The League for Social Justice (LSJ) is committed to exposing and challenging injustices across Nigeria—but we can’t do it alone. Every...

Reclaiming Our Future: Why Nigeria’s Youth Need the Power of the Humanities Reflecting on Dr. Labode Obanor’s Lecture at UNILAG’s 60th Faculty of Arts Anniversary On Thursday, 23rd October 2025, the University of Lagos Faculty of Arts marked its 60th Anniversary with an illuminating public lecture delivered by Dr. Labode Obanor . His message, titled “From Knowledge to Justice: Reclaiming the Humanities in Africa’s Tech-Driven Future,”  resonated deeply with everyone present—a

Distinguished Vice Chancellor, Prof. Folasade Ogunsola, The Dean, Faculty of Arts, Prof. Akanbi Mudasiru Ilupeju, High Chief Tunde Fanimokun, our esteemed Chairman, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, Special Guest of Honour, Hon. Francis Shonubi, Chairman of the Planning Committee, Members of the Faculty Board, alumni, distinguished scholars, students, ladies, and gentlemen   The Legacy of the Faculty                                                                                      

The League for Social Justice (LSJ) condemns in the strongest possible terms the brazen assault and unlawful re-arrest of activist and former presidential candidate Omoyele Sowore on the premises of the Kuje Magistrate Court in Abuja, despite having been granted bail alongside 13 others by Magistrate Abubakar Umar Sai’id. According to credible eyewitness accounts, officers of the Nigeria Police, led by CSP Ilyasu Barau, Investigating Police Officer and Officer in Charge of An

Faculty of Arts Alumni Association, University of Lagos, has announced that Dr. LaBode Obanor, President of the League for Social Justice (LSJ), will deliver the keynote address at the 60th Anniversary Public Lecture of the Faculty of Arts, University of Lagos. The public lecture, titled “From Knowledge to Justice: Reclaiming the Humanities in Africa’s Tech-Driven Future,” is scheduled for Thursday, October 23, 2025, at the Faculty of Arts Auditorium, University of Lagos, Ako

By  LaBode Obanor In Kebbi State, a journalist’s camera has done what years of government budgets and hollow promises could not. It laid...

By LaBode Obanor   The Department of State Services (DSS) is once again prowling the edges of legality, and this time, the target is a...

The League for Social Justice (LSJ) notes with concern the recent events surrounding the removal and prosecution of a passenger on an...

By Orobosa Agbonkpolo Original Publication: 01/15/2015 Since the All Progressives Congress (APC) announced Gen. (Rtd) Buhari as the...

By LaBode Obanor What’s more dangerous than corruption, a reasonable person might ask. It is a president who flies abroad to die because...

No State of Emergency, No Tanks for Terrorists, No Justice for Farmers, Zero Accountability. Nigeria’s Leaders Watch as Benue Bleeds  ...

On this Democracy Day, while President Bola Tinubu takes the podium at the National Assembly to extol the virtues of Nigeria’s 26-year...

The League for Social Justice (LSJ) strongly condemns the recent legislative attempt to criminalize non-voting citizens through a...

The Diaspora Is Done Waiting!   By LaBode Obanor     From every continent where Nigerians in the diaspora have made their reluctant...

By Orobosa Agbonkpolo I woke up quite early to observe the funeral obsequies of Pope Francis. As images of him over the years filled the...

Punch There are few things more grotesque than watching a nation normalize carnage. Today, I witnessed yet another gruesome crash on the...

Once again, the Nigerian people are expected to accept the unacceptable. We are told—without irony—that President Bola Tinubu is “working...

Fortune.com By LaBode Obanor  There are tantrums, and then there’s Trump’s “Liberation Day”—a fireworks display of economic illiteracy...

There are times when silence is betrayal—and today, we must speak with fire in our throats and pain in our hearts. The horrific...

The League for Social Justice (LSJ) acknowledges the recent reports concerning the planned nationwide protests organized by the...