The major subject that has been trending since last week is the Afe Babalola-Dele Farotimi affair. The renowned legal luminary Chief Afe Babalola petitioned the police authority in Ekiti State and complained that civil rights activist Dele Farotimi defamed him in his book, Nigeria and its criminal justice system. Columnists must be at a crossroads to intervene in a matter …

The Independent Media and Policy Initiative (IMPI) has decried how some individuals and groups are laying the groundwork for insurrection under the cover of a peaceful protest. In a statement signed by its Chairman, Niyi Akinsiju, the policy analyst group noted that although protests are acceptable in a democracy, no government will tolerate a call to anarchy, riots, disturbance of …