When the state turns the law against dissent under Tinubu’s watch
By KOLAWOLE OLANIYAN It is happening again. Under President Bola Tinubu, Nigerians are facing an increasingly repressive political and legal environment. Like the Muhammadu Buhari government before it, the Tinubu administration is making an utter mockery of Nigeria’s constitutional and international obligations to respect human rights and uphold the rule of law. There is something […]
Mutfwang hails Tinubu, APC leaders as Plateau’s Yilwatda emerges National Chairman
Plateau State Governor Caleb Manasseh Mutfwang has hailed the leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC), particularly President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Vice President Kashim Shettima, Senate President Godswill Akpabio and Speaker Abbas Tajudeen, over what he described as a “strategic and unifying decision” that produced Professor Nentawe Yilwatda as National Chairman of the party. In […]
The Eternal Vigil: An interrogation of Nigeria’s landmark supreme court decisions
By Olukayode Ajulo In the grand theatre of Nigerian constitutionalism, the Supreme Court has never been a mere spectator. It has stood as the vigilant sentinel; sometimes audacious, sometimes cautious, guarding the fragile edifice of democracy, federalism, and human dignity against the tempests of military fiat, electoral intrigue, and cultural inertia. The cases under consideration are not […]
Peter Obi and 2027
Whoever believed that politics operated only on certainties? Or that imponderables were never factored into any of it?
Why Muyiwa Gbadegesin should become Oyo State’s next governor
By Adebayo Oketooto As conversations around the future leadership of Oyo State continue to gather momentum, one fundamental question remains central: who among the emerging names possesses the competence, administrative depth, political understanding, and development vision required to move the state decisively forward? In that growing debate, Dr. Muyiwa Gbadegesin has increasingly emerged as a […]
Oborevwori, his critics and the endless flowers of ennoblement
By ENEWARIDIDEKE EKANPOU Ennoblement, recognition and appreciation are prized occasional regurgitations from man that echo satisfaction with services rendered by another. These signals of satisfaction, usually registered at appointed times, do fertilise the soil for more productive engagements. It is the tested talisman that attracts rapid development to every land. A man is usually ennobled when […]
