Author: Editor

One of the only 8 female senators in the Nigerian senate today, a woman, Sen. Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, is challenging her suspension from the Senate. Justice Binta Nyako has set the 27th of June 2025 to give a final judgment in the case. I believe that most of us know that this is a straightforward case that has precedents in which courts have ruled the same way, and even laymen know that Sen. Akpabio will lose. For instance, in 2017, the Federal High Court in Abuja declared the suspension of Sen. Ali Ndume “illegal, unlawful, and unconstitutional.” In 2018, the same…

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At the entrance of the Defence Headquarters, I noticed a difference between my conceptual image of the Defence Headquarters and the actual one.  I expected to meet stern-looking soldiers with frowning faces, glaring at civilians as they passed the security checks into the premises. Instead, I met them courteously, looking at the personnel and politely identifying the visitors while requesting whom they had come to see. Except for the military uniform and orderly manner in which things are being conducted, one cannot imagine being in a top-most regimented environment, but a diplomatic outfit with an amiable reception. All through, the…

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