Legal reprieve for landlords (2)
The feedback from the first edition of this piece has been a great relief for me and I’m sure for…
Legal reprieve for landlords
O N Friday, February 5, 2021, the Supreme Court brought joy to many landlords across the land when it delivered…
Nigeria and the zoning formula
The game is on presently and politicians are busy with their usual schemes for the attainment of power. Ordinarily, we…
Nigeria and the legislative misfortune (2)
“We are collecting signatures and we already have 73, which is more than the number we need to override the…
Nigeria and the legislative misfortune
Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as Amended), sections 4 (1) & (2): (1) “The legislative powers…
Wanted urgently: A biting judiciary
He waited for the right moment to strike, being the commencement of the new legal year of the Supreme Court…
Criminalisation of freedom of expression (2)
Criminal defamation and cyberstalking Around August, 2021, a Youtube blogger/vlogger (Mr. Israel Balogun) was invited by the Nigeria Police, arrested…
Criminalisation of the freedom of expression
Last week, I presented a paper at the Webinar organised by the Rule of Law and Development Foundation, which is…
EndSARS panel as model for Nigeria (2)
Last week, I opined that the Lagos EndSARS Panel should be adopted as a model for justice administration in Nigeria.…
ENDSARS panel as model for Nigeria (1)
On October 19, 2020, the Governor of Lagos State inaugurated the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry on SARS Abuses…
Challenges of the judiciary in contemporary Nigeria (3): Judicial corruption and transactional justice
I N recent times, the Nigerian Judiciary is increasingly being perceived as corrupt. The judiciary is composed of judicial officers…
Challenges of the judiciary in contemporary Nigeria (2)
Last week, we focused on issues affecting the judiciary in relation to the appointment of judicial officers and the dangers…
Challenges of the judiciary in contemporary Nigeria (1)
Sometime in September, 2021, Ogun State Judiciary organized a two-day Judges Conference in Abeokuta, principally to dwell on contemporary issues…
Electronic evidence and justice delivery
Whilst politicians are at their game slugging it out with their various party primary elections/selections, kindly permit me to dwell…
Zoning in Nigeria and SWAGA 2023
LAST week, and perhaps in response to the issues raised through this column and other contributions from notable Nigerians, the…
Nigeria in 2023: The legality of zoning
Politicians are busy heating up the polity presently, in order to drive the stakes higher, purely for their own benefits.…
Democracy in peril
The situation in Nigeria presently is very alarming, and this is no exaggeration at all. The grim realities facing us…
The dictatorship in Edo (2)
LAST week, this column dwelt upon the anomaly in Edo State, wherein the Governor has carried on his administration in…
The dictatorship in Edo
BELIEVE it or not, Edo State is currently under the yoke of dictatorship, for many months running. Prior to his…
How to be lucky in life and business
You have heard it said, “The harder I work, the luckier I get.” The fact is that your willingness and…
