Opinion: The NSA’s tapped phone: When the hunter becomes the hunted in Nigeria’s surveillance state

EditorFebruary 15, 2026011 mins

By Oto Drama, PhD. THE recent admission by Nasir El-Rufai, the former governor of Kaduna State, that they successfully intercepted and recorded the telephone conversations of the National Security Adviser (NSA), Nuhu Ribadu, has done more than just ignite a political firestorm. It has pulled back the veil on the dark underbelly of the Nigerian…

Senate directs NSA to investigate Akpabio’s death report

EditorDecember 16, 202503 mins

The Nigerian Senate has directed the National Security Adviser (NSA), Nuhu Ribadu, to probe reports which claimed the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, is dead. The resolution was made during plenary on Tuesday, following a point of order raised by Senator Titus Zam, who quoted fake reports circulated on media platforms that the President of the…