Democracy Under Pressure: Threats To Nigeria’s 2027 Elections
By Samson Itodo As Nigeria transitions into full election mode for the 2027 general elections, the political temperature is heating up at a scale that puts the country’s democracy under…
Gbenga Daniel, Assembly mediates in Army, Ogun community land dispute
Former Governor and the Senator representing Ogun East Senatorial District, Otunba Gbenga Daniel, and members of the State House Assembly have waded into the land dispute between 16 communities of…
Why Nigerian Armed Forces Remembrance Day Should Be A Public Holiday
By Fisayo Ajala Armed-Forces-Remembrance-Day-Army The 15th of January is celebrated annually as Nigerian Armed Forces Remembrance and Celebration Day (AFRD). This day honours the supreme price paid by fallen heroes…
That Senate’s Probe To End Decade Of Unsafe Schools
By GEB The Senate’s decision to summon the Minister of Finance Wale Edun and others in President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s cabinet over the collapse of Nigeria’s $30 million Safe School…
Exemplary Life, Profession And Statesmanship Of Afe Babalola (2)
By Tunji Olaopa Chief Afe Babalola did not abandon Nigeria. On the contrary, he has left his imprimatur on several dimensions of the Nigerian space. He has blazed a trail…
FHC adjourns Sowore’s N1.2b suit against IGP, AGF, others to March 10
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has adjourned the N1.2 billion fundamental rights enforcement suit filed by human rights activist Omoyele Sowore against the Inspector General of Police (IGP),…
Defence minister warns Gumi, others against support for bandits
The Defence Minister, Lt.Gen. Christopher Musa (rtd), has warned Sheikh Ahmed Gumi and other persons in the country against including bandits in northern brotherhood. General Musa on Wednesday in Maiduguri…
A’Ibom govt denies adultery bill, clears deputy governor
• State govt, firm sign Ibom Deep Seaport pact The Akwa Ibom State Government has dismissed as false reports alleging that the Deputy Governor, Akon Eyakenyi, sponsored an adultery bill…
Groups condemn demolition in Makoko, task Lagos govt to halt exercise
An advocacy group, the Radical Agenda Movement in the Nigerian Bar (RAMINBA), has called on the Lagos State Government to stop what it described as the illegal demolition of buildings…
Ondo judicial workers lament indefinite strike impact
• Aiyedatiwa pardons seven convicts to mark 61st birthday The ongoing indefinite strike by the Coalition of Magistrates, Presidents of Grade ‘A’ Customary Courts and the Judiciary Staff Union of…