His tears were personal, private, yet public, By Ikeddy ISIGUZO

It was just a day, if ever there was such a day, for people in the city. Something was strange about the young taxi driver. His troubles were ahead of him. One could feel them. The long sighs, the endless ringing of his phone. He never took the calls. He seemed to have exhausted solutions…

November 28, 20230Comments

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The Nigerian Air Space, by David Hundeyin

When that fully loaded airliner eventually falls out of the sky, which is basically inevitable at this point, nobody should invite me on TV or radio to talk about what I've been writing about since May. My work on Nigerian aviation over the past 6 months has won me the Special Investigative Reporting prize at…

November 28, 20230Comments

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Opinion

Tinubu, Please listen to Akpabio on this!

By Mon-Charles Egbo Nigerians are desperately yearning for a legislature that embodies the wishes and aspirations of the people as well as the ideals of democracy. The majority have even concluded that an effective legislature remains a mirage in Nigeria, lamenting that all the investments in institutionalizing democracy since independence have amounted to a wasted…

November 28, 20230Comments

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16 Days of Activism: Did you know that a mother of 5 has been in custody for condemning the murder of Deborah Yakubu?

As Nigeria and the rest of the world mark the global 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence, the case of to Rhoda Jatau, a mother of 5, who has been in prison custody since May 2022 for forwarding a WhatsApp message condemning the murder of Deborah Yakubu comes to the fore. Rhoda Jatau…

November 28, 20230Comments

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Man earns 14 years imprisonment for gang-raping physically challenged woman in Edo State

After a thirty-four-month fight for justice with a total of 30 court sessions, one Dele Eric has been sentenced to 14 years imprisonment for leading the gang-raping a physically challenged woman. Sometime in 2020, a young woman living with a disability was physically assaulted and sexually violated by four young men in Ikpeshi Community, Akoko-Edo…

November 28, 20230Comments

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Opinion

The judicial adultery in Kano

By Lasisi Olagunju A commercial flight landed in Asaba on Sunday but its cabin crew welcomed passengers to Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport, Abuja. A certified true copy of an Appeal Court judgment last week gave victory to both the respondents and the appellants. Nigeria of today is the textbook definition of confusion. I seek to describe…

November 27, 20230Comments

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Editorial

The judiciary and Justice Dattijo Muhammad’s concern

By The Guardian Editorial Board The hornet’s nest stirred recently by retired Supreme Court Justice Dattijo Muhammad is yet another wake-up call on the Federal Government and the judiciary as an institution to address lingering perception of irregularities and lack of steadfastness surrounding the judicial system. The point is that until efforts are made to…

November 27, 20230Comments

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Features

The man who caught the famous armed robber, Lawrence Anini

Mr. Kayode Uaneroro died in the morning of 14 November, 2021. He was the police officer who arrested notorious armed robber Lawrence Anini in the late 1980s. Kayode was the commandant at the Mopol training school at Gwoza when it was suggested to then IGP that if they were serious about getting Anini, Kayode was…

November 27, 20230Comments

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Opinion

Why the Yoruba should not dislike the Igbo

By Ikeazor Akaraiwe[1] Introduction In 1966, two events took place within 7 months which showed and continues to show the mind of the Igbo towards the Yoruba. The January 15, 1966 Military Coup Five military officers (four Igbo and one Yoruba) overthrew the democratic order and ushered in a long night of military rule in…

November 27, 20230Comments

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One of the new SANS was 2 years old when a matter concluded in 2015 was filed by his father

A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Ebun Sofunde has called on stakeholders in the justice sector to declare a state of emergency in what he termed the “current state of the justice delivery sector in Nigeria. Sofunde, SAN who read the address of the Body of Senior Advocates of Nigeria (BOSAN) at the Special Court Session…

November 27, 20230Comments

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