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Sunday, March 8, 2026

Opinion

March 8, 2026

In Nigeria, a judge is not above or beyond investigation

The idea of an impunity carve-out for judicial officers from this power of investigation of the CCB is contrary to the constitution.

judges
March 5, 2026

Africa and the deadly dust from Iran

Who could have believed that after the U.S. and its allies destroyed Iraq in search of “weapons of mass destruction” and found none, history would repeat itself as a farce?

Donald Trump with Benjamin Netanyahu
March 4, 2026

Modernising Nigeria’s Tax Administration: A new era under Zacch Adedeji

By combining institutional memory from the previous system with forward-looking reforms, the NRS is building on experience while embracing change.

Zacch Adedeji
March 4, 2026

How Nigerian lawyers became bagmen for judicial corruption

Every Nigerian lawyer now faces a moral crossroads: remain a custodian of justice or become a bagman of corrupt judges.

Wole Olanipekun and Festus Keyamo
March 2, 2026

N10 billion ransom to Boko Haram shows how Tinubu govt arms Nigeria’s enemies

What appears easy in the short term compounds disaster in the long term.

Bola Tinubu, Boko Haram and bags of cash
March 1, 2026

Remembering Ambakina Moses Jitoboh

A country in a life-and-death struggle with insecurity could ill have afforded such waste of experience and expertise.

Ambakina Moses Jitoboh
February 26, 2026

El-Rufai: What a good turn didn’t deserve

I’ve often joked that even if you beheaded El-Rufai and minced his skull, his tongue would still be wagging. Those who have been in his crosshairs might agree.

El-Rufai talking to Bola Tinubu
February 23, 2026

Tinubu’s reckless executive order subverts Constitution, diverts oil revenues for ministers, governors to loot

An executive order is an instrument through which the president exercises constitutional power. It is not legislation. It cannot amend legislation.

Bola Tinubu and NNPC HQ
February 22, 2026

Difference between Trump and Tinubu

Though the seventy-something old men use chaos as strategy and strategy as chaos in interchangeable ways, the distinction is not between chaos and strategy.

President Bola Tinubu
February 22, 2026

It’s time to save judicial appointments from corruption

The appointment of judges in Nigeria has become something akin to a life-and-death contest

JUDGES IN RIVERS