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CJID-funded investigation wins 2025 Ibanga Isine impact reporter award

Nigeria, Dec. 9 -- A report funded by the Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development (CJID) has emerged winner of the 2025 Ibanga Isine Impact Reporter Award. The announcement was made on Frida... Read More


Police state or state police?, By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu

Nigeria, Dec. 9 -- On 26 November, Nigeria's president, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, announced in a statement personally signed by him that he had "decided to declare a nationwide security emergency" to be acco... Read More


EDITORIAL: More seats for women in parliament; an overdue idea

Nigeria, Dec. 8 -- Stakeholders have pointed out the urgency of the greater representation of women within the political decision-making space, particularly in the Nigerian legislature, both at the na... Read More


Article of Faith: The highest form of prayer, By Femi Aribisala

Nigeria, Dec. 8 -- For 41 years of my life, I never prayed, or so I thought. I told myself, since God is God, He must know all I need and want without my having to ask Him. I did not know that the wor... Read More


The gatekeepers, By Sunday Ogidigbo

Nigeria, Dec. 8 -- Nigeria stands at a threshold again-one of those defining national moments when history pauses, looks around, and asks a simple but unsettling question: Who is standing at the gate?... Read More


US delegation arrives Nigeria, meets Ribadu on strategic security partnership

Nigeria, Dec. 7 -- A United States Congressional delegation has arrived in Abuja and met with Nigeria's National Security Adviser (NSA), Nuhu Ribadu, as both countries intensify diplomatic engagement ... Read More


The hidden war within Nigeria's military: Sabotage, politics, and stalled reform, By Oludare Ogunlana

Nigeria, Dec. 7 -- Nigeria is once again preparing for a sweeping expansion of its security forces. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu's recent declaration of a national "security emergency," accompanied by ... Read More


Tonye Cole vs Wike: Court fixes date for case mention

Nigeria, Dec. 6 -- The High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has fixed 9 December to hear the suit filed by Tonye Cole against Nyesom Wike, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, a... Read More


Immigration CG visits Kebbi, assesses checkpoint attack, meets stakeholders

Nigeria, Dec. 5 -- The Comptroller General of the Nigeria Immigration Service, Kemi Nandap, has concluded a two-day working visit to Kebbi State following the recent attack on the Bakin Ruwa checkpoin... Read More


Full detail: Why IPI Nigeria listed IGP Egbetokun, Govs Bago, Umo in Book of Infamy

Nigeria, Dec. 5 -- Today, we are compelled to add three Nigerian public officials to the IPI Nigeria Book of Infamy. Their actions represent serious violations of press freedom and democratic norms, m... Read More