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Nigeria in crisis: Memo to Prof Wole Soyinka
The Man Died! A brilliant literary effort put together by a genius, amongst his many works. He towers above his fellows, his image looms larger that his person and he is by all means, a revolutionary, in relation to Nigerian affairs,…
When the law is helpless
In his 1651 famous work Leviathan, Thomas Hobbes had predicted that man may one day get to a situation where life would become “nasty, brutish and short”, especially when men of steel are placed in crucial positions of authority. Some weeks…
The failing judicial system (2)
FUTILITY OF SPECIAL COURTSSpecial courts! That is the new refrain in town, for solving all the problems of the judiciary. Everyone wants a special court to handle special cases, due mainly to the failing judicial system that…
The failing judicial system (1)
My phone rang repeatedly so I thought it must be something very urgent and serious. The caller on the other side was furious and agitated. He wanted me to step into a matter very urgently, to rescue him and his group from their lawyer, whom…
The NYSC faux pas
In recent times, the NYSC has been in the news, this time for the wrong reasons, relating to kits and uniforms, for its youth corps members. The National Youth Service Corps was established by the NYSC Act, to encourage and develop common…
On civilian dictatorship
THE ship of State in Nigeria seems to be sliding, steeply into the abyss, without any captain available or alive to steer it to rescue. And this should be a grave cause of concern to all lovers of democracy and the rule of law. I fear now…
The illegalities of social media regulation
IN the course of last week, the Honourable Minister of Information, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, was all over the news on the resolve of the government, to regulate the social media, with the attent threats of sanctions for defaulters. He indeed…
Press freedom in the new social media age in Nigeria (2)
THE advent of a new social media order has aided Nigerians like all other citizens of the world, in giving full expression to the constitutionally guaranteed right to freedom of expression and the right to hold and disseminate opinion on…
Press freedom in the new social media age (1)
The topic for this discourse could not have come at a better time, when the voices of dissent are perceived as enemies of the government of the day and all efforts are mobilized towards crushing those voices. The recent case of the…
NDDC: A people’s albatross
According to the introductory note to the Act establishing it, the Niger-Delta Development Commission (NDDC) was conceived to “use the sums received from the allocation of the Federation Account for tackling ecological problems which arise…