Learned Expressions

ESTABLISHED as one of the first generation universities, the University of Lagos (UNILAG), has come to occupy its pride of place in the history of education in Nigeria, boasting of nursery, primary, secondary and tertiary places of…

My phone rang unusually, but it was a call that I had to pick, given the assignment that came through that source some days earlier. He is my Learned Brother Silk and the Honourable Attorney-General of the State where I reside and practice.…

Some weeks ago, news broke out that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) was in talks with the government of Zamfara State to buy five billion naira worth of gold.Many were shell-shocked at such strange development, given the position of…

FOR some months now, there has been a growing agitation for the restructuring of the entity called Nigeria. In times past, there has been lots of clamour from Nigerians, for the All  Progressives Congress (APC) led government, to fulfil its…

THE governorship election in Ondo State is scheduled for Saturday,October 10, 2020. There are similarities and differences in the Edo and Ondo elections and lots of lessons to learn by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.…

Labour and Civil Society Organisations (LASCO) had planned to commence a nationwide strike on Monday, against the electricity tariff hike and increase in the price of petroleum products, but last minute dialogue between labour and the…

Last week, I dwelt on what I considered to be the ways and means by which Nigeria survived (or is surviving) the coronavirus pandemic. I thank God that even till now, the daily cases of infection and death have been on the decline. And I…

GRADUALLY in every part of Nigeria, things are getting back to normal, as churches and mosques have been opened, schools are reopening and everybody seems to be in the mood for some action.It has been a long, tortuous journey indeed,…

Things are gradually settling down for the new Executive Council of the Nigerian Bar Association, save for some hiccups here and there. It is gratifying that the President and his team seem to have hit the ground running. They were involved…

LAST week, history was made when Nigerian lawyers all over the world held the first ever virtual Annual General Conference, with well over 20,000 participants. The high point of it all was the Annual General Meeting of August 29, 2020,…