A Bounty on a President, But No One Used It WASHINGTON had publicly offered a $50 million reward for actionable intelligence leading to Maduro’s arrest. Yet, when the capture finally happened, it bypassed bounty-driven informants entirely, relying instead on classified assets, deep surveillance, and special-mission military units. Investigators note the irony: the most expensive arrest […]
BY INWALOMHE DONALD FEW crises in recent years have tested the boundaries of sovereignty, justice, and raw power as recently as Venezuela under Nicolás Maduro. What began as a domestic political and economic breakdown has developed into a global argument about disputed elections, sanctions, foreign intervention, and the uneven enforcement of international law. From Lagos […]
By FIDELUS ZWANSON THE Nigerian stock market opened the year on a strong bullish note on Friday, delivering a ₦561 billion gain as sustained investor demand for high-profile equities drove market indices upward on the first trading day of 2026. The rally pushed the market capitalisation from ₦99.376 trillion to ₦99.937 trillion, representing a 0.57% […]
By PAULINA NZERUBE THE Delta State Government has formally announced 5 January 2026 as the second-term resumption date for all public and private primary and secondary schools for the 2025/2026 academic year. The directive was issued in a statement jointly signed by Chief (Mrs.) Rose Ezewu and Dr. Kingsley Ashibogwu, who oversee secondary and primary […]
Identity Beyond Language: The Untold Political Anatomy THE Ikwerre story sits at the intersection of linguistics, power, war, and self-preservation. Scholars agree that Ikwerre shares an estimated 95 percent linguistic similarity with Igbo, placing the group firmly within the Igboid language family. But reducing Ikwerre identity to language alone oversimplifies a more complex historical reality. […]
From Dispersed Clans to a United Polity THE story of the Egbà Kingdom is often told through folklore of refuge and resilience. Yet beyond the symbolism of sanctuary lies a more deliberate political revolution rarely examined with critical depth: the calculated restructuring of a fractured people into a single functioning state. The Egbà, a subgroup […]
A Record You Cannot Outrun IN Nigeria, the police statement is often the quiet killer of strong cases. Many suspects discover only later that the most consequential moment at the station was not the arrest, the questioning, or even detention—it was the signature. Once appended, that document becomes a speaking witness, carrying a version of […]
By DEBORAH OCHEJA The Constitutional Backing THE right to observe Nigerian court proceedings stems from the constitutional doctrine of open justice. Except where the law expressly restricts it, hearings are public events, accessible to citizens who wish to learn, monitor, or research judicial processes. This is the legal basis that allows journalists, law students, governance analysts, […]
When Equity Withdraws Its Hand ACROSS Nigeria’s courtrooms, one doctrine quietly ends more lawsuits than judges ever headline: Laches and acquiescence—a rule of equity that punishes conduct, not conviction. While statutes bar claims by fixed limitation periods, equity bars them by unreasonable delay that misleads the other party into believing the dispute is over. In […]
When the Court Walks Away, It’s Not Always Defeat Mootness vs. Merit: The Distinction Courts Assume You Know NIGERIA’S legal system suffers from a public-communication deficit: complex judicial doctrines are delivered in dense rulings but rarely translated for mass understanding. One of the most misreported is the doctrine of mootness—often summarised by judges as a […]