By Farooq Kperogi
The appointment of my namesake, Major General Farouk Yahaya, as Chief of Army Staff to succeed the late Lieutenant General Ibrahim Attahiru who died in a plane crash on May 21 is yet another tone-deaf but entirely predictable mismanagement of Nigeria’s diversity at a time it desperately needs to be cared for…
Stripping and Flogging of Workers In Nigeria. Daily Law Tips (Tip 796) by Onyekachi Umah, Esq., LL.M, ACIArb(UK)
Introduction:
Nigeria is the most populated black nation in the world. It is home to the richest black man (Aliko Dangote) and more than 82 Million Nigerians that live on less than a dollar. There is a…
Every Child has Right to a Rest and Play. Daily Law Tips (Tip 798) by Onyekachi Umah, Esq., LL.M, ACIArb(UK)
Introduction:
In Nigeria, a child is a person that is less than 18 years. Like any other person, children have fundamental human rights and some other special rights; Child’s Right. Nigeria has a federal law…
INFRASTRUCTURE
-Presidential approval, in 2020, for the establishment of InfraCo Plc, a world class infrastructure development vehicle, wholly focused on Nigeria, with combined debt and equity take-off capital of N15 trillion, and managed by an independent infrastructure fund manager.
– Establishment in 2020 of the Presidential Infrastructure Development Fund (PIDF), with more than $11Billion in…
Amnesty International has accused the Nigerian government of not taking adequate measures to protect its citizens, a situation it said was emboldening perpetrators of injustice.
In a statement marking its 60th anniversary, the human rights organisation said the West African nation had had a long history of human rights abuses.
“Not much has changed about…
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Anambra has presented a 48-year old plumber, Thomas Igbo, for allegedly raping his three underage daughters.
The ages of the three defiled children are eight years, three years, and one and a half years.
Mr David Bille, the commandant of the corps, in the state equally…
On May 18, 2021, Governor El-rufai said a report from Barau Dikko Teaching Hospital disclosed that some identified nurses disconnected the oxygen supply of a two-day-old baby on Monday, 17th May, 2021. He added that the names of the three nurses from the Special Care Unit have been forwarded to the Kaduna Ministry of Justice…
How to Report and Discipline Police Officers. Daily Law Tips (Tip 797) by Onyekachi Umah, Esq., LL.M, ACIArb(UK)
Introduction:
According to Transparency International (a global coalition against corruption), Nigeria is rated 149 out of 180 countries on the 2020 Corruption Perceptions Index, with the least being New Zealand and the worst being Somalia at position 179.…
#OBSCURELEGALFACTS BY AROME ABU
In Nigeria, where an airline operator places a passenger in a class higher than that for which the ticket was purchased, the passenger will not be liable to make any supplementary payment.
Also If an airline operator places a passenger in a class lower than that for which the ticket was…
By Ikechukwu Amaechi
In normal climes, it will be odd for a columnist to comment on any issue this week other than the plane crash that claimed the lives of the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Ibrahim Attahiru, and 10 other officers – and the fallouts, including President Muhammadu Buhari’s “heartless felt condolences” expressed…