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In his responses to USA officials who amplify the narrative of “Christian genocide in Nigeria”, the Special Assistant to the President on Information/Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, counters by listing the various avenues Nigerians do, in fact, get killed. You see, when your entire professional skillset is honed to battle Obi-dients on Twitter, this is how you […]
Continue ReadingAs he settled in to deliver the judgment of the Edo State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal on 2 April, presiding judge, Wilfred Kpochi, felt obliged to get one ritual out of the way. Glancing left and right, he asked each of his two colleagues on the three-person tribunal to confirm that the judgment he was […]
Continue Reading“It is said that the judiciary is the last hope of a common man, but what happens when a common man cannot get justice? The purpose of seeking justice is forfeited.” An Oshogbo High Court judge sentenced two brothers from Cotonou to death for armed robbery and murder. The judge admitted the confessional statement as […]
Continue ReadingThe National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NICN) held its 2024/2025 Legal Year ceremony yesterday in Abuja. With a retired Justice of Supreme Court, Ejembi Eko as Chairman, I was the guest speaker. Below is a slightly abridged version of my presentation that speaks not only to labour justice and public interest but also the rule […]
Continue ReadingConcerning governance, there is never any moment too early, nor demand too drastic in calling for the overhaul of security agencies, when their activities intrude on the fundamental rights of the citizen. The practice of citizen detention at the whim of either religious blackmail or secular arrogation demands curtailment at source, most especially when exercised […]
Continue ReadingThe idea that the “judiciary is the last hope of the common man” is a banal, flyblown cliché that is habitually huckstered in Nigerian judicial circles and uncritically repeated in the Nigerian commentariat. But that’s mere hype. There has never been any moment, at least in my lifetime, when the judiciary was the unalterable guardian […]
Continue ReadingJustice Chima Centus Nweze (simply called CC Nweze) of the Supreme Court of Nigeria has passed away. Justice Nweze died on Sunday at the age of 64. His ailing health reportedly played a role in the recent unrest among Supreme Court Justices, who expressed their concerns during the tenure of the immediate past Chief Justice […]
Continue ReadingPopular American based Nigerian business executive and philanthropist, Sandra Ijeoma Iheuwa simply called Sandra Iheuwa, has taken to her Instastory to point out how people can get justice in the country. According to Iheuwa, one needs to have money to get justice in Nigeria. She added that ”money stops nonsense” in this part of the […]
Continue ReadingA man has been accused of brutalizing a woman who confronted him after he allegedly touched her butt in Ikoyi area of Lagos state, Nigeria. The lady who shared photos of the injuries she sustained after the alleged incident, said: “Molested and harassed by man, human right should help me Nigeria people should help me […]
Continue ReadingThe National Judicial Council under the Chairmanship of the Honourable Mr. Justice Walter Samuel Nkanu Onnoghen, GCON, at its 87th Meeting of 3rd and 4th October, 2018, recommended to President Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR, and Governors of Abia, Benue, Ogun, Oyo and Kwara States, Eight (8) successful candidates for appointment as a Justice of the Supreme […]
Continue ReadingA CRY FOR JUSTICE 1. When I consider the enormity of work I put into this Book project and the way I was robbed of my sweat, and saw part of my work published in Punch Newspapers on the occassion of Chief A.T.G Okeowo’s 85th Birthday celebration, I continue to wonder why on earth would […]
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