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Op-ed Editor January 11, 2017

Omoigui Osasogie: Jungle Justice [NEXT]

by Omoigui Osasogie Jungle Justice is the concept and act of disregarding the rule of law and taking matters into one’s hands; more clearly put, it is the act of…

Oludolapo Adelana December 2, 2016

How Police saved bank MD from being lynched by customers

The Managing Director of Kesley Mega Micro-Finance Bank, Mr Kingsley Ubenyi, was saved from being lynched by aggrieved customers by the Police Command in Enugu. The spokesman for the Police Command…

Op-ed Editor November 23, 2016

Opinion: Lagos lynchings, jungle justice and the Law

by Festus Ogun Nigeria is a country blessed with virtually ‘everything’ needed for the upkeep of a fine and sane society – both human and natural resources. Equally, Nigeria is…

Op-ed Editor November 21, 2016

Opinion: It’s time to outlaw ‘jungle justice’ in Nigeria

by Tony Ogunlowo For as long as one can remember there has always been ‘jungle justice’ in Nigeria. All it takes is for somebody to shout ‘ole’ (thief) and anybody seen…

Tolu November 20, 2016

Dangote visits Peter Okoye in his new home | Top 10 photos from last week

We bring you 10 of the most fascinating, touching and downright gory sights from last week. The beautiful moment President Barack Obama met with the 6-year-old boy who wrote an…

Tolu November 20, 2016

MMM’s generosity, 360 House of Reps members who refused to trek | Here are last week’s winners and losers

This week, we took a thorough look at the most reported events across the world and we decided that our list of winners and losers is going to be lopsided.…

Op-ed Editor November 19, 2016

Opinion: Our collective definition of justice in Nigeria

by Rahaman Abiola Toheeb There is something sinister about the way we think and about our collective definition and understanding of the word ‘justice’ as a country. When you, a patriot…

Op-ed Editor November 19, 2016

Opinion: Of mob justice, the Boy (7 or 17) and our road to anarchy

by Aigbokhan Emmanuel On Nov. 16, a rather gruesome video detailing the lynching of a “7 year old boy” circulated social media. As expected the video sparked outrage among those…

Isime Esene November 19, 2016

Special report: The mob action in Orile is one grisly incident too many

by Usman Alabi Early this week the internet was inundated with a video showing a young man said to be seven-years-old been beaten and eventually set ablaze for allegedly stealing…

Isime Esene November 18, 2016

The lynched boy is not 7-years old, but does it matter? + more on The Slab with Isime

Tolu Omoyeni, Emeka Nwankwo, and Biodun Laaro join Isime Esene on The Slab and this week it's about the 7-year old boy killed somewhere in Lagos, Orji Uzor Kalu's defection to APC,…

Op-ed Editor November 18, 2016

Opinion: The MOB in all of us

by Ugochukwu Nnamdi Ukamba There is nothing as dangerous as a mob –of any sort! We have, at some point in real life, witnessed the intensity of a mob action.…

Op-ed Editor November 17, 2016

The Thread: “If I was there, I’d have bought the petrol myself…” | These tweets by @Harri_Obi examines why lynching happens

Yesterday, this photo below circulated on social media, calling the attention of people to a seven year old boy who had been set on fire because he stole garri. Expectedly, people…