DAY after day, the National Assembly appears to be proving many anti-corruption crusaders right that the Bukola Saraki-led National Assembly is not, and can’t be on the same page with President Muhammadu Buhari in the ongoing war against corruption.

ON November 26, 1976 the dream of these illustrious and patriotic Nigerians came true. News of the establishment of the Council was everywhere. For instance, the caption of the lead story on Daily Times newspaper was “ At last, Govt. backs the Scheme: Legal Aid Dream Comes True, fund established”

PRINCE Bolasodun Adesumbo Ajibola(82) served as a Judge of the International Court of Justice at the Hague between 1991 and 1994. Justice Timothy Akinola Aguda (1923-2001) from Akure in Ondo State was the pioneer Chief Justice of Botswana when the landlocked country gained its independence September 30, 1966.

Yet despite the desperate attempt to supress the facts and keep these tragic events out of public glare, the anger of the people continues to boil and their rage is mounting.

I was invited to deliver the keynote address at this year’s special event on “Human Rights, Sexuality and the Law”, an annual symposium organized to promote awareness on issues relating to the plight of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and/or Intersex (LGBTQI) Community in Nigeria. When this was announced on social media by the organizers, The Initiative For Equal Rights (TIERS) and @YNaija, hell practically broke loose within the LGBTQI community.

FOR three days –Thursday December 8 to Saturday, December 10, Governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki, gathered stakeholders – administrators, permanent secretaries, politicians, policy makers, members of the civil society organisations, traditional rulers, religious leaders and former and serving officials of the state government to a strategy dialogue with the theme “Setting the Agenda for the new administration”.

CHIEF Justice, I am glad you gave that judgment, because I want you to feel free, If I commit a crime or do wrong in your opinion, to say so……if I am brought before you, send me to your jail—this is the way I want the judiciary to perform. You will never waver from the truth”.

FOR three days –Thursday December 8 to Saturday, December 10, Governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki, gathered stakeholders – administrators, permanent secretaries, politicians, policy makers, members of the civil society organisations, traditional rulers, religious leaders and former and serving officials of the state government to a strategy dialogue with the theme “Setting the Agenda for the new administration”.

AS the end of year approaches, it naturally lends itself for reflection. A stocktaking which in a sense, is the circle of life itself; a constant process of inevitable change which ensures that there is a progression towards desired goals.

The Presidential Amnesty Programme which began in 2009 is an effective strategy for Conflict Resolution.

“Buhari is the last standing samurai of the oligarchy with the boldness to implement the Fulani agenda. He is doing it as fast as possible. The regime of Buhari is on a conquest mission. It is not hiding its intention because it believes that our strongholds have been spiritially damaged. What is going on has a spiritual precursor. They don’t fight in the ordinary alone. The reason the Middle Belt is under massive siege is because they have been spiritually decimated. They have to pray AND FIGHT”- Ariyo Raphael Dare- Atoye.