
African leaders charged to resist foreign dictatorship
AFRICAN leaders have been urged to protect their sovereign autonomy, with warnings that failure to do so could leave the continent perpetually dependent despite its vast natural endowments. This admonition…
NEXIM ex-MD, Orya, jailed 10 years for ₦2.4b fraud
Presiding High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) sitting in Abuja has convicted and sentenced a former Managing Director of the Nigerian Export-Import Bank (NEXIM), Robert Orya, to 10…
Poor leadership, weak sanctions, outdated laws undermining anti-corruption fight
STAKEHOLDERS in Nigeria’s anti-corruption ecosystem have identified weak sanctions, poor enforcement of audit reports and outdated legal frameworks as major challenges undermining the country’s fight against corruption. They spoke, yesterday,…
LASTMA impounds 27 buses for offences
Twenty-seven commercial buses and other vehicles have been impounded during an early-morning coordinated enforcement exercise in Lagos, following repeated public warnings by the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority. The impoundment…
OSOPADEC crisis: AUPCTRE seeks Aiyedatiwa intervention
The Amalgamated Union of Public Corporation, Civil Service Technical and Recreational Services Employees (AUPCTRE) has appealed to Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa to urgently intervene in the crisis rocking the Ondo State…
The Torments Of Childlessness
By Abdu Rafiu MY colleague, Dr. Lasisi Olagunju in his inimitable and breathtaking outing last Monday, 02 February, discussed exhaustively the harrowing experiences, the torments a childless woman goes through…
Beyond sanctions, time to reform Africa Cup of Nations
By GEB One of the hard lessons presented by the recently concluded 2025 Africa Cup of Nations football tournament in Morocco is that while the tournament ranks as one of…
How did they get here? Lecturer’s lament on academic decline
By Seun Perez Adekunle I HAVE spent over seven years teaching in secondary schools across Kaduna and Ibadan, and the last two years lecturing at the university. This means I…