Former cabinet minister Femi Fani-Kayode launched into a tirade against a journalist on live television In Nigeria questions are still being asked about why some public officials consider journalists to be their errand boys. This follows the outrage that greeted a tongue-lashing one reporter received from a former government minister and member of the opposition …
Donald Trump Confronts a New Label: Loser
For the first time in a life that has been free of consequences for his failures, Trump has been held to account on the world’s largest stage. For a half a century, time and again, Trump was able to fail and yet persuade the world that he hadn’t. He shirked personal bankruptcy by shunting to others …
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Illegality of criminal libel in Nigeria, by Femi Falana
Defamation is a Criminal Offence in Nigeria”. The publication of words that can cause hatred, contempt, ridicule or damage to the reputation or profession of a person(s) to the hearing of such person(s) or a third party without justification is a criminal offence aside being a tort. See sections 373, 374, 375 & 376 of …
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Who invented Chapman? By Lehlé Balde
There are many popular cocktails such as Tequila Sunrise, Pink Mimosa, and also Nigeria’s very own Chapman cocktail, also known as the non-alcoholic punch. The Chapman is known around Nigeria and in many parts of the world and it carries fond memories for many Nigerians. On the occasion of Nigeria at 60, it is important …
The Rail Line to Maradi by Shaka Momodu
 Just when one thought this government has reached the zenith of its failings, misgovernance, lurid melodrama, not-so-hidden agendas – such as the Grazing Bill, Cattle Colony, Ruga, now disguised as the National Livestock Transformation Plan (NLTP), the National Water Resources Bill, the government just escalated its tragic follies, buffeting us by another contentious and …
Centre for Nigeria Progress 