“An unjust law is no law at all” St. Augustine 2011 was the year of reckoning for Arab dictators and the rise of people power in the Arab world. The ordinary people stood up to their leaders and said “enough was enough”. The revolution swept out decades old dictators in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Yemen and […]

THE tradition of primogeniture entails the total non-negotiable handing over of power of attorney over properties, titles, positions, etc to the eldest son. This is a very common practice all over the world. The eldest son and not the eldest daughter is looked upon as the pretender to the throne. And as soon as the king dies he is crowned as the next king. He is always regarded as the king in waiting.

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WE must invite Hon. Yakubu Dogara, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, to come to our immediate assistance. On Thursday June 9, 2016, Mr. James F. Entwistle, the United States Ambassador to Nigeria, petitioned Speaker Dogara, accusing three members of the lower chamber of the National Assembly of improper conduct, attempted rape and soliciting for prostitutes while participating in a political programme in America.

MY attention was drawn recently to page 18 of Vanguard of Monday October 12, 2015 where one Archbishop God-Do-Well Avwomakpa, the South-South President of the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, published an article railing against the payment of tax. It would appear that Avwomakpa is quite determined not to pay his taxes and similarly prepared to discourage others from doing so. I find this rather surprising for I would have expected someone in Avwomakpa’s position to have long realised that for government to function, it simply has to levy and collect taxes. When I served in government,