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Two courtrooms opened in Abuja today. One is trying a man who called the President a criminal. The other is trying 36 officers who allegedly wanted to end his government entirely. Both proceedings are happening with as little public visibility as the state can...
Governance
Today a judge decides whether Omoyele Sowore has to answer for posts he made on X. That sounds like one man’s problem. It isn’t. The court rules today. Justice Mohammed Umar of the Federal High Court in Abuja will decide whether the DSS has made...
Governance
The court martial of the men who allegedly plotted to end Nigerian democracy resumes today. Nobody outside will know what happens inside. The trial of 36 military officers accused of planning a coup resumes today at a military installation in Abuja. It resumed...
Governance
Three bloggers were arrested over a story about Tony Elumelu’s marriage. The story was apparently false. The arrest was real. UBA Group chairman Tony Elumelu did not divorce his wife. The story that said he did was described by UBA as fabricated, malicious,...
Diaspora, Governance
Nigeria is sending Femi Fani-Kayode to represent it in the country where its citizens are right now closing their shops and going indoors. On Thursday, Femi Fani-Kayode announced that President Tinubu had approved his posting as Nigeria’s...