In the great theatre of British royalty, Prince Andrew occupies a special seat — somewhere between comic relief and “don’t mention the yacht”. The man has achieved what few in public life can: being disliked not for his politics or policies, but for the vague, aristocratic air of “something dodgy but not quite jail-worthy.”Let’s start …
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Across the world, well-meaning laws intended to reduce online fraud and other scourges of the internet are being put to a very different use. In May 2024, Daniel Ojukwu, a twenty-six-year-old reporter for the Foundation for Investigative Journalism, a Nigerian nonprofit, was grabbed off the streets of Lagos by armed police and bundled into a …
Speaker Edo House of Assembly Blessing Agbebaku Let us stop pretending. Nigeria is running a Yahoo-version of democracy — the type that looks legitimate on paper, but when you click “verify,” you realise the system has been hacked by Executive Overlords and their foot soldiers in agbada. The State Governor is the Supreme Leader, Field …
FRSC Corps Marshall, Shehu Mohammed IN the wake of incidents where drivers killed or threatened Federal Road Safety Corps officers with violence while resisting enforcement, Corps Marshal Shehu Mohammed has renewed calls to arm personnel for better protection on Nigeria’s highways. While the loss of life is deplorable and demands justice, equipping FRSC officers with firearms …
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On the face of it, refugee status and humanitarian protection seem like two sides of the same coin. Both are a form of international protection granted to a person in need. Both result in a grant of five years’ permission to remain in the UK on a pathway to settlement after that. They give most …
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