By Solomon Oseke These are indeed interesting times in Nigeria where the media has elected to be on the other side of the divide, churning out divisive news items that serve the country no good, all in return for a plate of porridge. It is also a sad epoch in our existence as a people […]

The third part of this piece was published yesterday IN Atiku Abubakar & Anor v INEC & Ors LER (2019) CA/PEPC/002/2019) the petitioner was given only 10 days to prove the allegations that Presidential Muhammadu Buhari did not validly win the 2019 presidential election. In the circumstance, he called a few witnesses and tendered volumes […]

The second part of this piece was published yesterday By Femi Falana BUT unlike election petitions which are defended by lawyers hired by the INEC no arrangement is made for the prosecution of electoral offenders. Unlike in the past, judges have abandoned the duty of recommending that sanctions be meted out to electoral officers implicated during […]

By Justice Usman Bukar Bwala DEMOCRACY could be unitary, federal or otherwise. Where a federal democracy is adopted such federating units will have the composition, functions, powers, etc., clearly spelt out in a law. In Nigeria where we practise a federal system of democracy, each federating unit vis-a-vis federal, state and local government, have powers […]

By Arize Nwobu THE global economy is sailing through stormy waters, no thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic which is threatening menacingly to totally shut down the economy. Social distancing has become the norm and production lines and factories are being shut down with a break in supply chains. Countries are on lock-down and imposing travel […]