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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…
Off shore banking and money laundering (2)
Last week, I began an examination of the relationship between offshore banking and money laundering. I stated how money laundering offences have become common place in Nigeria and how restrictions on the physical movement of cash have…
Constitutionality of dragging the army into electoral process: Caution (Yusuf V Obasanjo)
THE 2019 presidential elections are a few days away and aside from the ongoing campaign of the candidates, one aspect of the impending elections which continues to attract attention is what role the military will play on the day of the…
Results by presiding officers, issued to polling agents, conclusive evidence for INEC and courts
Democracy is often defined as the government of the people, for the people and by the people. The “people” or “citizenry” therefore constitute an essential element of the concept of democracy. Take the “people” out of the equation and there…
Towards free, fair and credible election in February: The roles of INEC
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) owes its existence to the provisions of Section 153 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999. The composition and powers of the commission are as contained in…