Reporting News and opinions
(Published in the Nigerian Tribune on Monday 15 December, 2025). General Sani Abacha was a great teacher. He pioneered the doctrine of consensus candidacy in Nigeria. He founded a country of five political parties and when it was time for the parties to pick their candidates for the presidency, all the five reached a consensus …
Continue reading "Time for the Abachas to rejoice By Lasisi Olagunju"
Sometimes I sit quietly and ask myself a dangerous question: what exactly are the values of Nigerian politics, and how do they benefit the ordinary Nigerian?I ask because since the rebirth of party politics in May 1999—also known as The Great Return of Hope™—the ordinary Nigerian has been waiting patiently for dividends that appear to …
In London, prosecutors say Diezani Alison-Madueke was handed “a life of luxury” by oil barons: millions at Harrods, museum-grade furniture, and renovated townhouses in return for favourable treatment in Nigeria’s oil sector. The opening witnesses at Southwark Crown Court have produced those vivid images—but they have also produced something else: a consistent pattern in which …
What are your favorite emojis? 👍 It’s my standard usage as I am partial to written words, in my case, the use of an emoji is usually a display of lack of interest to engage further so it’s thumbs up emoji 👍🏿and a cop out to an engagement.
(With Specific Notes on Edo and Kano States) Rape is criminalised throughout Nigeria. Yet the definition, scope, and prosecutorial architecture depend on where the offence occurs. Nigeria operates a plural criminal law structure: the Criminal Code Act in most Southern states, the Penal Code Act in much of the North, and the federally enacted Violence …
Centre for Nigeria Progress 