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Oluwatosin Ajayi, IPI and a new tone for press freedom, By Abdullahi M Gulloma

Nigeria, Dec. 23 -- The relationship between those who guard the state and those who tell its story has always been delicate. One watches for threats in the shadows; the other shines light into public... Read More


Obasanjo and the democratic apologia in Nigeria, By Adagbo Onoja

Nigeria, Dec. 23 -- The gap between democracy and the dividends associated with it between 1999 and today has called the concept of democracy into question. So much money is spent on conducting electi... Read More


Online defamation in Nigeria: Free speech, reputation and the law in the digital age, By Oyetola Muyiwa Atoyebi

Nigeria, Dec. 23 -- Defamation has long occupied a central place in Nigerian jurisprudence. Even in the early years following independence, actions for defamation were among the most prominent forms o... Read More


EDITORIAL: Arresting defiance to Tinubu's police withdrawal order

Nigeria, Dec. 22 -- Designs to negate the recent presidential directive that police officers attached to very important personalities (VIPs) as security details should be withdrawn with immediate effe... Read More


Celebrating Toyin Falola: the father of African Ancestral Studies, By Samson O. Ijaola

Nigeria, Dec. 22 -- Professor Toyin Falola is an enigma within African scholarship who holds an uncommon position within the academic community. As one of the architects of Africa's new intellectual, ... Read More


No hiding place for SSS DG, Oluwatosin Ajayi, By Yemi Kolapo

Nigeria, Dec. 22 -- The International Press Institute, Nigeria, on 2 December honoured the Director-General of the State Security Services, Oluwatosin Ajayi, while unveiling its first-of-its-kind Book... Read More


Article of Faith: Holding captivity captive, By Femi Aribisala

Nigeria, Dec. 21 -- Do you believe, "Whoever assembles against you shall fall for your sake?" (Isaiah 54:15). Do you believe, "No weapon formed against you shall prosper?" (Isaiah 54:17). Do you belie... Read More


The debt we refuse to pay: Why Nigeria must stop taxing its veterans, By Ken Bolanle Ati-John

Nigeria, Dec. 19 -- In every nation, there are groups whose contributions are visible and celebrated, and there are those whose sacrifices are carried quietly, etched into their bodies, their nerves, ... Read More


The time of 419neers is here again!, By Wole Arisekola

Nigeria, Dec. 18 -- Have you just retired, or perhaps made a little money abroad after years of suffering in the cold, sending dollars home while eating noodles and pretending all was well? Congratula... Read More


Professionalising or politicising the mother tongue in early learning?, By Zainab Suleiman Okino

Nigeria, Dec. 18 -- One of the challenges facing education in Nigeria is, among other issues, policy somersaults which, in most cases, come with changes in government, depending on the political party... Read More