Federal Republic of Nigeria v. Chief Mike Ozekhome, SAN 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 the State elects impunity over justice. Across jurisdictions and generations,...
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For years, public procurement in Nigeria moved to a familiar rhythm. Files circulated. Committees met. Rules were cited. Yet something essential was missing. The instincts that turn policy into habit and compliance into culture never quite took root. Procurement functioned, but it rarely learned. This created challenges. It was...
On Monday this week President Bola Ahmed Tinubu departs for a two-day official visit to the Republic of Türkiye. The stated agenda—military cooperation and trade partnership—is precise. But the subtext is broader: Nigeria is recalibrating its partnerships toward countries that combine strategic geography, industrial depth, security capability, and an...
Under Donald Trump, the United States is fast approaching the dead end of a curious transactional presidency. Even the most treasured items of American nationhood and heritage are up for sale to the highest bidder in an bazaar as governance. This is an era where everything America does is...
Yesterday, 23rd January 2026, Nigerians were once again offered an expected but unwanted New Year gift! – The national grid succumbed once again thus throwing the nation and our economy into darkness… It is hardly surprising that the grid continues to collapse. With inadequate funding, weak oversight and governance,...
Those intent on a head on collision with a moving train must mind their limbs. In Abia State, the 2027 contest for the governorship has mostly been decided. All that is left is the ritual of voting and the ceremony of anointment on 29th May, 2027. If public opinion...
January 15, 2026, should have been a solemn day of national reflection. Sixty years after the tragic 1966 coup, Nigerians across regions, ethnicities and faiths sought healing—an opportunity to confront history, mend fractures and reaffirm our collective conscience. Yet, on that very day, the floor of the Nigerian Senate...
Gabriel Tomoni’s recent broadcast attacking the Rivers Ijaw Peoples’ Congress (RIPCO) is not only disappointing, it is deeply misdirected, emotional, and constitutionally hollow. RIPCO did not issue its statement out of malice, betrayal, or hostility to the Ijaw Nation. We spoke from history, from facts, and from a deep...
In an age where globalisation’s homogenising tide steadily erodes cultural diversity, the decline of indigenous languages represents a silent epistemicide—the gradual extinction of collective memory, identity, and worldview. While fluency in English remains an undeniable gateway to global participation, it must not come at the expense of mother tongues.Regrettably,...
In 2026, Nigerians will live life in a double reality. We will literally be dancing to two dissonant drumbeats. Some will find the gathering 2027 election campaign beats irresistible. On the contrary, the majority of the common folk, civil society groups and the non -political elite will cling to...
The essay you circulated is rhetorically powerful, but its “simplicity” is achieved by subtracting the very provisions that determine the outcome. That is not clarity; it is selective accounting. Let’s dismantle the argument on its own terms calmly, sequentially, and with arithmetic that actually follows the law. 1) The...
Most people judge an online casino by the games they see, but the experience starts before any of that. By the time a reel spins or a table opens, the foundations are already in place. Things feel steady and easy to follow because someone made sure they would, not...
Virtually all foreign investment in Nigeria’s minerals sector is Chinese. Mines Minister, Dele Alake recently announced massive foreign investment in Nigeria’s solid minerals section. All three companies Minister Alake named are Chinese. The amounts he announced were wildly exaggerated as has been the case with every Chinese facility announced....
As we enter a new year, the questions that fill our markets, our homes, and our places of work are clear and urgent. They are questions about the price of food, about security in our communities, and about the direction in which our country is headed. It is the...
A striking feature of Nigeria’s current economic debate is the enthusiasm with which huge numbers are circulated—and the casualness with which they are assembled. Tax collections are added to oil receipts; oil receipts are added again under customs or “subsidy savings”; borrowing is treated as income; and the resulting...
By DANIEL KANU – “Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.”— Barack Obama Few statements capture Nigeria’s dilemma today as clearly as these words.For decades, we...
Twenty-three days after its transmission by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the upper chamber of Nigeria’s National Assembly, the Senate, held public hearings on 18 December 2025 to consider the Legal Practitioners Bill. At this pace, the bill could become law well before the middle of 2026. The journey to this bill has been somewhat...
In Aesop’s Fable, the Greek fabulist tells the story of a dog who, while crossing a bridge with a bone in his mouth, catches his reflection in the water below. Unfamiliar with his own reflection, the dog mistook it for another with a larger bone than his. He snaps...
Tomorrow in Lagos, scholars and intellectual expeditioners will gather to honour and celebrate a most unique and outstanding Nigerian intellectual. Prof. Biodun Jeyifo , easily one of Nigeria’s most outstanding humanities intellectuals, turns 80 tomorrow. Jeyifo , fondly called BJ by his colleagues and students alike is concurrently Emeritus...
For years, Nigeria’s electoral process has been weighed down by an avalanche of election-related litigations, many of them arising before votes are cast and extending long after winners have been declared. The burden has not only strained the judicial system but has also undermined public confidence in elections. Before...