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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 […]
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Hunger and violence, by Afe Babalola

I HAVE said at different fora and in many of my lectures in the past that an hungry man can become an angry and an angry man can be violent, while a violent man can do anything. This brings me to some unpalatable developments in the country where people reportedly looted government silos in search of […]

Constitutional review or a new Constitution?  Nigeria at a crossroads, by Afe Babalola

IT is with mixed feelings that Nigerians welcomed the news of another round of tinkering with our military constitution of 1999. The Constitution has been subjected to series of amendments. These amendments were necessary to cure various anomalies in the Constitution discovered per time, and anomalies that were caused by adopting a constitution that did not […]

President’s call for mechanised farming: Good for agricultural revolution, by Afe Babalola

I READ with great delight the statement credited to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on his vision for food self-sufficiency. On February 12, 2024, The Punch reported the intention of the President to make Nigeria a major food exporter through “aggressive mechanised farming”. I have been an advocate of mechanised agriculture for several decades. The old […]

The continued relevance of penalty shoot-out in soccer, by Afe Babalola

IN a divided world, humanity has always found common denominators. One of these is soccer, also referred to as football.  Soccer at a glimpse Soccer is the world’s most popular spot. It is a game played by two opposing teams of eleven players each with the object of getting the ball into the opposing team’s goal. The […]

Executive immunity and good government (4), by Afe Babalola

In the previous publication on this topic, opinions in support of Executive immunity and vice versa were considered. It is obvious that the executive immunity has been exploited by chief executives to the detriment of the governed. In 2013, Ekweremadu stated that above $100 billion had been looted by immune executives, many of which have not […]

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