Special courts for kidnappers and armed robbers by Nigeria Punch Newspapers Editorial Board

DESPITE an escalation in kidnapping, armed robbery and banditry across the country, the prosecution of suspects has been few and sluggish. So alarming has been this worrisome gap in the dispensation of justice that the President, Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd), recently recommended that special courts are established to expedite trials. The proposal unerringly strikes the …

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: A Statement of Unwavering Support and Simultaneous Prosecution by Lawson Akhigbe

ABUJA โ€“ In a move that has left absolutely no one confused because it is perfectly clear, the Federal Government of Nigeria today issued a robust, double-barrelled statement regarding the former Governor of Kogi State, His Excellency Yahaya Bello. The statement, read by a specially trained spokesperson who can maintain a completely straight face, aimed …

Tinubu: Nigeria is Not Lagos (II) by Shaka Momodu

A people who elect corrupt politicians, impostors, thieves, and traitors are not victimsโ€ฆ but accomplices. โ€“ George Orwell I know I must be sounding like a broken record but I have to say it again and again without any equivocation that those currently strutting around for elective positions, particularly for the position of the president …

BREAKING: America Asks World to โ€œPause Spinning,โ€ Citing โ€œMotion Sicknessโ€ from Sudden Stop by Lawson Akhigbe

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WASHINGTON D.C. โ€“ In a move that has left geophysicists, cartographers, and anyone who owns a globe profoundly confused, the United States of America has formally submitted a request to the United Nations, and by extension, the planet itself, to โ€œplease stop turning for a little while so we can get our …

Edward Said Saw the Future of Israel and Palestine by Amir-Hussein Radjy

How the literary theoristโ€™s life and work shed light on the epic failure of U.S. Middle East policy. Author Edward Said is pictured in Paris on Nov. 25, 1996. Ulf Andersen/Getty Images Radicalism is nothing more than understanding the root of a problem. Time and again, the late Palestinian and American thinker Edward Said struck at …