Nigeria and the Standing Fan Metaphor

Nigeria: Just before the lights are turned off! – By Kayode Ogundamisi

The primary responsibility of the government is to protect its citizens, failing to do that, every other achievement can be wiped out by just 2 days of war. Clearly, from the North to the South the State has lost it's monopoly of violence and a clear strategy on how to retain control on behalf of…

June 9, 20210Comments

Faith

Harmony at home (1)

‘Patiently put up with each other and love each other.’ Ephesians 4:2 CEV Building a good relationship at home is like building a wall: It's done brick by brick. And the mortar that holds it together is unconditional, uncondemning, unselfish love. The only way you'll know how good a job you've done is when it's…

June 9, 202115Comments

The Sad Chronicles Of a Failed ‘Messiah’ by Nosa Igiebor

Even his most rabid critics could not have imagined that he would reduce Nigeria to a failed state. Six years on, Muhammadu Buhari has achieved the feat with outstanding ease, as the country has, literally and factually, become one whose defining dynamic is anarchy unbound in all its terrifying ramifications. As the country steadily dissolves…

June 9, 20210Comments

One-sided report on Igbos: A Fulani woman’s dilemma, By Zubaida Baba Ibrahim

There is a school of thought that writer’s block comes from having no ideas at all. I like to refer to it as the ‘creative juices’ not flowing enough or even at all. Others say it comes from an overflow of ideas when there is a clash of interests that your mind cannot narrow it…

June 9, 20210Comments

Digital authoritarianism and the echoes of Decree 4, By Bámidélé Adémólá-Olátéjú

The trend of increasing censorship embraced by authoritarian regimes is not only dangerous, it can also lead to a future never before envisaged, where leaders of countries distort reality and determine what view of internet their citizens have. In the wake of looming social unrest, flares of insecurity, the ghost of Decree 4 appears with…

AVOID TAKING THE SLIPPERY SLOPE PATH TO CONSTITUTIONAL REVIEW

By Prof Auwalu H Yadudu Permit me to present to your august body some ideas, suggestions and recommendations which l hope will help you in carrying out the processes the two wings of the National Assembly have embarked upon for the alteration of the 1999 Constitution. Although l have read the 17-item lists of issues…

TIPS

Can Notice To Quit Be Issued During Court Strike?

Daily Law Tips (Tip 805) by Onyekachi Umah, Esq., LL.M, ACIArb(UK) Introduction: It is not new that the Nigerian courts have been closed since 6th April 2021. This has halted the services of courts in Nigeria. Among the common services of Nigerian courts are; certification of documents, making of affidavits and issuance of Notice to Quit…

June 8, 2021176Comments

Buhari, Twitter, Ali and the Angel

By Lasisi Olagunju (Published in the Nigerian Tribune on Monday, 7 June, 2021) The president tweeted a promise of war. Twitter deleted the promise. The government banned Twitter. It has also promised to jail anyone found in bed with Twitter. The Buhari government's role models on this road to infamy are North Korea, Iran and…

Twitter or Nigerians: Who offended Buhari? By Fredrick Nwabufo

Government is a relationship – between the leadership and the governed. A democratic government, in particular, should not operate in vacancy of citizens’ imprimatur. A government needs the trust, support and goodwill of its citizens. Legitimacy is the reward for good governance. Any government, which by intransigence severs the funiculus that links it with the citizens, is taking the…