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Appointment of judges bane of our judiciary — Clarke, SAN

Appointment of judges bane of our judiciary — Clarke, SAN

Chief Robert Clarke, SAN, is well known in the legal community both home and abroad. In this interview he speaks on happenings in the judiciary in the last few years and notes that unless there is thorough application of the words and letters of the constitution, nothing will move up in the judicial system in the country.
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This democracy has impoverished Nigerians — Na’Abba

This democracy has impoverished Nigerians — Na’Abba

The whole purpose of democratic rule is to empower the people. This democracy that we have today has not empowered our people. In fact, it has impoverished them. With the possible exception of a certain category of politicians and their fronts, most Nigerians cannot claim to be better off than they were in 1999.