Once again, the nation mourns. Last week, in Essa community, Katcha Local Government Area of Niger State, tragedy struck as no fewer than 57 Nigerians lost their lives in yet another tanker explosion. Many others sustained severe burns in an incident that, sadly, mirrors a recurring national tragedy. According to the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), 1,531 […]

The recent call by Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, for state governments to take up the challenge of providing power to residents of their states is well placed. The surprise is that some of our states need to be pushed to do this. For decades, the calls for decentralisation of electric power fell on deaf […]

The need for an Act to regulate the manufacture, use and control of plastic products (polyethylene and polypropylene) has dawned on the House of Representatives, leading to the creation of the Committee on Preparedness for Single-Use Plastics Ban in Nigeria. According to the Committee’s Chairman, Terseer Ugbor, a Bill to that effect is in the […]

The National Assembly is proposing an amendment to the Electoral Act 2022 to abolish the current arrangement of staggering our general elections and instead consolidate them on one day. If this amendment is passed, the Presidential, Governorship, National Assembly and State Houses of Assembly elections will be conducted on the same day. Indeed, the federal lawmakers have […]

With the staggering statistic that every 33 minutes a life is lost in Nigeria to suicide, it has become urgent to open national conversations about suicide and mental health. The growing trend signals not just individual tragedies but a national emergency. As Professor Taiwo Lateef Sheikh rightly observed, “mental illness is part of suicide, but […]

The Federal Government has been reacting correctly to overtures by the United States Government to temporarily uptake its non-Nigerian deportees. Last week, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yusuf Tuggar, issued what appeared like a final rejection of the offer. In implementing his deportation of illegal and undocumented migrants, the US President, Donald Trump, had approached […]

Insecurity is clearly getting beyond the capacity of our elected leaders to confront. While some state governors have settled for appeasement of the bandits, Fulani militants and terrorists in their domains, some have tried to tackle it with law making, as if that alone can solve the problem. Yet others have established and trained vigilante […]

On Thursday, October 24, 2025, Joash Amupitan, a Professor of Law and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, assumed office as the 13th Chief Electoral Umpire of Nigeria and the 6th Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. Like most of his predecessors, Amupitan comes very highly recommended. The initial anxiety that President Bola Tinubu […]

 Lagos State is confirming its status as “The State of Aquatic Splendour”, with the launch of an upscale transportation project in its waterways sector. It is achieving this in partnership with the French Development Agency, AFD, the European Union, EU, and European Investment Bank, EIB. Tagged the “Omi Eko” Project, and operated by the Lagos […]

It is not uncommon to see many non-government, non-emergency, and unauthorised vehicles blaring sirens on our roads despite laws and regulations stating who is entitled to the use of sirens. The blaring of sirens has become an unfortunate symbol of impunity rather than emergency or lawful entitlement.  To restore order on Nigerian roads, regulation and […]