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Ese Oruru: The Inspiring Triumph of a Survivor

By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu In April 2020, then governor of Kano State…

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The cruel delay of gratuity payments to Nigerian pensioners

Why Nigerian Governors Must End the Long Wait of Retirees Entitlement. By…

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Nigerians entitled to compulsory health insurance, says Falana

Human rights crusader and Chair, Alliance on Surviving Covid 19 and Beyond…

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Genocide: Tinubu government’s embarrassing embrace of Israel

By Owei Lakemfa Israel, under the Nethanyahu regime, and shielded from international…

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NBA stands up for Comfort Emmason

‎It is deeply disturbing that Ms. Emmanson was forcibly removed from the…

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Fundamental rights jurisprudence (7): Melrose v EFCC- Landmark Judicial Endorsement

By Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, SAN INTRODUCTION The sixth part of this article which…

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When the Nigerian state chooses to play rogue

By Owei Lakemfa Governor Mohammed Umar Bago, the 51-year-old Governor of Niger…

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No mind your nationality, you’ve got the identity of an African

By Owei Lakemfa History was made. It was the United Nations International…

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Fundamental rights jurisprudence (4): EFCC v Melrose- landmark judicial endorsement

By Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, SAN INTRODUCTION The third part of this article which…

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“We’ll kill you today”: Teacher seeks N550m damages over alleged brutalization by Soldiers 

By Fisayo Ogunsakin (with agency reports) The Federal High Court sitting in…

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Fundamental rights jurisprudence (3): Melrose v EFCC – landmark judicial endorsement

By Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, SAN INTRODUCTION The second part of this article which…

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The masses need food, the elites want more bureaucracies

By Owei Lakemfa The World Bank in its May 2025 Report stated…

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