PERSPECTIVE – Can Aliko Dangote win this battle?
By Etim Etim Aliko Dangote likes to tell us that he’s been fighting battles all his life and that his wealth is a product of the victories he’s recorded in those fights. But since his…
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PERSPECTIVE – Gov Sheriff Oborevwori: Humility, yieldedness and compassion
By Dr. Ifeanyi Michael Osuoza Leadership, at its finest, is not defined by power or position, but by character, service, and an unwavering commitment to the people. His Excellency, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Francis Oborevwori,…
From defection to Democratic repression: How Governor Umo Eno’s power play sparked global Press Freedom backlash
What began as a carefully managed political defection by Akwa Ibom State Governor, Umo Eno, has spiraled into a full-blown crisis of press freedom, party democracy, and executive overreach, drawing the attention and condemnation of…
Emergency Rule: ADC criticises Supreme Court ruling, warns of looming ‘constitutional tyranny’
The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has launched a blistering attack on the Supreme Court over a judgment it says dangerously arms the President with the power to suspend elected governors and state assemblies under the…
Supreme Court says Emergency Rule does not empower President to suspend States’ democratic institutions, Falana clarifies
The Supreme Court has unequivocally ruled that Section 305 of the 1999 Constitution does not grant the President the power to suspend or dissolve democratic structures in any state of the federation under emergency rule.…
Oborevwori assents to Delta’s N1.729trn 2026 Budget, three strategic laws
Governor Sheriff Oborevwori on Tuesday signed into law the Delta State 2026 Appropriation Bill of N1.729 trillion, christened the “Budget of Accelerating the MORE Agenda,” alongside three other key pieces of legislation passed by the…
Rivers State Supreme Court position: Where the media goofed
By Inibehe Effiong @inibeheeffiong I have read the 14 pages summary of the judgement of the Supreme Court on the Rivers State emergency case (Attorney General of Adamawa State & 10 Ors. V. Attorney General…
PERSPECTIVE – National insecurity: The trouble with Gen Dambazau’s treatise
By Tony Eluemunor I read with an interchange of intense pleasure and intense pain, the insightful lecture which the much decorated Lt Gen (Rtd) Abdulrahman B. Dambazau delivered on the 4th of November 2025. That…
Emergency rule judgment: PDP warns of ‘Dangerous Democratic bend’, urges urgent safeguards
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has raised alarm over what it described as a “dangerous bend for Nigeria’s democracy” following the Supreme Court’s split judgment on the legality of emergency powers exercised by President Bola…
Split decision as Supreme Court upholds President’s power to declare state of emergency
The Supreme Court has affirmed the constitutional authority of the President to declare a state of emergency in any state to avert a breakdown of law and order or a slide into chaos and anarchy.…