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The Cybercrime Act: A Tool for Order or a Weapon of Suppression?

By The Searchlight Investigation Desk / May 10, 2026 Nigeria’s Cybercrimes (Prohibition, Prevention, etc.) Act, 2015,…
The Shadow of Fear: Is Tinubu’s DSS Weaponizing “Investigation” to Silence Critics

By The Searchlight Investigation Desk / May 9, 2026 In any functional democracy, the proper response…
The Uncommon Rubber Stamp: Akpabio’s Executive Obedience is Remaking the Nigerian Senate

By: The Searchlight Editorial Team / May 9, 2026 When the 10th Senate was inaugurated in…
Three Staten Island Men Plead Guilty in Federal Juror Bribery Scheme Linked to Major Cocaine Trafficking Trial – The Realist Juggernaut

BROOKLYN, NEW YORK — Three Staten Island men have now pleaded guilty in federal court after…
More Than 350 Child Sex Abuse Offenders Arrested and Over 200 Child Victims Located – The Realist Juggernaut

NEW YORK — Federal authorities announced the results of Operation Iron Pursuit, a nationwide child exploitation…
The Politics of Disappearance: From Enforced Disappearances to Election Exclusion – Part 2

By The Searchlight Correspondent / May 7, 2026 The most insidious parallel between Nigeria today and…
The Papa Doc Precedent: Is Nigeria’s APC is Building a Duvalier State – Part 1

y The Searchlight Investigative Desk / May 7, 2026 There is a ghost that haunts the Caribbean,…
The Papa Doc Precedent: Is Nigeria’s APC is Building a Duvalier State

By The Searchlight Investigative Desk / May 7, 2026 There is a ghost that haunts the Caribbean,…
Roots of the Monster: Boko Haram’s Origins and the Shadow of Elite Power

By Matthews Otalike, The Searchlight Correspondent / May 5, 2026 Boko Haram did not emerge from…
Shadows of Insecurity: Unmasking Nigeria’s Endless Cycle of Terror and Impunity – Part 1

By Matthews Otalike, The Searchlight Correspondent / May 5, 2026 Voices from the Shadows – Ex-Muslim…