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2027 Polls: Lawyers raise alarm over threats, intimidation
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2027: Non-release of N371bn to INEC threatens polls

With 111 days to the January 16, 2027 presidential and National Assembly elections, concerns are mounting over the non-release of the balance of about N371 billion of the N873.78 billion budget projected for the polls, with the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, warning that sustained funding is critical to effective planning, logistics and security.

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NSCDC custody deaths and Nigeria’s detention crisis
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NSCDC custody deaths and Nigeria’s detention crisis

Recently, thirty-seven illegal miners were arrested and detained in the custody of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Minna but never came out alive. That grim fact alone demands a thorough reckoning with Nigeria’s detention system and the accountability of agencies entrusted with the custody of lawfully detained citizens. Whatever offences they […]

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Aliko Dangote, Nigeria’s truest capitalist? By Suleiman A. Suleiman

(suleimansuleiman@dailytrust.com; 07066451983 SMS) Nigeria has a complicated relationship with capitalism. For the most part, it is barely understood. In Nigeria, capitalism is often presented as something inherently bad. This draws from the residual legacy of Nigerian Marxism, and a religious ethos that sometimes viewspoverty as a moral trophy. The idea that “money is the root of all evil” remains one of the most popular sayings in our public culture, even […]

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S’Court judgment: Parties insist candidates safe

The Peoples Democratic Party, Allied People’s Movement and Labour Party have said they complied with relevant provisions of the Electoral Act 2026 in the conduct of their primaries and membership registration, following the Supreme Court judgment restoring key provisions of the law. The parties’ National Publicity Secretaries, Jungudo Mohammed (PDP), Abubakar Yusuf (APM) and Ken

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