The United Nations Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief, Nazila Ghanea, has delivered one of the starkest international assessments yet of Nigeria’s security situation, warning that entrenched impunity and collapsing accountability systems are fuelling a self-perpetuating cycle
By Tunde Odesola (Published in The PUNCH, on Friday, June 19, 2026) If I walked into the ground floor of the superstore at the city centre to get my preschool child a gift, and I saw bicycles, balls, boots, dolls, push cars, rackets, etc. I wouldn’t pick a thing. Instead, I would move to the […]
The 36 state governors under the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) have reaffirmed their support for the establishment of state police, stressing that any framework adopted must be constitutionally sound and consistent with the principles of federalism and the protection of citizens’ rights. The governors made their position known after their second meeting held in Abuja […]
By Max Amuchie Last week on The Sunday Stew, we unveiled the Decoupling Sovereignty Index (DSI), a quantitative metric I developed as an extension of the Trinity of State Decay. It is meant to be a mathematical instrument for measuring the degree of separation between a state’s juridical sovereignty and its lived reality. I had […]
President Bola Tinubu has approved the recruitment of 1,000 forest guards in Oyo State and directed the deployment of a specialised security unit to intensify efforts to rescue pupils and teachers abducted from schools in Oriire Local Government Area of the state. The measures were announced on Sunday during a visit by a high-powered Federal […]
*Recovers Large Arms Cache- 15AK Rifles, 1434 Live Ammunition The Department of State Services (DSS) has arrested five persons, including two Nigeriens, suspected to be arms couriers to gunmen who, on November 21, 2025, attacked St. Mary’s Catholic school in Papiri village, Niger State, abducting nearly 300 students and staff.Recovered from the men were a […]










