A Nigerian court will rule on May 26 whether former President Goodluck Jonathan can run in the 2027 election, a case centered on whether his prior service—first completing Yar’Adua’s term, then winning his own—exhausts the constitutional two-term limit. The plaintiff argues Jonathan has already taken the oath of office twice, making him ineligible, while Jonathan’s defense counters that the lawsuit is politically motivated and that retroactive application of constitutional amendments is invalid. Crit

The NDLEA’s dismantling of Nigeria’s largest-ever meth lab in Ogun State reveals a sophisticated Nigerian-Mexican cartel alliance, marking a dangerous escalation in transnational drug manufacturing on African soil. The operation’s key takeaway is the arrest of a suspected drug baron alongside three Mexican nationals, proving that international cartels are now embedding technical expertise within local criminal networks to produce synthetic drugs at an industrial scale. This bust signals a critical shift from Nigeria being merely a transit hub to becoming a

The Nigerian judiciary is now a frontline defender of the nation’s digital economy, as surging data consumption (1.42 million terabytes in March 2026) and 54.3% broadband penetration make telecom infrastructure critical to national security. Despite over $1 billion in network investments, rampant vandalism, fibre cuts, and sabotage threaten service reliability and public trust, requiring stronger legal deterrence. The NCC’s core insight is that protecting physical telecom assets is inseparable from safeguarding digital transactions, e