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Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight is remembered by many for its spectacular action, but beneath the explosions and high-speed chases lies a profound lesson about the nature of disorder. Throughout the film, Batman captures criminals and appears to restore order to Gotham City. Yet every victory proves temporary because the city’s greatest enemy is not…
Nigeria moved closer than at any point in its democratic history to dismantling its single, centrally controlled police structure on Wednesday, after the Senate passed a constitutional amendment bill authorising state-controlled police services across the federation. The passage shifts the decades-long debate to the 36 state Houses of Assembly, where at least 24 must…
The Senate on Wednesday passed a constitutional amendment bill clearing the way for the establishment of state police services across Nigeria, marking one of the most consequential security reforms in the country’s history and a decisive break from a policing structure controlled from Abuja since independence. The bill, titled “A Bill for an Act…
The presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party, Adewole Adebayo, has criticised the Senate’s refusal to investigate military spending despite escalating insecurity, insisting that accountability in defence expenditure must not be traded away under the cover of protecting troop morale. Speaking with journalists in Abuja on Monday, Adebayo questioned the value Nigerians have received from…
A fresh assessment of the 10th National Assembly has found that lawmakers failed to deliver 68 of 92 legislative commitments tracked since the start of their tenure, with the House of Representatives recording an overall fulfilment score of 26.8 per cent and the Senate 44.11 per cent. The report, released on Sunday by civic-tech…
The Senate has moved to end the chaotic practice of forum shopping by amending the Electoral Act. This legislative shift aims to stop politicians from hunting for favourable judgments in far-flung courts. It is a necessary attempt to fix a system where conflicting rulings often undermine the will of the voters. Under the new rules,…
The Senate confirmed Olasunkanmi Tegbe as Power Minister on Wednesday, handing him the most poisoned chalice in the cabinet. Lawmakers demanded an immediate end to the national grid collapses that have made a mockery of Nigeria’s industrial goals. The grid has failed so often that it is now a predictable feature of national life rather…
Atiku Abubakar has cautioned President Bola Tinubu against further external borrowing. The former Vice President labelled the government’s latest $516 million loan request as reckless. The administration seeks these funds to support the Sokoto-Badagry superhighway project. This proposal currently awaits Senate approval. Atiku argues the government lacks a transparent repayment framework for such debt. The…
The Senate has granted approval for President Bola Tinubu to secure $6 billion in external loans, clearing the way for fresh borrowing to address fiscal gaps and fund rehabilitation work at Nigeria’s busiest seaports. The approval followed the consideration of a report by the Senate Committee on Local and Foreign Debts, chaired by Senator…
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has issued a seven-day ultimatum to Senate President Godswill Akpabio to open the books on a staggering ₦200 trillion investigation. The Senate Public Accounts Committee is currently scrutinising allegations of “missing or unaccounted funds” within the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) covering the period between 2017 and…
