If Christian communities can no longer live safely in regions where they have lived for generations, the question before us is not merely about human rights. It is existential.
One tweep describes what passes for judicial appointment process in Nigeria as “filiality via conjugality”.
Atiku is like a lion wearing Santa Claus’s cap and offering a gift box wrapped in garlands, swag, and tinsel. Obi and his ambition would soon be lunch.
Most of the casualties occurred in the Middle Belt, the epicentre of attacks by Fulani militia.
It was an odd way to phrase arguably the most cynical and gratuitous expansion of presidential power in the history of the Nigerian Supreme Court.
The only proof that Ahmed was not removed to save the system is that he should be investigated so that he can either clear his name or face the consequences.
The greatest loss a people can suffer is the loss of the right to have rights.
President Tinubu’s “innocuous insertion” inviting the National Assembly to review state police laws is no artifice. It’s an overdue gauntlet thrown to lawmakers.
Moreover, the optics of Prof Soyinka’s critique, while poignant, risk conflating correlation with causation.
