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House of chiefs should be the next (6), by Eric Teniola

House of chiefs should be the next (6), by Eric Teniola

This week, we continue  the series on why the House of Chiefs should be considered by the National Assembly.  He was labour officer, Federal Ministry of Labour, Lagos, 1962–1963; lecturer, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, 1963–1965; assistant professor of political science, California, 1969–1971; associate professor of African Studies, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, 1972–1974; dean […]
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Who can stop justice for sale in Nigeria?

Who can stop justice for sale in Nigeria?

The popular saying that change is the only thing that is constant in life is difficult to sustain in Nigeria because things hardly change here. Indeed, the few changes which occur in our public affairs are usually negative. Thus, the expectation that the assumption of office, tomorrow, of a new Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), would bring positive changes to the nation’s justice delivery system may be elusive.

Silly is as silly does

Silly is as silly does

The man was sitting in his car at a major junction furiously fiddling with something. Obviously there was some sort of vehicular malfunction otherwise which right thinking person would intentionally hold up traffic on a major road long after the lights had turned green?

Greedy, lawless and wicked citizenry

Greedy, lawless and wicked citizenry

Driving home in the evening on a Wednesday after a long day in the studio recording new episodes of my cooking programme on TV, I saw so much that made me wonder at our mind set as a people and if the change we seek will ever come.

*the Boko Haram challenge …

*the Boko Haram challenge …

We would have thought that the authorities of the Nigerian Youth Service Corps would naturally take the initiative about the decision to send the young men and women involved in the scheme only to the areas that are not seriously affected by the scourge of the Boko Haram at this time.

A reader’s response

A reader’s response

LAST week, I wrote about a recent trip to Singapore and complained about the fact that Singapore, which has no natural resources, is much better than Nigeria, which produces millions of barrels of lucrative oil a year. A Vanguard reader who shall remain nameless responded thus: