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The Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC), one of Nigeria’s most prominent pro-democracy NGOs, invited me to make a virtual presentation from my base in Atlanta to a national seminar it organized last Thursday on “targeted judicial reforms and enhanced judicial integrity in post-election litigation.” Unfortunately, I couldn’t make it, but here are the thoughts […]
Continue ReadingBashir-El-Rufai’s wife, Halima Nwakaego, has said that she finds it exhausting living in Nigeria, and having to deal with Nigerians. Taking to her Instagram story on Saturday, December 2, the mother of two who is the daughter-in-law to the former governor of Kaduna state, Nasir El-rufai wrote: “It’s exhausting living in Nigeria and dealing with […]
Continue ReadingCentral Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says beginning from April 2024, it will freeze all bank accounts without a Bank Verification Number (BVN) or National Identification Number (NIN). The circular released by the apex bank on Friday, December 1, instructed banks to place a “Post no Debit” restriction which prevents customers from making withdrawals, transfers, or […]
Continue ReadingI was leaving the venue of a function when I spotted him and made a beeline for his table to pay my respects. He is one of the few politicians, retired or active, still worthy of my respect-everyday now unmasks our politicians including those who have supposedly retired from active politics. A smile lit up his face […]
Continue ReadingData from the website of the National Universities Commission, the regulatory body for universities in Nigeria, revealed that there are currently 147 private universities spread across the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory of the federation. As the demand for quality university education rises owing to industrial crises and issues of poor funding in […]
Continue ReadingThe Children, Sexual and Gender-based Violence Court sitting at the Chief Magistrate’s court in Awka, Anambra State, has remanded a Catholic priest, Rev. Fr. Nwaigwe Stephen, for allegedly r@ping and impregnating a teenager. The magistrate ordered the prosecutor to transmit the original case file to the office of the Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice of […]
Continue ReadingPolitics ordinarily should be a call to serve. So do politicians tell us during campaigns. They claim they want to serve us. However, the opposite is the case. The main attraction to politics in Nigeria is for personal aggrandisement and primitive accumulation of wealth. That is why our elections are very fierce and war-like. It […]
Continue ReadingAs a child growing up in Nnewi, Anambra State, in the 1970s and 80s, it is shocking to remember that we had some facilities that are not available in Nigeria of today. In the 1970s, Nnewi was a semi-urban town. It was not reckoned with as a town of significance. In fact, maps produced in […]
Continue ReadingA female student of the Federal Polytechnic, Offa in Kwara State, Nigeria, Toyin Bamidele, has been allegedly hacked to death by unknown assailants suspected to be cultists. The Higher National Diploma student of Food Technology was said to have been murdered in her rented apartment outside the campus on Thursday, November 16, 2023. Toyin, who […]
Continue ReadingBy the Rivers of Babylon, there I sat down; yeah, I wept, when I remember N-i-g-e-r-i-a. Verily, verily I say unto you, these words that I write, are words of redemption and wisdom. Therefore, I beseech you, brethren, to keep these words in your hearts, inscribe them in stones and scribble them on scrolls. I […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Federal Judicial Service Commission (FJSC) has nominated 22 Court of Appeal justices to the National Judicial Council (NJC) for elevation to the Supreme Court bench. According to reports, the nominees represent each geopolitical zone. The North-Central and South-East regions have the largest share with 6 candidates each, while the South-West and South-South each have […]
Continue ReadingRetired Permanent Secretary with the Oyo State Government, Nigeria, Ms. Elizabeth Olaniyan Gbenle, has been gruesomely murdered by unknown assailants in her house in Ibadan, the state capital. The incident happened at the deceased’s residence, along All Saints College Road, Idi Ishin, off NIHORT area of Ibadan between Thursday and Friday last week, according to […]
Continue ReadingSaudi Arabia authorities cancelled the visa of all the 264 passengers who travelled from Nigeria to Jeddah. The Air Peace flight took off from the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, Nigeria, via the Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano on Sunday night, Nov. 12, and arrived in Saudi Arabia’s major city, Jeddah, today, Nov. 13. However, […]
Continue ReadingIn spite of the news of the court order obtained by Nigerian government to stop organised labour from embarking on its proposed industrial action in protest over the attack on Comrade Joe Ajaero in Imo State on Wednesday, November 1, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) have directed their […]
Continue ReadingNigerian politician and former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), comrade Timi Frank; American-based Nigerian journalist, Jackson Ude; and others stated that they have formed a movement called Coalition of Nigerians in Diaspora to reclaim Nigeria from those they dubbed criminal cartel. They made this known in a video address […]
Continue ReadingA female worshipper identified as Bisi Adewumi of the Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries (MFM) reportedly slumped during a prayer session at the church auditorium in the Ibafo area of Ogun State. The Worshipper, who was described as a 75-year-old woman by the Ogun State Police Command, was said to have later lost her […]
Continue ReadingTwo things happened recently that should make us rethink the direction Nigeria should go with regards to the laws that govern us as a nation and the electoral law that guide the conduct of elections in the country. Former INEC chairman, Professor Attahiru Jega’s opinion that the electoral laws should be amended and the revelation […]
Continue ReadingNigeria is now ranked 120th of 142 countries in terms of adherence to rule of law, according to the latest global Rule of Law Index released by the World Justice Project (WJP). The rankings showed that out of the 34 countries ranked in the sub-Saharan region, Nigeria is rated 23rd. The 2023 index released on […]
Continue ReadingI had just arrived Abuja from Beijing, China on Monday when news broke that Nigeria won its case against Process & Industrial Developments (P&ID) Limited, which had been seeking enforcement of a controversial $11 billion judgement debt in its favour. The Commercial Courts of England and Wales upheld Nigeria’s prayer that the said gas processing […]
Continue ReadingFormer Niger Delta militant leader, Asari Dokubo has lamented over President Bola Tinubu’s recent appointments. Asari said this while reacting to controversial Islamic cleric, Sheikh Gumi’s call for Nyesom Wike to be removed as FCT Minister. Addressing this in a video which has gone viral, the former militant leader stated that Abuja was built with […]
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