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A legal practitioner, Prof. Ambrose Ekpu has stressed the need for strict enforcement of electoral laws to guarantee credible elections in Nigeria, warning that democracy is endangered when electoral violations go unpunished. Prof. Ekpu made the submission in a paper titled “The Interplay Between Law Enforcement and Credible Elections” presented at a Nigerian Bar Association …
IGP Abbas We all know the scene from the movies: a lone police officer pulls over a suspicious vehicle on a dark highway. Before stepping out of the squad car, they unclip a walkie-talkie from their shoulder. "Control, this is Alpha-Alpha 4, checking a vehicle license plate…" This is the standard image of modern law …
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National Assembly One of the enduring mysteries of Nigerian governance is the ease with which public money appears to materialise whenever an executive official makes an announcement. A governor wakes up and approves N5 billion for flood victims. A president announces N10 billion for a health emergency. A state government declares N20 billion for security …
What are the biggest mistakes people make when visiting your country? Visitors come to visit Nigeria as a single, homogenous entity and they miss the entire picture. It isn't just a country; it is a map of ancient kingdoms, distinct linguistic families, and entirely different ecological worlds stitched together. That they are visiting one country …
The impulse to reach for Roman emperors when critiquing modern leaders is understandable. Nero (r. 54–68 CE), like Caligula before him, embodies decadence, tyranny, and civilizational risk in the popular imagination. As discussions of Trump’s second term (2025–2028) continue, some commentators explicitly invoke Nero to highlight perceived narcissism, norm-breaking, extravagance, and authoritarian tendencies.But, as with …
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