Press Statement from the Code of Conduct Bureau

"Our attention was drawn on a report from some online publication with a video cliff suggesting Hon Chairman, Justice Danladi Y. Umar assaulted a Security Guard at Banex Plaza. To start with, the said plaza has been his usual place of visits for the past 18 years for shopping and repairs of his phones, and …

Nigeria: A shadow of itself by Duruibe Stanley Chigozie

“If an insurgency lasts for more than 24 hours, then, know that the government has a hand in it” The late military Head of State, General Sani Abacha. There are certain minor issues which basic governance ought to handily fix. For instance, a government that cannot deal with a rudimentary issue like keeping the environment …

Larry Summers Versus the Stimulus Could the passage of a $1.9 trillion coronavirus-relief package mark the end of the neoliberal era? By Benjamin Wallace-Wells

In certain ways, being an outsider suits Larry Summers; he now has a platform from which to argue that everyone else is getting the big things wrong.Illustration by Angie Wang Here is Larry Summers, appearing at a Zoom debate, hosted by Princeton last month, on the Biden Administration’s $1.9 trillion rescue package. Summers, who is …

Opinion: Ron Johnson’s racism is breathtaking by Eugene Robinson

Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) at the Capitol on March 5. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP) Johnson made the comments on conservative talk-radio host Joe Pagliarulo’s nationally syndicated show. “Now, had the tables been turned — Joe, this will get me in trouble — had the tables been turned and President Trump won the election and those were …

The art dealer, the £10m Benin Bronze and the Holocaust by Barnaby Phillips

This Benin Bronze sold to a private collector for a record fee of £10m Countless historic artefacts were looted from around the world during the colonial era and taken to Europe but there is now a growing campaign to return them. Among the most famous are the Benin Bronzes seized from modern-day Nigeria. Barnaby Phillips …