Mark Twain, the American writer and humourist, famously said: “There are three kinds of lies: Lies, damned lies and statistics.” This aphorism is truer in Nigeria than in virtually any other country. Put bluntly, one must be utterly gullible to…

By Henry Ojelu As Nigeria settles into 2026, the nation’s courts will undoubtedly become the most consequential theatres of power. Beyond politics and policy pronouncements, it is within courtrooms that unresolved questions of accountability,…

Nigeria’s oil governance has again come under public scrutiny following President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s approval of the write-off of about $1.42 billion and N5.57 trillion in legacy debts owed by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company, NNPC, Limited…

By REMI LADIGBOLU The seizure of Venezuelan President, Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, by United States forces… has shaken the foundations of the international system.  A foreign military operation struck a sovereign capital and removed a…