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Gladys Ukeje was the daughter of Lazarus Ogbonnaya Ukeje, who died in Lagos, the commercial capital of Nigeria, in December 1981. He left behind property but did not make a Will. In June 1982, Lagos State granted his wife, Lois and son, Enyinnaya, the right to administer and share the estate to the exclusion of […]
Continue ReadingWe are witnessing the coming of a new type of politics. Between the ruling All Progressives Congress(APC) and its rival, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), some strange political bad manners is taking root. In this political tradition, the actions and conducts of politicians have no bearing to the prevailing mood of the nation. Politics is […]
Continue ReadingIn Waziri Adio’s article, “Is Nigeria Due for Another Electoral Upset?” (THISDAY, January 16, 2022), he made a strong and neat argument on the near-impossibility of an upset in the 2023 presidential election. By upset, he meant a third force — rather than the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) — upstaging the ruling All Progressives Congress […]
Continue ReadingIt is a popular saying that home is where the heart is. If you ask some people, they’ll tell you that home is where your life investments are. Some hold the strong opinion that home is where you were born while others believe that where you feel safe and at peace is home. There are […]
Continue ReadingNothing says how cynical people have grown toward the church in recent times better than the response that greeted the Redeemed Christian Church of God’s decision to be more directly involved in the 2023 electioneering. The RCCG’s internal memo—where they noted they would coordinate their members going into politics and mobilise support for them—that circulated […]
Continue ReadingOn 17th April 2015, the Supreme Court ordered Ifedayo Abegunde, representing Ondo State Akure South/North federal constituency in the House of Representatives, to immediately vacate his seat. What was the offence? His defection to the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) from the Labour Party (LP) under which he was elected. The ACN has since morphed […]
Continue ReadingFirst, I applaud the President, Muhammadu Buhari, for his government’s successful repatriation of over 1,100 Nigerians from the Ukraine war. Overall, it was a commendable piece of work. Sadly, many of our young people in Ukraine chose to take their chances with the wolves, the racists, and the bullets, a reflection of what our political elite […]
Continue ReadingI delivered this paper yesterday at the World Kegites Club’s celebration of ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo’s 85th birthday which held at the OOPL in Abeokuta, Ogun State, with him in attendance: Yesterday, at the installation of the new Olubadan of Ibadanland, I took my time to listen to his cognomen, with studied interest. I came out […]
Continue ReadingOn Tuesday, March 8, 2022, The Federal High Court (coram Inyang Ekwo J.) sacked the Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi, his deputy, Kelechi Igwe, along with 15 lawmakers in the State over their defection from the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC). In sacking the governor and his deputy, the learned […]
Continue ReadingLast week, I discussed the recent move by the Senate to create six additional law school campuses for the geopolitical zones which, as decipherable by a discerning mind, is nothing more than an intrusion into the functions of the Council of Legal Education and a superfluous venture into politicising the process. As I had noted […]
Continue ReadingNigeria presents as one huge theatre to onlookers, sometimes, it makes them scratch their heads in bewilderment. Such was the pronouncement of Judge Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court, FCT, on March 8, 2022, invalidating the mandate of Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State and his deputy, Kelechi Igwe. The governor and his deputy […]
Continue ReadingThieves of a feather’ is the title of a piece written by American journalist, Emily Sohn, in the December 19, 2007 edition of ScienceNewsforStudents. Great writings advertise themselves first with great titles. You were probably suckled in a clichéd world where birds of a feather always flocked together. And in that world, your teacher warned […]
Continue ReadingThe Senate recently approved the establishment of six additional campuses of the Nigerian Law School, in addition to the seven existing ones. By this development, two campuses, i.e., the Jos Law School Campus, Plateau State and the Kabba Law School Campus, Kogi State have been established for the North Central geo-political zone; two campuses, i.e., […]
Continue ReadingA drama that ensued on August 27, 2017 ended on March 11, 2022. The much-fabled unique republican, cosmopolitan and egalitarian non-ruling house chieftaincy system of Ibadan was violently rocked. It has, however, survived almost intact. Despite a violent tempest, calm has returned. Tribute must be paid to the late Olubadan Adetunji and his Osi Olubadan, […]
Continue ReadingApart from Valentine’s Day, International Women’s Day, March 8, must be the mushiest day of the year. It is the day when virtually every man chivalrously stands up to be counted as a lover of women. Politicians, religious leaders, corporate organisations, husbands, sons, fathers and so on, almost all see the worth of women with […]
Continue ReadingThe two most disadvantaged groups in Nigeria’s representational politics are northern Christians and Southern Muslims. In Nigeria’s internal geopolitics, these two groups are structurally invisible, politically subjugated, and told to be content with their political and symbolic marginality. Bola Ahmed Tinubu, a Muslim from Osun/Lagos states, and Yakubu Dogara, a northern Christian from Bauchi State, […]
Continue ReadingAbba Kyari, a suspended Nigeria Deputy Commissioner of Police, appears to be heading to the United States, no visa required, as Nigeria finally surrenders to that country’s extradition squeeze. It could have been no less embarrassing. Kyari was no ordinary cop, according to the legend he was the “Super Cop.” But he may have been far […]
Continue ReadingHere’s my response to last week’s message. In every phase of life, we must find the courage to confront an inevitable end when it happens. Believe it or not, what is happening with your girl is one of such ends. It simply means that her journey under your watch will never be the same again. […]
Continue ReadingThough it looks harmless, political cartooning can be nerve-racking, provoking the bile of political office holders and triggering a huge political umbrage in the process. In February, 2021, an award-winning political cartoonist with the Daily Trust newspaper, Bulama Mustapha, sketched a cartoon flake of a framed photograph sitting majestically on Nigeria’s Aso Rock presidential seat. […]
Continue ReadingBefore our very eyes and at an unexpected moment, a horror movie may be unfolding. Last Thursday, Russian Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov, warned that a Third World War between Russia and NATO is possible and that it would be a nuclear war. On the same day, Russian artillery fire set off a blaze at a […]
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