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Judicial rascality: When lower court judges defy the court above them

Judicial rascality: When lower court judges defy the court above them

By EYIMOFE ATAKE  The administration of justice in any constitutional democracy rests upon a foundation of hierarchy, discipline, and the unqualified obligation of every court to obey the orders of the court above it. When a judge deliberately flouts that obligation, he does not merely commit a legal error. He strikes at the very architecture of […]
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Omokri suffering from multiple-personality disorder 

Omokri suffering from multiple-personality disorder 

My attention has been drawn to the rant of one Wendell Simlin, better known as Reno Omokri, disparaging the person of Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola over facts revealed by the Osun governor on how former President Goodluck Jonathan and his cronies pillaged our national resources before he was eased out by vigilant Nigerian voters.

Of contenders for Anambra governor

Of contenders for Anambra governor

ONE of the confirmed truths that all contenders in the November 18, 2017 Anambra Governorship election must respect – whatever their political affiliations – is The Peter Obi Phenomenon. Love him, dislike him or pretend to be indifferent to him, no sane observer can honestly deny that Peter Obi set the real foundation for the multi-sectoral development of Anambra State. Under him, Anambra State became the pride of everybody from the state and among friends of Anambra.

Thank God for J O S Ayomike: He fought a good fight

Thank God for J O S Ayomike: He fought a good fight

THE first time I met Pa JOS Ayomike was in October of 1953 at the then Native Authority, NA, School,  Jakpa,  Benin River in the present Warri North Local Government  area. He was next in rank to the then Headmaster of the School, Pa E. O. Omagbitse of blessed memory. When the school closed for that year in December, both men left on transfer to Koko, the present Headquarters of the Warri North Local Government.

Alpha May Club enjoyed a special relationship with Pa Ayomike

Alpha May Club enjoyed a special relationship with Pa Ayomike

WHEN the sad news of the passing of Pa Johnson Oritsegbubemi Ayomike got to our members in Lagos in the morning of Wednesday, October 5, 2017, it was like being hit by a bolt from the blue. “How could Pa Ayomike die?” we queried.