By Prof. Mondy Selle Gold Mr. President, Nigeria has arrived at a perilous inflection point, and the recent nomination to the Ministry of Defense has illuminated a troubling cycle that demands candid repudiation. The nation is convulsing under the weight of unrestrained violence, yet instead of confronting terrorism with structural audacity, this administration continues to […]

By Adewale A. Adeyeye, PhD Nigeria’s national security challenges are often discussed in terms of insurgency, banditry, and terrorism. Yet, one persistent and deeply destabilising issue that continues to receive insufficient policy attention is cattle rustling, especially amid insecurity fuelled by farmer-herder conflicts. In a new book, Animal Identification System and National Security: A Study […]

Contrary to the misleading reports, the Supreme Court did not endorse the dissolution of democratic structures during emergency rule in any state

By Ibisaki Willie-Wills Tuesday, December 9, 2025, will be remembered as a turning point in Rivers State politics. It was the day the state Governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara made the most consequential decision of his political journey, dumping the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the All Progressives Congress (APC). This was not a routine defection. […]

MoU signed between FIRS and France’s Direction Générale des Finances Publiques (DGFiP) recently, has triggered intense public debate