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Nigeria’s Council of Legal Education (CLE), in a circular issued on Friday, has released the list of 114 universities approved to run law programmes in Nigeria. The Council of Legal Education is the statutory body responsible for the professional training and regulation of aspiring lawyers in Nigeria. The council said only the listed universities are […]
Continue ReadingAt the 2016 edition of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) annual ‘Telecom World’ held in Bangkok, Thailand, then Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai shared the story of the difficulty encountered in selling Nigeria’s liberalised telecommunications industry to international investors. According to El-Rufai, who was the Bureau of Public Enterprise (BPE) Director-General between 1999 and 2003, Nigeria was so […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Olatunji Rilwan Disu, has approved the appointment of DCP Anthony Okon Placid, as the new Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO), outgoing Force spokesman Hundeyin said in a statement on Sunday announcing Placid’s appointment. Immediate past IGP Kayode Egbetokun appointed Hundeyin as the Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO) in September 2025. […]
Continue ReadingReverend Solomon Eliyah of the Throne of Eliyah’s Ministry (TEM) has prophesied that Peter Obi, a chieftain of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), will secure 70 per cent of the total votes in the 2027 presidential election. In a video posted on his verified Facebook page on Wednesday, March 11, Rev. Eliyah also predicted that the election […]
Continue ReadingOn August 2, 1100, England’s King William II went hunting in the New Forest in southern England. During the chase, an arrow shot at a stag by his companion, the Norman nobleman Walter Tirel struck an oak tree, ricocheted, and pierced the king’s chest. The king died right there. The spot where he fell is […]
Continue ReadingAs petrol prices jumped to about N1,300 per litre in various parts of Nigeria on Monday, businesses across the country are beginning to prepare for a sharp rise in their operational costs. Confirmed by economists and the Organised Private Sector, they warned that the hike could fuel inflationary pressures, affecting goods and services, while companies […]
Continue ReadingI recently posted a simple appeal on social media, recruiting three positions for Nidacity, my entrepreneur-focused social enterprise. It was personal: “I’m looking for bright, teachable people. OND to PhD — I really don’t care.” There were no job descriptions, no person specifications, just an invitation to work directly with me and grow. Within days, […]
Continue ReadingThe just sworn-in Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Olatunji Disu, on Wednesday inaugurated a committee on the establishment of state police. President Bola Tinubu, as part of ongoing discussions on policing reforms, had, last Wednesday, during the breaking of fast with senators at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, urged the leadership of the 10th Senate to initiate […]
Continue ReadingInternational Federation of Association Football (FIFA) on Wednesday confirmed the final line-up for the inter-confederation play-off tournament, naming DR Congo as Africa’s representative. The development by the football governing body has dashed Nigeria’s hopes of qualifying for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. In an accreditation notice circulated to journalists ahead of the competition, FIFA detailed […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Department of State Services (DSS) have arrested a suspect named Udeme Sunday Stephen, believed to be linked to the attack on the 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, and some chieftains of the African Democratic Congress in Benin, the Edo State capital. It was reported by this platform that Obi and some party […]
Continue ReadingAbstract Nigeria is experiencing a profound moral and governance crisis marked by widespread insecurity, hunger, unemployment, and deepening poverty. While citizens confront daily threats to life and dignity, the political elite appear insulated, celebratory, and increasingly preoccupied with electoral calculations rather than human survival. This paper interrogates the ethical decay underpinning Nigeria’s contemporary political economy, […]
Continue ReadingUniversity of Cambridge in the UK, has officially returned 116 Benin artefacts to Nigeria, according to reports. The treasures were said to be taken from Benin City by British forces in 1897. The university in a statement, confirmed the transfer of legal ownership of the artefacts in the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (MAA) collections […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, has reportedly been replaced as Nigeria’s Inspector-General of Police, with Assistant Inspector-General (AIG) Olatunji Rilwan Disu taking over the top position, a presidency source stated on Tuesday. The source confirmed the development, stating that an official announcement would be made shortly. “AIG Tunji Disu is the new […]
Continue ReadingPresident Bola Tinubu has sacked Kayode Egbetokun from office as the Nigeria’s Inspector-General of Police (IGP). Tinubu was said to have asked Egbetokun to step aside during a meeting they had at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Monday. “Yes. Egbetokun is gone,” one of the presidential aides said he was asked to comment on the […]
Continue ReadingThe vexed debate over the Senate’s refusal to guarantee “mandatory” and “real-time” electronic transmission of results in the electoral law ignores two fundamental problems. The first is Nigeria’s utterly weak state capacity; the second is the total lack of institutional independence. Even if the electoral act provides for mandatory and real-time transmission of election results, “mandatory” […]
Continue ReadingTelecommunication companies (TELCOs), including MTN Nigeria, Airtel, Globacom and T2 Mobile, have dismissed the excuses that there is not enough facilities to transmit election results electronically at real-time as half-truth. The TELCOs challenged the Senate to get accurate information from the telcom regulator, the NCC, rather than dishing out information that would not hold water […]
Continue ReadingInformation filtered through a few weeks ago, that “a small team” of United States, US, soldiers were in Nigeria. On Tuesday, February 10, 2026 an additional information was that 200 American soldiers areA being deployed to provide security for the small team. I am sure that soon these 200 would need a thousand US soldiers to […]
Continue ReadingNigeria has been ranked 142nd out of 182 countries in the 2025 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI), Transparency International (TI) reported on Tuesday. CPI, which measures perceived public sector corruption on a scale from 0 (highly corrupt) to 100 (very clean), gave Nigeria a score of 26—unchanged from 2024. However, the country fell two places from […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja Division, on Monday, affirmed the decision of the Senate to suspend Senator Natasha Akpoti, holding that the red chamber acted within its powers. In a unanimous judgment delivered by a three-member panel in Natasha’s appeal against the Clerk of the National Assembly and three others, marked CA/ABJ/CV/1107/2025, the […]
Continue ReadingGovernment of Ghana has recalled its High Commissioner to Nigeria, Mohammed Ahmed, following allegations linking him to electoral malpractice during a party primary election in Ghana. Ordered by President John Mahama, the recall was announced in a presidential statement issued on Saturday. According to the statement, the directive took immediate effect, with the Ministry of […]
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