A new report by NOPRIN, the Network on Police Reform in Nigeria, has expressed strong opposition to the nomination of Mr. Mike Okiro, a former Inspector General of Police (IGP), as Chairman of the...
Being the Text of the First Olaitan Oyerinde Memorial Lecture Delivered by Femi Falana (SAN) at Imaguero College  Hall; Sapele Road, Benin City, Edo State on May 6, 2013

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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) today arrested former governor of Abia State, Orji Uzor Kalu and Saminu Turaki of Jigawa State.
Former Governor of Abia and Jigawa States, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu and Alhaji Saminu Turaki respectivelay, arrested yesterday by officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for...
U.S. ANNOUNCES AGREEMENT WITH UNITED BANK FOR AFRICA MICHAEL J. GARCIA, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, today announced an agreement (the “Agreement”)...
Here is yet another reason Nigerians should not be at ease about Umar Yar’Adua’s illegitimate occupancy of Aso Rock: his job designation may well include a commitment to shield Olusegun...
6th May 2007 My name is Paul Butterworth. I am the managing director and CEO of Tyre Protector International Limited, (hereafter referred as TPI). TPI produce and distribute a life saving product...
John Fashanu and others including Paul , Festus, Pastor Jide, Dr. Joseph and Ugbana at TP Factory Wales. Ex-England footballer John Fashanu is being taken to court in Nigeria for defrauding...
from Le Monde Diplo 3/7/07 On 19 December 2006, four months before the end of Olusegun Obasanjo’s second term as president of Nigeria, 850 movers and shakers gathered in the grand ballroom of...
Despite being bruised  by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the last elections, opposition elements still could not wait for 29 May to come. It was the terminal date of the eight-year...
Plots to remove Ribadu intensify. Three major political heavy weights in within the current political dispensation namely, General Ibrahim Babangida, Chief James Ibori and Governor Bukola Saraki are...
If Umar Yar’Adua, the current occupant of Nigeria’s First Address, has permitted us any glimpse into his political soul, it is to reveal his paradoxical quality. Last week, Yar’Adua...
from The Guardian How well does Umaru Musa Yar’Adua speak? I did read his inaugural address, and in this column on June 3, I praised what I thought was a thoughtful, promising speech.  As I...
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