23+ hour, 21+ min ago   (409+ words) The practical consequence is that in the absence of independent corroborative evidence – forensic evidence, documentary evidence, or eyewitness testimony from non-participants – the convictions of alleged terrorists rest on the testimony of persons who have a powerful incentive to implicate others…...

1+ day, 13+ hour ago   (930+ words) By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu The uncertainty about whether either candidate would be on the ballot all but doomed the ambitions of Azikiwe and Aminu Kano in 1979. It was the first proof that courts were significant actors in determining the destination…...

4+ day, 12+ hour ago   (1131+ words) The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dele Alake, has defended President Bola Tinubu’s decision to remove the petrol subsidy, saying the President chose Nigeria’s long-term economic interests over short-term political considerations despite knowing that the policy would impose immediate hardship…...

5+ day, 18+ hour ago   (519+ words) President Bola Tinubu has said his administration is moving Nigeria’s economic reforms beyond macroeconomic stabilisation to a new phase focused on attracting investment, expanding production, creating jobs and improving the living standards of Nigerians. Tinubu stated this on Tuesday at…...

6+ day, 12+ hour ago   (737+ words) The legal battle over the August 15, 2026 Osun State governorship election has taken a fresh turn following conflicting claims over the authority behind the petition challenging the re-election of Governor Ademola Adeleke. Counsel who filed the petition on behalf of the…...

1+ week, 17+ hour ago   (710+ words) Former Sierra Leone President Ernest Bai Koroma has returned to Freetown after spending more than two years in Nigeria, following the discontinuance of treason and other criminal proceedings instituted against him over the November 2023 unrest in Sierra Leone. Former Nigerian…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (591+ words) A professor at Obafemi Awolowo University, Tunji Ogunyemi, has warned that a return to petrol subsidy could severely weaken the finances of many Nigerian states, claiming that more than 15 states in the North could become unable to sustain government operations…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (631+ words) The Eastern Bar Forum has denied receiving ₦40 million from the Government of Imo State as support for its Second Quarterly Meeting held in Owerri in July 2026, saying the only sum it received was ₦9 million. The Forum’s Governing Council issued the…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (331+ words) Plateau State Governor, Caleb Mutfwang, has approved a fresh round of appointments into key government institutions and offices as part of efforts to strengthen the machinery of government, improve institutional effectiveness and enhance service delivery across the state. The appointments…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (972+ words) The Savannah Centre for Diplomacy, Democracy and Development’s Council of the Wise, chaired by former Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, has urged presidential candidates in the 2027 general elections to avoid hate speech, inflammatory remarks, falsehood and conduct capable…...