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    Yahaya Bello

    Court to deliver judgement in suit against Yahaya Bello’s senatorial candidacy November 19

    The Federal High Court, Abuja Division, fixed November 19 for judgement in a suit challenging former Governor Yahaya Bello as the APC Kogi Central senatorial candidate.

    Rights

    Martin O’Hagan

    Amnesty International, CPJ call for fresh probe into unsolved murder of journalist Martin O’Hagan

    Mr O’Hagan was a staff of Sunday World and had written exposés detailing the criminal underworld operations of Ireland’s paramilitary groups before his murder in 2001.

    OPINION

    The Black Queen of Hearts: Why Mia Mottley captures the global spirit

    For Africa and its diaspora, Mottley now represents something larger than the politics of Barbados.

    What shall we do about South Africa?

    A mob is a failure of policing. A death in custody is the state performing the violence itself, in a building, on a record, with a docket number.

    What Nigeria loses as Tinubu skips UNGA yet again

    If Africa remains central to Nigeria’s foreign policy, the UN cannot be peripheral.

    Vice President Shettima’s United Nations General Assembly Speech (A Rejected Draft)

    For those of you who have approached me since I arrived to ask whether everything is alright with my president, let me assure you that all is well.

    Deaths that have become ordinary

    The citizens who died in Odigbo were not numbers. Neither were the 37 people who died in Niger.

    Tinubu finally solves his Chicago problem

    Sometimes, the best diplomatic strategy is simple: don’t show up.