Beyond The Ban: Why Mining Reform is Nigeria’s Next Peacebuilding Frontier
By Ephraim Emah Nigeria’s mining sector is often described in binary terms: to some, it is a sleeping economic giant, which is key to diversifying a mono-product economy, and to…
The Command Centre: Why Nigeria’s NSA must evolve beyond coordination
By Taiwo Oluwadamilare Mogobojuri From medieval battle formations to the complex web of modern intelligence systems, nations have always sought one central objective: survival. What has changed, however, is the…
When A Country Plans To Fail
By Alabi Williams Failure to plan is planning to fail. Benjamin Franklin, one of the founding fathers of the United States is credited with this saying. It means that when…
How BudgIT exposes gross scandal of fraudulent projects, stolen billions
By GEB Latest report by BudgIT exposing widespread fraud in government projects nationwide has again laid bare Nigeria’s perennial struggle against fraud and corruption in public life—especially in public spending.…
The Chemical Weapons Watchdog
By Abdul Usman Sir: Twenty-one member states of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) were recently elected to the Executive Council of the organisation for the 2026-2028…
My Lord! Justice Kneel Down
By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu Minor judges have been known to abuse the contempt of court jurisdiction in an attempt to enhance their own dignity.—David Pannick QC, Judges, 119 (1987). Sardar…
Shettima acknowledges Fintiri into APC at Yola Rally
Vice President Kashim Shettima on Monday formally received Adamawa State Governor, Ahmadu Fintiri, into the All Progressives Congress (APC) during a grand reception in Yola, declaring that the governor and…
Delta Court Jails Man Six Months for Naira Abuse
Hon Justice F. A. Olubanjo of the Federal High Court sitting in Asaba, Delta State, has convicted and sentenced one Agbanashi Young to six months imprisonment for abusing the naira.…
Disu Decorates 13 New AIGs, 17 CPs
The Nigeria Police Force has formally decorated thirty senior officers elevated to the ranks of Assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIG) and Commissioner of Police (CP), following the recent promotion of…
Police arrest and charge Baruwa, six others to court over NURTW Secretariat violence
The Federal Capital Territory Police Command has charged the Factional Chairman of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Tajudeen Baruwa, Factional General Secretary Sulaiman Musa and five others…