Permissible Lawlessness: Recidivism of Unconstitutional Changes of Government and International Law

Bola A. Akinterinwa One major reason that might have informed the choice of the theme of the 46th Annual Conference of the Nigerian Society of International Law, holding on Tuesday, 21st and Wednesday, 22nd October, 2025 at the Nigerian Institute...

Factbox-Trump’s tariffs: What’s in effect and what could be in store?

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump has launched a global trade war with an array of tariffs that target individual products and countries. Trump has set a baseline tariff of 10% on all imports to the United States, as well as...

Defunding human rights: analysis of votes at the Fifth Committee

This analysis is yearly updated and serves as complementary information to ISHR’s report ‘Budget Battles at the UN: How States try to Defund Human Rights’ launched on 21 October 2025. During the adoption of the UN’s proposed budget at the Fifth...

In Rome, FG Courts FAO to Boost Food Security, Employment Opportunities for Nigerian Farmers

James Emejo in Abuja Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Senator Abubakar Kyari, has sought continuous collaboration and partnership with United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) to boost agricultural productivity, employment...

Nigeria’s Boko Haram Rehabilitation Efforts Ignore The Emotional Trauma Of

Since 2009, Boko Haram has waged one of the deadliest insurgencies in Africa. Concentrated in north-east Nigeria and the Lake Chad Basin, the group has killed more than 35,000 people and displaced at least 2.5 million. Its attacks on schools,...

FG woos FAO for employment opportunities, enhanced food security

BY DAVID ADUGE-ANI The Federal Government, through the Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Sen. Abubakar Kyari, has stated that continuous robust collaboration and partnership with the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of United...

French Group Wagas Plans to Build 1.5 Million Homes in Cameroon by 2035

(Business in Cameroon) - Wagas Group signed an MoU with Cameroon’s government to build 1.5 million homes by 2035. The project will rely on green bonds and sustainable financing mechanisms — a first in the Cemac region. A pilot phase in Ebolowa...

Trump’s Adviser Dismisses Religious Persecution Allegations in Nigeria

Deji Elumoye in Abuja The Senior Adviser to United States President, Donald Trump, on Arab and African Affairs, Massad Boulos, yesterday, has described allegations of religious persecution in Nigeria as misguided and inconsistent with the...

Trump Adviser Massad Boulos Dismisses Religious Persecution Claims in Nigeria, Backs Tinubu’s Security Efforts

.Describes allegations as misguided, inconsistent with reality on ground .Says terrorism is indiscriminate and affects all faiths and ethnicities in the country .Meets Tinubu on the sidelines of Aqaba process summit in Rome Senior Adviser to...

The Abraham Accords and Sudan’s Global Counterrevolution

On October 23, 2020, Sudan became the third Arab-majority country to normalize relations with Israel under the Abraham Accords. People gather in front of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs building in Khartoum to stage a demonstration against the...

Madagascar’s Crisis Takes a Dangerous Turn

Welcome to Foreign Policy’s Africa Brief. The highlights this week: History appears to be repeating itself in Madagascar, a fuel blockade leads to chaos in Mali, and poverty rises in Nigeria even as GDP grows. Sign up to receive Africa Brief in...

Women’s Leadership at the Heart of Disaster Risk Reduction

Armed Conflicts, Crime & Justice, Featured, Gender, Global, Headlines, Population, Sustainable Development Goals, TerraViva United Nations Opinion Disasters touch everyone but are not felt equally. Women often take longer to rebuild their...

It’s time to elect Naya Young to Tampa City Council

Thomas Scott (L) and Naya Young at WMNF in Tampa, Florida on Oct. 17, 2025. Credit: Ray Roa / Creative Loafing Tampa Bay By the time Tampa’s new District 5 councilperson is sworn in, five months will have passed since the unexpected death of...

ISWAP’s Strategic Resurgence in Nigeria Signals Emerging Trends in Insurgents’ Sophistication and Limited Statehood

Introduction The security situation in northeastern Nigeria and the Lake Chad Basin significantly deteriorated in the first half of 2025. This is primarily owed to the renewed strategic vigor of the dreadful Islamic State West Africa Province...

Ten preps for one-party rule

MAHMUD JEGA: VIEW FROM THE GALLERY With the Biblical-scale Exodus in recent weeks of governors, senators and other high-profile politicians from opposition parties to the ruling All Peoples Congress [APC], this country is set to have a one party...

Digital ID Black Pill Moment?

Authored by Patti Johnson via The Burning Platform blog, For those unclear on what a Black Pill Moment means, I’ll share my take on the definition: Black Pill Moment: A “Black Pill Moment” is when someone grasps a harsh, pessimistic truth about...

‘One man with God is everything’

CALLIAQUA, ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES — Before I got up to speak, brother Maxwell Ince said a prayer for me. “Lord, I’m not sure what he’s going to bring us, but I pray that we might be attentive.” That’s a good summary of what happens when I...

Nigeria’s Boko Haram rehabilitation efforts ignore the emotional trauma of soldiers: why this matters

Since 2009, Boko Haram has waged one of the deadliest insurgencies in Africa. Concentrated in north-east Nigeria and the Lake Chad Basin, the group has killed more than 35,000 people and displaced at least 2.5 million. Its attacks on schools,...

The Spreading Fire Of Insecurity In Nigeria And The Sahel -By Princess Jane Simon

Across Nigeria and the wider Sahel region, insecurity has evolved into a complex humanitarian and political crisis that now threatens the very existence of communities and the stability of entire nations. What began more than a decade ago as a...

Adekeye Adebajo | The comeuppance of Nicolas Sarkozy

The recent conviction of 70-year old former French president (2007-2012), Nicolas Sarkozy, for criminal conspiracy and “corruption at the highest level”, marked the final humiliation of a rabidly right-wing, deeply prejudiced figure who perfectly...