Olukayode Ariwoola: The baleful legacy of a lamentable tenure, by Chidi Anselm Odinkalu
At the beginning of March 2020, Nigeria’s Supreme Court dismissed an application for the review of its seven-week old…
Commentary
The trouble with Tinubu, by Azu Ishiekwene
Almost everyone thinks they know what is wrong with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and his government, except Tinubu himself. And…
That coup in the North and the Federation Account, by Yushau Shuaib
The terrifying videos were not from Hollywood movies but scenes from Northern Nigeria during the #EndBadGovernance protest. The so-called protesters…
Some strategies to strengthen the nation, by Hassan Gimba
This was first written on March 17, 2024, with a different headline. Perhaps we may still find it relevant in these trying…
In the Matter of the Yam Eating Division of the FCT High Court, by Chidi Anselm Odinkalu
“Rights are only worth having if they are occasionally boisterous, often inconvenient and frequently tiresome.” Inigo Bing, The Ten Legal…
NNPC Ltd: An all-round asset to Nigeria, By Olufemi Soneye
In its editorial of 2nd August, 2024, the BusinessDay newspaper, characteristically, launched another scurrilous and baseless attack on the Nigerian…
We condemn the repression of the peaceful protests of Nigerian youth, by Femi Falana, SAN
Recently, Nigerian youths announced their wish to protest against bad governance in the country from August 1-10, 2024. Various organisations…
Lethal illegitimacy and the right to protest in Nigeria, by Chidi Anselm Odinkalu
115 years ago, in 1909, Walter Egerton, the Barrister-turned-colonial administrator, and then Governor, introduced the Sedition Ordinance into the…
Prostate: At 58, God has given me a second chance, by Yusuph Olaniyonu
Perhaps I should not be alive. But I am… I am still frail and fragile. But now, I can stand…
August 1, 2024: Much ado about nothing, asks Bola Bolawole
Those threatening to stage nationwide protests are badly heating up the polity. The government that is fretting about it is…