Yes, voters, not courts, must decide elections by Punch Editorial Board

Nigeria Judicial Council WITH the judiciary replacing voters in Nigerian elections, it is time all stakeholders heed the call for voters, not the courts, to decide the winner of polls ahead of the 2027 general elections.John Onaiyekan, Archbishop Emeritus, Catholic Diocese of Abuja, recently joined the clamour to entrench credible elections as a way out …

The EFCC’s Freezing of Osun State Government Accounts: Between Anti-Corruption Enforcement and Constitutional Due Process By Imran Ridwan

The recent decision of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to place a Post No Debit (PND) restriction on the bank accounts of the Osun State Government has ignited considerable constitutional and legal debate. The Commission, in a public statement, justified its action on the ground that it is investigating the alleged diversion of …

The Banditry Costume: How Zamfara’s Gold Was Signed Away While Children Died by Lawson Akhigbe

In 2010, while the rest of us were busy arguing about football or the latest political soap opera, over 400 children under five in Zamfara quietly died of lead poisoning. Not from some exotic virus. Not from famine. From the dust of the very gold that was supposed to lift their communities out of poverty. …

The Art Of The Deal

Which book’s world would be the absolute worst to live in? The Chinese saying and it’s a cause May you live in interesting times. The sheer corruption, racism and misogyny exhibited by the axis of evil of Trump, Putin and Netanyahu making living in this world interesting.