The Council of Legal Education and the Nigerian Law School The Council of Legal Education, CLE, is the body charged with administering vocational trainings which qualify law graduates to be licensed legal practitioners in Nigeria pursuant to the Legal Education (Consolidation ETC) Act of 2004. The CLE carries out the vocational training and licensing to practise […]

Before the mid-70s, a team of young Nigerians enjoyed the privileged opportunity to be admitted into Annunciation Catholic College, ACC, Irrua, which was one of the best secondary schools in the old Bendel State, now Edo and Delta states. They came armed only with their dreams, innocence and excitement to pursue a future which looked far […]

“The basis of every civilisation is wealth – wealth to provide the background of leisure, which in turn is the basis of culture in a commercial world”– John Buchan The historical task and challenge of leading the Black Race must be accomplished and fulfilled through the creation of the objective conditions at home that would favour […]

Tensions between Nigeria’s central and state governments have long been the fault lines of its federal system; it is like a simmering struggle between authority and autonomy. The 1999 Constitution, though intended as a compass for governance, is riddled with ambiguities—grey areas that have, time and again, become battlegrounds for political and legal duels. Among the […]

From last week, continues the narrative on the life of the Nigerian journalist and why, unlike a civil servant who retires after the age of 60 years or after 35 years in service, he has no retirement age. So, instead of life after retirement for journalists, the appropriate topic to write on should be: ‘Life […]

•Tech billionaires lead in wealth value By Yinka Kolawole The manufacturing sector created the highest number of billionaires in the last decade, according to a list sourced from the Knight Frank Wealth Report. The list which highlights the top 10 industries that produced the highest number of new billionaires between 2014 and 2024 shows that Manufacturing […]

By Dele Sobowale “The most obstinate illusions are ultimately broken by facts” – Trevor-Roper, 1914-2003 When Dangote  Refinery, two weeks ago, announced that it would no longer sell fuel to marketers in naira; and, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited, NNPCL, simultaneously pronounced the end of naira-for-crude arrangement, it was clear to some of us […]

March has been a celebratory month as President Bola Tinubu turned 73. As the celebrations began, Nigerian Shiites were simultaneously being shot for marching on the streets. March 2025 has also seen an escalation in the unending Fubara-Wike drama. It has now soaked in the executive, legislative and judicial arms, including the Supreme Court. Equally, the […]

​Numan, the town that lends its name to one of the 21 Local Government Areas in Adamawa State in north-east Nigeria, is home to the Bwatiye (Bachama), a transnational identity group stretching into parts of Cameroon. Located in the basin of Benue River and one of its tributaries, River Taraba, Numan’s fecundlands play host to […]

A popular African proverb says that “a bad workman quarrels with his tools”.This means that an incompetent person who does his work poorly will usually blame it on someone or anything except himself. This is the case with the managers of Nigeria’s most popular sport football, the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF. How else can one […]