The NDDC conundrum
MY last piece on this topic was to the effect that the Niger-Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has become the albatross…
Transactional Justice
Increasingly and alarmingly, it is gaining ground that Nigerians now believe that justice is for sale. This position was held…
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,…
The legality of Amotekun
For so long a time in Nigeria, we have not witnessed the kind of solidarity and support from the people,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
The failing judicial system (2)
FUTILITY OF SPECIAL COURTS Special courts! That is the new refrain in town, for solving all the problems of…
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…
The NYSC faux pas
In recent times, the NYSC has been in the news, this time for the wrong reasons, relating to kits and…
On civilian dictatorship
THE ship of State in Nigeria seems to be sliding, steeply into the abyss, without any captain available or alive…
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…
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…
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…
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…
The right to freedom pending trial
CRIMINAL prosecution in Nigeria requires an urgent overhaul, as citizens are being taken to court now and then to face…
When judges weep
Our judges are weeping. And they are weeping profusely. Across the country, from the Magistrate’s Court, to the Federal High…
