By Olawale Rasheed History is replete with judges who shaped their days and nations, judicial officials who imprinted their footprints in front pages of national archives. In uncertain times, the nation needs an activist reformer, a man ready to crusade for a transformative judiciary, issuing federalist corrective landmark rulings, focussing on unanimity in apex court…
By IRi The world has changed profoundly in the year since the International Republican Institute released its latest survey of People’s Republic of China (PRC) malign influence efforts, A World Safe for the Party. Since then, China’s international position has also undergone a significant shift. War has once again returned to the European continent as…
The Civil Society Network Against Corruption (CSNAC) has kicked against the position of Dr. Omar Alieu-Touray, President of ECOWAS Commission, on subsequent vacancies at the Commission as he takes the mantle of leadership. The Commission’s President was reported to have said during a town-hall meeting on Friday, 9th September 2022 with staff of the Commission…
Military officers seized control of Burkina Faso on Friday, claiming to be restoring peace to the jihadist-wracked country as they dismissed a junta leader who had himself come to power in a coup at the start of this year. In the capital Ouagadougou, witnesses heard pre-dawn gunfire around the presidential palace and junta headquarters. Then…
By Olalekan Adigun If you are a job seeker or need to change jobs, the best career advice is for you to become an activist. Sure, you are passionate about something: the environment or climate change, out-of-school children, drug addictions among juveniles and the likes. You are not just becoming an activist, I’m talking about…
By Wale Abdulahi The ruling against Governor Gboyega Oyetola came to many as a surprise. It constitutes major setback for the defeated Governor and also indicated more negative fallouts for the Iragbiji politician. Yes, the Governor has the grace to appeal the judgement up to Supreme Court. Irrespective of that window of opportunity, he is…
The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan has said that he would not appeal the judgement delivered on Wednesday by the Federal High Court, Damaturu, in Yobe State with respect to the forthcoming Yobe North Senatorial District elections. Lawan said in a statement which he personally signed and released on Thursday that he has accepted…
President Bazoum discusses the enduring conflict in the Sahel, the future of the G5S Alliance, partnership with the US, and what lies ahead for Niger amidst conflict with extremists and global migration challenges. At a time when instability and jihadist offensives continue to afflict the Sahel, Niger is a strategic actor in the region. The…
The Organizing Committee for the preparation and holding of the second Russia–Africa Summit in the Russian Federation, which will be held in the summer of 2023 in St. Petersburg, has been allotted. Aide to the President of the Russian Federation Yuri Ushakov was appointed Chairman of the Organizing Committee. A constructive and trust-based dialogue is…
For allegedly misrepresenting and misinterpreting court papers , top operatives of the All Progressivs Congress in Osun state may face jail terms for contempt of court, legal experts across South West have posited. Top leaders of the APC in Osun have reportedly being sponsoring several media reports which pre-empt the hearing of the governorship petition…
