Written By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu Paul Anyebe was a judge of the High Court of Benue State in north-central Nigeria who had a young son with sticky fingers and a sense of adventure  It was his role as a dad that endangered his job as a judge. One night around 1983, Anyebe caught his son...

Pyrates condemn arrest, detention of Farotimi, demand immediate release The National Association of Seadogs (Pyrates Confraternity) has condemned the unjust arrest and subsequent detention in prison custody of human rights activist and lawyer Mr Dele Farotimi over an alleged case of defamation against the founder of Afe Babalola University, Aare Afe Babalola. The group described...

The Pan-Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, on Thursday, said the arrest and subsequent detention of legal practitioner and civil rights activist, Dele Farotimi, at the Ado-Ekiti Magistrate Court on Wednesday, was motivated by extraneous considerations outside the legal practice. Afenifere, in a statement signed by its Deputy Leader, Oba Oladipo Olaitan, and the National Publicity Secretary...

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission said corruption has brought Nigeria to its knees economically and socially and called on the citizenry to be courageous to expose it. Resident Anti-Corruption Commissioner for Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, Mrs Ekere Usiere, stated this on Thursday in Yenagoa to mark the...

A book authored by activist lawyer Dele Farotimi has drawn the fury of legal luminary and founder of Afe Babalola University Ado Ekiti (ABUAD), Afe Babalola. The book, a raw and unfiltered account of the author’s views about the Nigerian justice system, is titled, ‘Nigeria and its Criminal Justice System’. Mr Farotimi alleged in the...

The World Bank’s Integrity Vice Presidency (INT) has made a shocking discovery, uncovering $32 million in missing funds from Nigeria’s water project. The global bank which made the revelation in its recently released Fiscal Year 2024 Sanctions System Annual Report, stated that the unaccounted funds were meant to improve water infrastructure in Nigeria but were...

The Office of the Auditor-General of the Federation (OAuGF) report has unearthed tax irregularities amounting to N14.33billion across more than 30 Ministries, Departments, and Agencies of the Nigerian government. The findings, disclosed in the Auditor-General’s Annual Report on Non-Compliance and Internal Control Weaknesses, highlight serious lapses in tax deductions, remittances, and compliance with financial regulations...

This report uncovers more black holes, including property purchases and secret vaults of an offshore haven into which a fugitive arms broker sank millions of dollars obtained through Nigeria’s dubious defence contracts. Written By Adeyemi AdesomojuIn January 2015, arms broker Hima Aboubakar hosted a man and a woman for a meeting in his suite at...