Focus: Legal Critique of the Conviction and Sentencing of Nnamdi Kanu
I. Introduction The conviction and sentencing of Nnamdi Kanu to life imprisonment raises profound constitutional, procedural, and jurisprudential defects that strike at the heart of Nigeria’s criminal justice system, constitutional…
Editorial: Nnamdi Kanu’s Life Sentence – Jurisprudential Vandalism
Nigeria has once again proved itself adept at performing constitutional taxidermy; stuffing the corpse of justice, polishing it, and parading it as jurisprudence. With the life sentence handed down to…
The Drama Of Abductions And Impunity – By Reuben Abati
Clearly, the most compelling, and confusing development in Nigeria in recent times is the recurring spate of abductions, the reign of impunity and the apparent failure of the Nigerian state…
Editorial: Mr President, You Did Not Inherit a Dilapidated Nigeria
There comes a time when silence becomes complicity. Nigeria has reached that time. Under President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the country has descended into a moral and economic abyss so deep…
UK Rejects Nigeria’s Request to Repatriate Ekweremadu
In a decision reverberating across diplomatic and political corridors in both Abuja and London, the United Kingdom has formally rejected Nigeria’s request to repatriate former Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu,…
Tinubu Declares Nationwide Security Emergency, Orders Armed Forces To Recruit More Personnel
President Bola Tinubu also authorised the Department of State Services to immediately deploy all the forest guards already trained to flush out the terrorists and bandits lurking in our forests.…
Tinubu Appoints Non-Career Ambassadors For US, UK, France
President Bola Tinubu has nominated non-career ambassadors for the United States, the United Kingdom, and France. The three nominees are Ayodele Oke, Colonel Lateef Are (retd.), and Amin Dalhatu. A…
Tinubu Orders Total Security Cordon On Forests In Kwara, Niger, Kebbi
President Bola Tinubu has ordered a total security cordon over the forests in Kwara State following recent kidnappings and terrorist activities. The President also directed the Air Force to expand…
Spotlight: After the Fall, Wike’s Expulsion and the Precarious State of Nigerian Democracy
The expulsion of Nyesom Wike from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) marks a dramatic but strangely anticlimactic turn in one of the most consequential political sagas of the Fourth Republic.…
UK Rejects Nigeria’s Request to Repatriate Ekweremadu
In a decision reverberating across diplomatic and political corridors in both Abuja and London, the United Kingdom has formally rejected Nigeria’s request to repatriate former Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu,…