Police brutality: He-of-the-springy-steps
By CHETA NWANZE Two events I came across yesterday captured the state of Nigeria’s police-public relations with unsettling clarity. In Port Harcourt, angry youths blocked Agip Road to protest the killing of Anthony Obodo, a 22-year-old University of Port Harcourt graduate murdered by a police officer. The youths’ anger is not hard to understand. The […]
Between law and life: The grey realities of abortion in Nigeria
By ALU AZEGE In Nigeria today, a woman’s uterus is both a site of life and a battleground of law. The recent debate in the Senate over a bill proposing harsher penalties for abortion re-ignited a familiar national anxiety. Yet, in the midst of the tension, something important happened: the Senate demonstrated courage by stepping back […]
Do you have books or PDFs?
Reading lists have become mere rituals on the course outline. Students now buy books only when there is an implication. People’s libraries are now on their computers
Tejere Jolomi Thomas: Bringing integrity, strategy, humanity together in oil and gas sector
He is particularly renowned for his rare ability to bridge institutional objectives with grassroots expectations
Democracy or Deal-Making? The Nasarawa Question
By Abiola Kudehin The unfolding political drama in Nasarawa State ahead of the 2027 elections is beginning to reveal a deeper, more complex story, one that goes beyond party endorsements and internal disagreements within the All Progressives Congress (APC). At the surface, the disagreement appears straightforward. Governor Abdullahi Sule has openly endorsed Senator Aliyu Wadada […]
Victims of fraud: A case for justice and accountability
By OWOLOLA ADEBOLA Fraud stands as one of the most pervasive yet often underacknowledged crimes in contemporary society. Unlike violent offences that leave visible marks and generate immediate public outcry, fraud operates in shadows of deception, slowly eroding and corroding the financial security and psychological well-being of its victims. From advance-fee schemes that prey on desperate […]
