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Nnamdi Kanu and the Crisis in the Southeast: Why Nigeria Needs a Political, Not a Military Solution
By Okechukwu NwangumaThe insecurity ravaging Nigeria’s Southeast cannot be fully understood outside the political question surrounding the detention of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the...
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#EndSARS at Five: Why Police Reform Has Failed Nigeria – And What Must Change
By Okechukwu NwangumaOctober 2020 marked a defining moment in Nigeria’s history. For weeks, young Nigerians occupied streets and public squares, united by a simple...
Opinion
Elections, Memory, and History’s Verdict — A Note to Nigeria’s New INEC Chairman
By Okechukwu NwangumaIn his remarkable book, How to Rig an Election, Professor Nic Cheeseman exposes how modern autocrats have learned to wear democratic clothing...
Media
Arise TV: A Reminder Rooted in Journalism Ethics and Style Authority
By Anietie John UkpeSome reactions to my last article on Rufai Oseni bemused me. Many betrayed a fundamental misunderstanding of both the craft and...
Opinion
Banking Without Conscience: When Financial Institutions Prey on the Poor
By Okechukwu NwangumaThe House of Representatives’ recent decision to investigate the “arbitrary, excessive, and unexplained” deductions from customers’ accounts by deposit money banks is...
Opinion
#EndSARS at Five: Why Police Reform Has Failed Nigeria – And What Must Change
By Okechukwu NwangumaOctober 2020 marked a defining moment in Nigeria’s history. For weeks, young Nigerians occupied streets and public squares, united by a simple...
Opinion
#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
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...
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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...
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*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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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*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,...
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