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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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Between 7 and 3 points agenda

Between 7 and 3 points agenda

By Babs Alasa THE economy of Nigeria, the “Giant of Africa,” is currently in a big slumber; and like all giants that have fallen, it is having difficulties getting up. The economy is in such bad state of health that all major indicators are pointing in the negative direction. Unemployment rate is well over 40 […]

Edo re-run election: The limits of propaganda

Edo re-run election: The limits of propaganda

By Erasmus Ikhide WHAT a pity that a behemoth of crisis that the PDP epitomises, especially as it relates to electoral fraud and outright failure to salvage the critical imbalances in the political space that are capable of derailing and truncating the nascent democracy never learnt to operate away from self-induced electoral fraud! Part of […]

Forensic elections to the rescue

Forensic elections to the rescue

THE hue and cry towards the 2011 elections has come to the fore due to our rough election experiences since 1999. One event that has lowered our national prestige in recent times, among the comity of nations is the ridiculous pattern of our elections which has given rise to misfits in power.

Ukwa West, NDDC and Senate confirmation(2)

Ukwa West, NDDC and Senate confirmation(2)

DESCRIBING the allegations by Nwagboso’s detractors to the effect that he was being investigated by the Code of Conduct Bureau as unfounded, Chief Ahakunna re-affirmed the position of the Community that they have inquired and conscien-tiously believe and affirm that as at date, the Code of Conduct Bureau has neither invited Nwagboso nor written to the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria on any pending investigation as to suffice an indictment.

Ukwa West, NDDC and Senate confirmation

Ukwa West, NDDC and Senate confirmation

By Chikezie Odinkemere SEQUEL to the deferment of the Senate confirmation of Barrister Aloysius Nwagboso the Presidential nominee representing Abia State on the Governing Board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) pending the resumption of the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, there have been some misrepresentations and insinuations by disgruntled and self-seeking […]

ASUU and varsity autonomy

ASUU and varsity autonomy

By Adewale Kupoluyi FOR almost two months now, Nigerian public universities have become desolate and crippled due to strike actions embarked upon by all the staff unions agitating for better funding, increased workers’ pay, autonomy and for the refusal of the Federal Government to sign the 2001 negotiated Memorandum of Understanding, articulating the unions’ requests. […]

Of the five banks : CBN yes, EFCC, no

Of the five banks : CBN yes, EFCC, no

By Babs Alasa IT is saddening and disheartening that some privileged Nigerians who ought to know better, should trivialise a very serious issue that borders on the health of the nation’s financial sector and the economy at large. Otherwise, why should any rational Nigerian fan the embers of disunity by attributing the laudable measures taken […]

Why Anambra needs Obi

Why Anambra needs Obi

THOSE who describe history as the account of exploits of courageous men and women may well be right. For, there comes a time in the life of a people when the fortunes of a protagonist and that of the larger society interweave.

Etiaba and the APGA door

Etiaba and the APGA door

By Ifeanyi Okoye ON the first day of January 2009, Emeka Etiaba, a legal practitioner and  businessman  with over 20 years experience in active legal practice took the political landscape in Anambra State by storm as he declared his intention to contest the 2010 governorship election under the platform of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, […]