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Supreme Court, Rivers And The State of Emergency – THISDAYLIVE

BY REUBEN ABATI Yesterday, December 15, the Supreme Court of Nigeria struck out the suit filed by 11 Governors of…

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Burkina Faso, Benin, and the Fables of Regional Power – THISDAYLIVE

Beneath the Surface By Dakuku Peterside When West Africans saw videos of mutinous soldiers seizing Benin Republic’s  state television, reports…

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Tinubu’s Benin Republic Expedition – THISDAYLIVE

REUBEN ABATI In the early hours of Sunday, December 7, 2025, there was the shocking news of a military intervention…

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The Danger of ‘Ceremonial’ Coups

By Olusegun Adeniyi It is becoming increasingly clear that what unfolded in Guinea-Bissau last week Wednesday was a brazen drama…

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Tinubu’s Ambassadors

REUBEN ABATI No one should be surprised at the level of controversy that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s ambassadorial list of…

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