Rot in judiciary deep – Olisa Agbakoba loud on public perception
There are so many brilliant and distinguished judges serving today. But whether we like it or not, there is a very strong perception by the public that something is wrong.
How BPE caused failure in privatised companies, by Jimoh Ibrahim
Group Managing Director of NICON Group, Dr. Jimoh Ibrahim (OFR) in this interview with select editors in Abuja, speaks on the Senate inquiry into the privatisation of public corporations and says that the sale of NICON to Global Fleet Group was a success story as confirmed with the conferment of National Productivity Award on the company. He also reveals how BPE created problems for some of the companies privatised
Precious, miracle birth woman can’t be re-arrested – Barrister Nwigwe
Chief NBE Nwigwe is the counsel to Precious Donatus Ogbonna. He is the Chairman of Ethics and Disciplinary Committee of the Nigerian Bar Association, Owerri branch. He spoke to Saturday Vanguard in his Owerri office.
Speaker Tambuwal On House Committees : The choice we make to show maturity & progress
There is a growing consensus that if Speaker Aminu Tambuwal does not change course or tactics, then his leadership of the House of Representatives would no doubt engender what perhaps may be the highest level of success in the activities of that chamber of Nigeria’s National Assembly.
Sokoto: EFCC should be ashamed of itself – Bafarawa, ex-Sokoto gov
Alhaji (Dr.) Attahiru Dalhatu Bafarawa, immediate past governor of Sokoto State, likes to serve his people and contribute to national political successes. Those efforts, recognized by Sokoto State people, led to his installation by the Sokoto Sultanate and Gwandu Emirate, as the Garkuwan Sokoto, translated to mean “The Shield of the Sokoto Caliphate” in 1996. During Bafarawa’s tenure as governor, President Olusegun Obasanjo of the ruling party in opposition to governor’s ANPP, once appreciated his good performances as governor of Sokoto State to entitle him, “The Road Master.”
Our judicial system needs serious sanitization – Justice Oputa
Will I ever get tired of coming to the Punk Palace for scoops? I don’t think so. When I put a call through to the Punk King, Charly Boy a.k.a. Area Fada, requesting to interview the grand master of the Nigerian judiciary, Justice Chukwudifu Oputa (rtd), my expectations were naturally high. The excitement level was the same every time one gets the chance to sip from the human fountain of knowledge as represented in the retired judicial giant. Every minute spent in his presence leaves you feeling like one who’s had an encyclopedia of knowledge implanted in the brains. On this cool and breezy afternoon, as I sat and waited in the Punk Palace bush bar, Charly Boy clad in his boxers and T-shirt, his father, the Justice holding on to a half empty bottle of small stout and a filled glass sauntered in.
