Today (November 2) on the international calendar is devoted to ‘End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists’ and comes just days…
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Nigeria: Protecting the Nation’s Vital Institutions
Ayinde Alaba argues the need to strengthen powerful organisations and free them from whims of individuals African nations often turn…
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Nigeria: Who Sent Soldiers to Lekki Toll Gate?
Lagos must be stopped from further burning. #ENDSARS protest began on Thursday, October 8 with youths taking to the Lekki…
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Nigeria: Shiites Deny News of Zakzaky’s Death
As rumour spread that the curfew imposed on Kaduna state was to prevent the reaction on the purported death of…
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Nigeria: #EndSARS – Police Arrest 120 Suspected Hoodlums for Looting in Adamawa
The police in Adamawa State have arrested 120 suspected hoodlums who allegedly looted items from government and private warehouses on…
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Nigeria: 36 Governors Sue Govt, Demand Funding of States’ Courts
The 36 state governors, through their respective Attorneys General and Commissioners for Justice, have dragged the Minister of Justice and…
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Nigeria: Anxiety Mounts As INEC Chairman’s Tenure Expires Nov 9
Abuja — Who becomes the next chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as the tenure of the incumbent,…
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Nigeria: #EndSARS – Governor Vows to Hold Community Leaders Responsible for Breach of Peace
“Some people want the state to go back to ethnoreligious crises by hijacking the protest, I will not allow people…
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Nigeria: Police Brutality – Lagos Govt Releases List of Ongoing Criminal Prosecution of Erring Officers
Lagos State Government on Thursday released a list of about 20 ongoing criminal cases in courts against various erring police…
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Nigeria: #EndSARS Protest – 2 Policemen Killed, 10 Stations, 3 Banks, Malls Looted in Lagos
Lagos — The Lagos State Police Command says about 10 police stations were burnt and two of its officers killed…
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Nigeria: #EndSARS – Confusion As Judges, Staff, Litigants, Ordered to Vacate Abuja Federal High Court
Court official said the instruction came from the National Judicial Council (NJC) down to the chief judge that all staff…
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Nigeria: Anambra North Steps Up for Governorship in 2021
Davidson Iriekpen writes that the Anambra State governorship election may still be one year away, but the people of the…
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Nigeria: Official Mishandling of the #EndSARS Protests
In my first year at the University of Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University) I took part in the “Ali Must…
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Nigeria: Correctional Service Speaks On Edo Jailbreaks, Says #EndSARS Protesters Freed Inmates
Following insinuations on how inmates escaped from the Benin and Oko correctional centres Monday morning based on scenes from videos…
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Fascinating facts about sports in Africa [ARTICLE]
Thousands of sportsmen compete daily; millions of people watch and cheer; Internet users make wagers on the most popular online…
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Nigeria: The Proposed Water Bill – Dispossessing Okon to Give to Abdullahi (II)
Introduction The proposed Water Resources Bill, is causing expected national hoopla and ruckus. It is not for nothing. There is…
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Lessons from Africa for Defeating Authoritarianism in 2020 U.S. Election
U.S. democracy is facing its greatest challenge in a generation, simultaneously confronting an authoritarian leader, a global pandemic, and the…
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Nigeria: Democratic Recession – Strongman Politics As Undertaker
Lagos — “Look around, strong man politics are ascendant suddenly, whereby elections and some pretense of democracy are maintained but…
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Nigeria: £2.556b Fraud Attempt – Supreme Court to Hear CBN’s Appeal Against Petro Union Tomorrow
The Supreme Court will tomorrow begin hearing on the appeal filed by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and Union…
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Nigeria: 36 State A-Gs Drag AGF to Supreme Court Over Judicial Funding
Former President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Mr. Augustine Alegeh, SAN, has on behalf of the Attorney-General of Abia State…
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