Opinion
Police Trust Fund Reforms: Between Hope, Legality, and the Lessons of the Past
When the Council of State met recently under the chairmanship of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, one of the major decisions reached was the approval...
Opinion
Loan Apps and Microfinance Banks Are Destroying Lives – The CBN Must Act Now
By Okechukwu NwangumaAcross Nigeria today, thousands of families are trapped in a new and terrifying form of bondage - digital loan slavery.What began as...
Opinion
Justice, Not Sentiment: Why Nnamdi Kanu’s Detention Demands a Political Solution
By Okechukwu NwangumaJoe Igbokwe recently issued what he termed a “final warning” to Omoyele Sowore, advising him to steer clear of Nnamdi Kanu’s case...
Breaking News
Imo Police’s Injustice Against Nmesoma: A Disturbing Test of Law, Conscience, and Accountability
By Okechukwu NwangumaMore than three months after her arrest, and nearly three weeks after the matter was formally brought to the attention of the...
Opinion
Forgery, Failure, and the Rot in Nigeria’s Governance System
By Okechukwu NwangumaWhen the Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology, Uche Nnaji, tendered his resignation three days after PREMIUM TIMES published a damning investigation...
Breaking News
*Why Nnamdi Kanu’s Release Is Key to Restoring Peace in the Southeast*
When the Rule of Law and Accountability Advocacy Centre (RULAAC), the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), and a coalition of Southeast civil society organisations convened...
Breaking News
A Decade of Impunity: A Wake-Up Call for Southeast Civil Society, the NBA, and the Media
By Okechukwu NwangumaWhen Amnesty International released its new report - A Decade of Impunity: Attacks and Unlawful Killings in South-East Nigeria - in Enugu...
Gender
Why the Next Governor of Lagos Must Be a Woman
By Princess Abiodun Islamiat OyefusiLagos is a city of greatness — a restless, ambitious, unstoppable megacity that beats with the energy of over twenty...
Breaking News
Community Policing, State Police, and the Roots of Nigeria’s Insecurity
By Okechukwu NwangumaThe clamour for community policing and state police has grown louder as insecurity continues to spread across Nigeria. From banditry and kidnapping...
Breaking News
Police Reform in Nigeria: The Unfinished Struggle for Accountability and Justice
By Okechukwu NwangumaSeventeen years ago, at the International Forum for Democratic Studies in Washington DC, I argued that Nigeria’s criminal justice system was in...
News
Nigeria @65: Only State Police Can Break Cycle of Insecurity
By Yemi EnitanLet me begin by quoting a line from the Lord’s Prayer: “As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall...
Opinion
NIGERIA @65: The Successes Of The NPF in Enhancing Internal Security
By Benjamin HundeyinA TIME FOR REFLECTION AND CELEBRATION(1) As Nigeria clocks 65 years of independence, we are reminded that sovereignty is sustained not only...
Breaking News
*Selective Justice: Why Fagbemi Must Probe Wike Too*
By Okechukwu NwangumaWhen Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) Lateef Fagbemi announced a probe into the UK property scandal involving senior lawyer Mike Ozekhome, SAN,...
Breaking News
*Somtochukwu, Silenced, One Death Too Many: When a Nation Fails to Value* *Human Life*
By George OzallaMy heart bleeds, my eyes are swollen, my voice is cracked, my head aches. I am totally dumbfounded by the sad news...
Opinion
Tinubu and the Appointment of a New INEC Chairman: History Beckons
By Okechukwu NwangumaOrdinarily, what should guide President Bola Tinubu in appointing a new chairman for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is the best...
Opinion
THE DEATH OF JOURNALISM & THE AGE OF SHAMELESSNESS (REPRISE)
SATURDAY BREAKFAST with TONY OKOROJIIt is the social media age. Practically everyone with a smartphone is now a writer, an editor, and a publisher....
Breaking News
Exposing The Phantom Petition Against Me, By Former Secretary Of NBA, Chinedu Agu
Barrister Chinedu Agu is a former secretary of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Owerri branch, who is being prosecuted on allegations of criminal defamation...
Breaking News
From Gloria to Nmesoma: The Dangerous Cycle of Police Abuse in Imo State
By Okechukwu NwangumaWhen news broke recently of the unlawful arrest and continued detention of Miss Nmesoma Chukwunyere, a 21-year-old trainee nurse in Orlu, I...
Opinion
Nigeria’s Demography: Sleepwalking Into Dispossession
By Okechukwu NwangumaNigeria’s demographics are being transformed right before our eyes. Entire communities in Plateau, Benue, and Southern Kaduna are being wiped out. Villages...
Opinion
Government of the People, by the People: Democracy and the Duty of Citizens
By Okechukwu NwangumaOn Monday, September 15, Nigeria joined in the global marking of the International Day of Democracy.Nigerians cannot afford to forget our own...
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