By Mike Ozekhome, SAN Introduction THE Nigerian Judiciary has in recent times, been in the eye of the storm, as […]
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Critiquing judges and judgments: The dividing line
By Mike Ozekhome, SAN INTRODUCTION ABSTRACT THE Nigerian Judiciary has in recent times, been in the eye of the storm, […]
Ethics and discipline in law: Akin to waiting for godot (Part10)
By Mike Ozekhome, SAN Introduction LAST week, I took a break from this contemporary issue; ethics and discipline in law, […]
Civil Society Organisations and the Media in promoting democracy and good governance in Nigeria (part 1)
By Mike Ozekhome, SAN Introduction AN issue that is as loaded as this puts one in a dilemma: how much […]
Ethics and discipline in law: Akin to waiting for Godot (Part 7)
By Chief Mike Ozekhome, SAN INTRODUCTION THE dictionary definitions of Ethics and discipline show clearly that they are two sides […]
New NLC president, Joe Ajaero and the labour movement
By Steve Nwabuko CONGRATULATIONS Comrade Joe Ajero on your call to duty as the first Igbo to occupy the post […]
The political class, labour unions and the electorate: Nigeria’s neo-potent liberation struggle
By Steve Nwabuko AS Nigeria inches very close to the 2023 general elections in the next seventeen days or precisely […]
Ethics and discipline in law: Akin to waiting for godot (Part 5)
Self reliance concept (continues) By Chief Mike Ozekhome, SAN INTRODUCTION THE philosophical concept of self-reliance takes a slightly different path […]
Predators, prevaricators, perpetrators and spectators: The syndicated dynamic Nigerian nightmare
By Steve Nwabuko AS Nigeria prepares to go to polls in the next twenty days or precisely on 25th February, […]
Ethics and discipline in law: Akin to waiting for Godot (part 3)
By Mike Ozekhome, SAN. Introduction A nation is said to be developed when the standard of her discipline and ethics […]
VIP Protection: Advocating For Mandatory Bullet-Proof Vehicle For Armed Police Escort
By Don Okereke Introduction: ACCORDING to the Nigeria Security Tracker, NST, a project of the Council on Foreign Relations’ Africa […]
Ethics and Discipline in Law: Akin to waiting for Godot (Part 2)
By Mike Ozekhome, SAN Introduction IT was Immanuel Kant that said in law a man is guilty when he violates […]
The last mile syndrome (Part II)
(Risk Assessment/Risk Management Versus Abandoned Project) By Bashorun J.K. Randle WE are clearly a nation on knife edge and our […]
The last mile syndrome (part I)
(Risk Assessment/Risk Management Versus Abandoned Project) By Bashorun J.K. Randle THIS is obviously a crucial point/crossroads in the chequered history […]
‘Emilokan’ Syndrome: The Bane of Nigerian Politics
By Tony Ogunlowo FIRST of all, ‘emilokan’ for my non-Yoruba readers simply means ‘it’s my turn’ in English. In Nigerian […]
Politics of power and the moral imperative in authority
By Professor Akinyemi Onigbinde Introduction LET us take off from the stand point of offering a conceptual clarification by way of […]
Ethics and discipline in law: akin to waiting for Godot (part 5)
Self reliance concept (continues) By Mike Ozekhome, SAN Introduction THE philosophical concept of self-reliance takes a slightly different path to […]
Ethnic nationalities and emerging challenges in Nigeria (part 3)
Mike Ozekhome, SAN Introduction ETHNIC conflict is an issue that, particularly during the last few decades or so, has crept […]
The unwarranted,illegal and unconstitutional detention of DBanj by the ICPC
BY CHIEF MIKE OZEKHOME, SAN, OLADAPO Daniel Oyebanji, aka Dbanj, has been released on administrative bail to me, his lawyer, […]
Ethics and discipline in Law: Akin to waiting for Godot (part 4)
By Mike Ozekhome, SAN. Introduction When is a Nation developed and advanced? Is Nigeria in that category? Let me proffer […]
Ethnic nationalities and emerging challenges in Nigeria (part 2)
By Mike Ozekhome, SAN. Introduction Ethnic conflicts and Nigeria NIGERIA is befuddled with grave ethnic conflicts. This deprives her of […]
Ethics and discipline in law: Akin to waiting for Godot (part3)
By Mike Ozekhome, SAN Introduction A nation is said to be developed when the standard of her discipline and ethics […]
Culture and Identity as a Mobius Strip
By Stephen Wang and Mercy Akpede Tartsea-Anshase WHAT can be said about culture and identity that hasn’t been said before? […]
Why Nigeria needs restructuring (Part 6)
By Mike Ozekhome, SAN INTRODUCTION SCHMITT, C, in his book ‘Constitutional Theory’, insists that for the Constitutional-making process to be considered to […]
Ethics and discipline in law: Akin to waiting for Godat (Part 2)
By Mike Ozekhome, SAN INTRODUCTION IT was Immanuel Kant that said in law a man is guilty when he violates […]
Why Nigeria needs restructuring (Part 4)
By Mike Ozekhome, SAN INTRODUCTION THE word restructuring has become the latest word in the political landscape with political and […]
Ethics and discipline in law: it is like waiting for Godot (Part 1)
By Mike Ozekhome, SAN INTRODUCTION THE place of ethics and discipline cannot be over-looked and/or over-emphasized in law. For legal […]
Why Nigeria needs restructuring (Part 3)
By Mike Ozekhome, SAN INTRODUCTION THIS week, we continue our discourse on why Nigeria needs restructuring to prevent its avoidable […]
Cry havoc and “Buga” dancing the United Nations (grime and remnants) – part VI
Bashorun J.K. Randle “The Nation” newspaper deserves kudos for devoting its front page on September 18, 2022 to the following […]
Why Nigeria needs restructuring (Part 2)
By Mike Ozekhome, SAN INTRODUCTION IT is evidently true that those who ignore history, like the Bourbons of European history, […]
When the federal government becomes a bully
By Mike Ozekhome, SAN INTRODUCTION IT is no longer news that the federal government has refused to release Nnamdi Kanu, […]
why Nigeria needs restructuring (part1)
By Mike Ozekhome, SAN, INTRODUCTION SINCE the Southern and Northern protectorates were amalgamated in 1914 by Lord Frederick Lugard of […]
How WorldRemit’s ‘Teacher Appreciation Month” in Ghana has impacted teachers and learners in the country
By Gbenga Okejimi, Country Manager, Nigeria and Ghana, WorldRemit TEACHERS sit at the heart of the global education system as they […]
A country undermines the judiciary at its peri (Part 2)
By Mike Ozekhome, SAN INTRODUCTION THE judiciary, as the saying goes, is the last hope of the common man and […]
Election funding: Diasporans readiness to support Obi’s with 150 million
By Mike Ozekhome, SAN INTRODUCTION THE Peter Obi phenomenon gains momentum and traction by the day. It has become an […]
A country undermines the judiciary at its peril (Part 1)
By Chief Mike Ozekhome, SAN INTRODUCTION THE ‘Judiciary’‘ needs no definition. Nor does “democracy”. The former however, deserves some elaboration, […]