THE entry into force of the Africa Continental Free Trade Area, AfCFTA, Agreement on the May 30, 2019, is indeed a historic event in the long march for economic integration in Africa. The AfCFTA seeks to create a single unified market, thereby boosting Intra-African trade from 17 per cent to 52 per cent by 2022, and increasing the gross domestic product of the African continent from USD2.5trillion to USD25trillion by 2050.

IN his famous work titled“The Politics”, Aristotle, one of the often cited and quoted Philosophers, emphasized the place and import of the concept of Separation of powers as one of the strong pillars of democracy with emphasis on the independence of the Judiciary. And that was some 300 years before Christ.As it were, the independence of the Judiciary as enshrined in the principle of separation of powers implies that the Judiciary should be independent of the two other Arms of Government i.e. the Executive and the Legislature.

By Boladale Adekoya Ned Nwoko: Haile Selassie, the former Emperor of Ethiopia and one of the most defining figures of the East African country, once said: “Throughout history, it has been the inaction of those who could have acted; the indifference of those who should have known better; the silence of the voice of justice […]

I was shocked when I saw the headlines. To be sure I was not a victim of sensationalised news coverage, I went and read his comments in detail.

We have a highly combustible country that can’t stand little provocations; you don’t take fire close to petrol unless you want to spark a big blaze