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 […]
No hope for these ‘swarm’ of immigrants
In May this year I wrote a piece titled “The Mediterranean Shall Not Stand On The Way To ‘Promised Land'”. It was on the situation of immigrants desperately trying to cross over for a chance of a better life in Europe. The article was prompted by the sympathy for the high rate of deaths recorded in the sea bordering Europe and Africa
Saraki’s wife and the conspiracy theory
MRS Toyin Saraki, wife of the Senate President, Senator Bukola Saraki, was, recently, the guest of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, over an alleged case of corruption.
When the Senators Visited Maiduguri
Only God knows how the Senators managed the information around the visit. They took the entire nation by surprise. The delegation of the Upper legislative body got to Maiduguri before we all knew that the lawmakers were ready to dare the odds and visit the war theatre where some insurgents who operate under the name ‘Western’Education is bad’ – Boko Haram are subjecting their fellow human beings to agony, pains, deprivation, poverty and destruction.
Polio: Now we’ve won the battle, the war is ours to win
On July 25, Nigeria celebrated a milestone in our country’s health sector: an entire year without any reported case of polio. The World Health Organisation defines poliomyelitis (polio) as a highly infectious viral disease, which mainly affects young children.
Cultism, corruption and politicans
SECRET cults exist in traditional societies of south of Nigeria,often as instruments of social control, and influence, for the betterment of society. For example, there are Cults like the Ogboni, Oro, Egugun, Agemo, Awo-Opa,Eno-Orugbo, in the South West, Kamalu, Mmanwu, Okonko, Ekpe, Ijere, in the South East, Nfam, Igbe, Oghere-Uke, Ekpo,Oje, in the South South of Nigeria.
