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In a country where politics already carries the voltage of a live wire, it sometimes takes just one image to capture the entire mood of a moment. As part of the security entourage accompanying the Governor of Edo state, Mr Monday Okpebholo, that image arrived, uninvited, unbothered, and dressed as if Benin city had suddenly …
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The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has raised concerns about a troubling trend in Nigeria’s criminal justice system: the growing use of excessive and impractical bail conditions that keep accused persons in detention despite being granted bail. Speaking for the legal profession, NBA President Afam Osigwe warned that many courts and law enforcement agencies are turning …
A recent report by Channel 4 News offers a rare, embedded perspective into Nigeria’s long-running war in its northeast—a conflict too often reduced to statistics, yet stubbornly resistant to simple narratives. What emerges is not just a military campaign, but a layered contest over territory, legitimacy, and ultimately, belief. The Sahel’s Expanding Fault Line To …
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