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 […]
The role of parents in a child’s education
By Aare Afe Babalola LAST week, I wrote on the misconception of the true role of education, which in large measure has resulted in the decline in the quality of education in Nigeria. I stated, among others, that education should be programmed to produce a complete man who would embrace the values of self-reliance, honesty, […]
The decline in quality of education in Nigeria (1)
By Aare Afe Babalola “Education is the most potent weapon to fight ignorance and poverty, as well as a veritable tool for self-development and the advancement of society.” EDUCATION serves as a means through which the knowledge, understanding, and skills of a society or group of people are passed from generation to generation. History tells […]
No man is to be condemned without a hearing
By Aare Afe Babalola QUOTED in one of my articles from 1998, I said: “Man in the crudest and earlier stages of life, living alone in isolation, needed no law. Even now, any person living alone in the primaeval forest far from civilization does not need any law. He is a master of himself and […]
FRSC call to avoid Ekiti roads unconstitutional and damaging: FG should declare funding for rehabilitation of Ekiti roads
By Aare Afe Babalola ON October 18, 2022, the media widely reported Dauda Ali Biu, acting Corps Marshall of the Federal Roads Safety Corps, advising motorists to avoid Ekiti State. In a write-up titled: ‘Avoid Ekiti Route when travelling from Abuja to Lagos, FRSC Advises Motorists’, Biu advised “motorists travelling from the Western part of […]
Abuja central law school for Nigeria – archaic (4)
By Aare Afe Babalola THE WAY FORWARD: IN the past few weeks, I have surveyed the process of bar licensing in frontline common law jurisdictions in England, Canada, the United States, Australia, India, and Kenya. It is clear from this survey that Legal Education has moved beyond the obsolete system of having a centralised Law […]
