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Prohibition of retired judges from legal practice: Need for a paradigm shift (2)
LAST week, I considered arguments often advanced by both sides of the debate regarding the prohibition of retired judges from legal practice. I started the position in countries like India and some states in the United States of America…
Prohibition of retired judges from legal practice: Need for a paradigm shift (1)
ISSUES relating to the independence of the Judiciary have pervaded the country’s political landscape in recent times. Many discussions on the issue have focused on the need to guarantee financial independence of the judiciary by ensuring…
When false publications may amount to criminal libel
IN recent times, there has been an increase in the arrest and arraignment of persons alleged to have published false
and misleading information against public figures. The first of these was that of a blogger who was arrested, arraigned…
Poverty and the Nigerian attitude to giving (1)
AS Nigeria celebrates yet another anniversary of her independence from Colonialism, it is necessary to continually examine aspects of our development and national life. As a philosopher once wrote, the unexamined life, is not worth living.…
Insecurity: Urgent need to separate investigative and prosecutorial functions
IT is evident that the spate of insecurity has worsened over the past couple of months. Despite efforts of law enforcement agencies, kidnapping is still almost a daily occurrence. Just a few days ago, travellers were reported abducted on…
Illegality of forceful restriction of movement on account of environmental sanitation
ON September 28, residents of states such as Oyo, Ekiti and Ogun State will be restricted to their homes from 7am to about 9am or 10am. The restriction, which is observed in several other states of the Federation on the last Saturday of…
Repositioning legal education for national development (4)
Clinical legal educationUNLIKE other professions such as Medicine, it is not mandatory that law students participate in clinical education in Nigeria. I may simply define clinical legal education as the exposure of…
Relevance of separation of powers and its application to Nigeria (4)
DEMOCRACY cannot survive let alone thrive in any country without lawyers particularly those in government and those serving political parties upholding the sanctity of rule of law. A proactive bar that is alive to its inherent…
Relevance of separation of powers and its application to Nigeria (3)
UNDER what circumstances can a Judge give judgment against the President, members of the National Assembly, the Police, the Army without fear or favour, bearing in mind the conditions under which they serve? It is my view that the…
Relevance of separation of powers and its application to Nigeria (2)
IT is unfortunate that since Nigeria’s independence in 1960, the state has been wallowing in the abyss of misrule and has been struggling tenaciously to sustain genuine democracy and the judiciary has been saddled with the role of…