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Sixty-five years after raising its flag of independence, Nigeria’s judiciary, long regarded as the last hope of the common man, is showing signs of deep strain. A combination of public distrust, allegations of corruption, inconsistent judgments, poor funding, weak infrastructure and political interference has left citizens asking whether the judiciary, one of the three arms …

By Rafiyat Sadiq The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Monday relocated its scheduled Board of Trustees (BoT) meeting from the Wadata Plaza National Secretariat to the Shehu Musa Yar’Adua Centre in Abuja. The party attributed the move to the presence of heavily armed police officers and operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps …

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