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A festival or a culture of rape?, By Rinu Oduala

Nigeria, March 25 -- The Nigerian society has failed both the male and female child. Women and girls in Ozoro, Delta State, were recently groped, surrounded, and violated in broad daylight by crowds o... Read More


Remains of mother of ex-Rivers commissioner for burial on 10 April

Nigeria, March 25 -- The remains of late Patience Tam-George, the mother of a former commissioner for information in Rivers State, Austin Tam-George, will be laid to rest on Friday, 10 April, at Okrik... Read More


El-Rufai faces severance pay corruption, cash deposit fraud allegations (CHARGES IN FULL)

Nigeria, March 24 -- The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) on Tuesday arraigned former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai for alleged severance pay corruptio... Read More


2027: Local council chairmen reaffirm support for Mbah's reelection

Nigeria, March 24 -- The council chairmen in the Enugu North Senatorial District have reaffirmed their support for the reelection of Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu State ahead of the 2027 general electi... Read More


IPI Nigeria urges Tinubu to caution Niger governor against media attacks

Nigeria, March 23 -- The International Press Institute Nigeria (IPI Nigeria) has urged President Bola Tinubu to caution Niger State Governor Mohammed Bago against continued attacks on the media in the... Read More


EDITORIAL: Containing Nigeria's spiralling insecurity

Nigeria, March 23 -- There has been no let down in the attacks on the the Nigerian State by non-state actors. In Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, multiple bomb blasts shattered the peace last week,... Read More


My Lord, Justice kneel down, By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu

Nigeria, March 23 -- "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 Tejendrasingh... Read More


Anticipatory asset declaration: The system that files corruption before it happens, By Lanre Ogundipe

Nigeria, March 22 -- "When corruption is declared in advance and applauded, silence is no longer innocence." Nigeria does not suffer from a shortage of anti-corruption laws; it suffers from instituti... Read More


A nation under attack, a leader at dinner. But context matters, By Rinu Oduala

Nigeria, March 22 -- No one in Nigeria was surprised that on a day we woke up to suicide bombings, suffocating heat, high fuel prices, and widespread darkness worsened by inflation, President Bola Tin... Read More


Article of Faith: The counterfeit life, By Femi Aribisala

Nigeria, March 22 -- Imagine a situation in which you won big in the lottery. It amounted to tens of billions of dollars. The rich and the hoi polloi came to celebrate with you. But when the money was... Read More