Dissecting Malami’s spare parts logic, by Simon Kolawole

According to Mallam Abubakar Malami, LLB, BL, the attorney-general of the Nigerian federation, minister of justice, senior advocate of Nigeria and member of the Nigerian bar, banning open grazing is the rough equivalent of banning trading in spare parts. Let me take that again. When you say herders and their cattle should be legally restrained…

May 24, 2021196Comments

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News

In Four Months, Nigeria Loses 340 Security Personnel to Armed Attacks

Global Rights accuses govs of paying criminals to buy peace • Says impunity now motivation for criminal activities Gboyega Akinsanmi No fewer than 340 operatives of the defence and security services died during separate armed attacks that took place nationwide between January and April 2021, Global Rights, an international human rights organisation based in Washington…

May 23, 202115Comments

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Business

How a Crypto crash wiped out $1 trillion this week

Wild, stomach-churning moments are part of the experience when you buy a ticket to the crypto circus. But the past week’s volatility was enough to make some of the crypto faithful wonder whether they’ve been bamboozled. On Wednesday, a broad crypto crash wiped out about $1 trillion in market value — a staggering drop from $2.5 trillion…

May 23, 20210Comments

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Opinion

‘LASU: BEFORE POLITICS DESTROYS ITS BRAND’

Inside Stuff With MARTINS OLOJA There have been so many issues in the news that should be discussed here this week even without suspending my theme for this month: ‘Six years of excuses, 22 years of locusts’. I have to suspend the theme to address what I have considered a weightier matter of the law…

May 23, 20213Comments

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TIPS

Understanding the ECOWAS Protocols on Free Movement.

Understanding the ECOWAS Protocols on Free Movement. Daily Law Tips (Tip 795) by Onyekachi Umah, Esq., LL.M, ACIArb(UK) Introduction: Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is a regional economic community of the countries on the western part of Africa. ECOWAS is created to promote economic integration and cooperation among the countries on the west…

May 23, 202123Comments

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spotlight

Malami is trying to dog-whistle his people against Igbos – Odinkalu

By Lillian Okenwa Says the idea that freedom of movement granted to people in the constitution is a right granted to cows and cattle too is just despicable. For a public servant like the AGF to begin to dog-whistle on race is as low you're likely to get in public office. Boko Haram is spreading…

May 23, 20210Comments

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Opinion

Ibrahim Attahiru! In which other country but Nigeria? By Sunny Igboanugo

In which out of the 195 countries in the world is there a replication of the Oshodi-Apapa gridlock? This was the question I put to my hosts on a live television interview a few months ago? For a few second, my hosts could not utter a word as they were dumbfounded by the challenge to…

May 22, 202116Comments

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Opinion

Pendulum; President Buhari and His Many Liabilities

By Dele Momodu Fellow Nigerians, I’m sure most of you are already overwhelmed by the endless deluge of bad news from Abuja. What makes it sadder is that for the first in a long while, President Muhammadu Buhari actually had what seemed a good international outing in Paris, France, where he was warmly received by…

May 22, 20212Comments

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Its in the family

A lawyer must continuously engage in self-development – BarristerCEO

“I understand that extreme circumstances require extreme measures, but must the delivery of justice be halted in a bid to attain this? We should ask ourselves, who are the people that are severely affected by this strike? The Government or those whose court cases have been halted indefinitely?” That was the opening salvo fired by…

May 22, 202112Comments

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Faith

What will your legacy be? (3)

‘The name of the righteous is used in blessings, but the name of the wicked will rot.’ Proverbs 10:7 NIV. Inventor Charles F. Kettering once said, ‘The greatest thing this generation can do is lay a few stepping stones for the next generation.’ Short term, when people recall your name, they may talk with…

May 22, 20210Comments

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