The Need for National Political Reform Conference (12), by Afe Babalola
JUDICIAL REFORMS The Judiciary has suffered a great deal owing to the inactivity or incompetence of some judges or judicial officials manning our courts. It is important to ensure that only those who are fit and competent in terms of knowledge are appointed as Judges and Judicial officials. It is in the light of the above […]
RESTORATION OF PUBLIC CONFIDENCE IN THE POLICE: A Herculean task
In the course of the past weeks, Nigeria has witnessed protests, the likes of which had not been witnessed before, against Police brutality. From Lagos to Abuja, from Nguru to Port Harcourt, the message has been the same: there must be an end to the ills such as extra-judicial killings, indiscriminate arrests, detention, harassment, extortion […]
Advent and role of private tertiary institutions (3)
By Aare Afe Babalola, SAN, This is the third and concluding part of this piece which, last week, made a strong case for adequate funding of universities Committee of registrars of Nigerian universities: The Committee of Registrars of Nigerian Universities sent a memo to the government on this matter in 1996. The first of the […]
LESSONS FROM EDO ELECTION: The dearth of ideologies in the Nigerian political space
By Aare Afe Babalola, SAN, The governorship elections in Edo State have come and gone. The political gladiators and their supporters, depending on which side of the divide they belong, are either celebrating or have gone back to the trenches to fight another day. The Press have been quick to celebrate the victory […]
Advent and role of private tertiary institutions (2)
By Aare Afe Babalola, SAN, In last week’s edition, I examined the history of the first universities in the world. The early universities were corporations of students and masters, who were chartered by the Pope and later by Emperors and Kings and now by Parliament or State Governments. Such universities included the university at Constantinople […]
Foreign loans: Not advisable
By Aare Afe Babalola, SAN, OFR According to recent statistics from the Debt Management Office, Nigeria’s public debt profile has hit an all-time high of N28.63 trillion as of the first quarter of the year 2020 – representing a 4.49 percent increase from the N27.40 trillion being Nigeria’s indebtedness as at the last quarter of […]
