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Transactional Justice
Increasingly and alarmingly, it is gaining ground that Nigerians now believe that justice is for sale.This position was held by my friend and comrade, Joe Igbokwe some years back and I took umbrage at him and even filed an action in…
Ayade and Jalingo: When power corrupts
His election came with lots of expectations, given his background and profile, as a former Senator of the Federal Republic, a grassroots man and an erudite professor. Born as Benedict Bengioushuye Ayade not long ago in 1968, he had become…
The legality of Amotekun
For so long a time in Nigeria, we have not witnessed the kind of solidarity and support from the people, for any policy of government as has happened in the last few weeks in the South West of Nigeria, where everyone, young or old, male or…
The president and the rule of law (The New Year message)
So we heard of and read about a message from the President to all Nigerians to herald us into the new year.Though it was unexpected, it came at the right time, because 2019 was a most challenging year for many Nigerians for many…
The judiciary in year 2020
YESTERDAY, January 6, 2020, most courts resumed legal business for the new year and the judicial calendar will be busy and crowded for the next three months before the Easter break. It is about the most productive period of litigation in…
2019 persons of the year
At a time and on a day like this, two things do normally happen as we say happy new year tomorrow; prophecies will come forth from various churches and then some persons will be announced as outstanding personalities for the year gone by,…
The judiciary in 2019: So far, so good
SURVIVING ups and downs, wading through the labyrinth, wobbling and fumbling, the judiciary still recorded some major leaps for year 2019, through the intervention of the present administration.Even though we have gone through thick and…
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…