Are we at a judicial crossroads with the decisions of Justices Umar and Omotosho on INEC’s electoral guidelines?
By Monday Ubani The two decisions of the Federal High Court delivered respectively by Justice Mohammed G. Umar and Justice James Kolawole Omotosho are already generating intense constitutional and electoral…
Curbing insecurity in Nigeria: A framework for coordinated response
By Jerry Uchenna Nwohu ABSTRACT Nigeria's security landscape has become increasingly complex, with armed groups operating across multiple regions including Zamfara, Katsina, Kaduna, and Borno states. Despite significant military expenditures…
A critical analysis of Justice Umar’s decision nullifying INEC’s membership deadline
By Monday Ubani Today's judgment delivered by Justice M.G. Umar of the Federal High Court, Abuja, nullifying the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)’s deadline requiring political parties to submit their…
Sowore and the politics of consequence-free dissent
By Stephen Okoroafor Omoyele Sowore has spent much of his public life presenting himself as a permanent victim of power. Every confrontation with authority becomes persecution, every court appearance becomes…
The first major casualty of section 83 of the electoral act 2026 may have emerged
By Monday Ubani The recent decision of the Federal High Court in Fubara Dagogo v. All Progressives Congress (APC) & 3 Ors., Suit No. FHC/ABJ/CS/591/2026 delivered by Justice Joyce Abdulmalik,…
Governor Makinde and his 2027 gamble
By Tunde Rahman The race to the presidency in 2027 is getting more exciting. Last Thursday, May 14, 2026, at the ancient Mapo Hall in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital,…
Deficits, debt and economic literacy: A response to Nigeria’s fiscal critics
By Tanimu Yakubu Those who speak glibly about deficits, debt and fiscal expansion often reveal not economic sophistication, but economic illiteracy disguised as moral outrage. Much of today’s opposition rhetoric…
Atiku, Obi birds of a feather and their vaulting ambitions
By Tunde Rahman For someone running for the presidency a record seventh time and who has switched political parties at least four times since 1999, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar’s unbridled…
Presiden Tinubu’s trips: Between ignorance and Ikhide’s misdirected outrage
By Michael Chibuzo In moments of national crisis, emotions understandably run high, as evident in the emotion-laden tirade by Erasmus Ikhide triggered by the condemnable xenophobic violence unfolding on the…
Diplomacy is not a joyride: The argument against ignorance
Erasmus Ikhide’s essay is not the bold indictment it aspires to be; it is, rather, a textbook example of emotional maximalism untethered from the realities of international diplomacy. It confuses…