Pastor Tunde Bakare And The Lies Of A Failed State

By Chuks Iloegbunam Pastor Tunde Bakare of The Citadel Global Community Church recently spoke through his hat while preaching a sermon. He told his congregation that, during the January 15, 1966 military action that toppled the First Republic, the soldiers that took Prime Minister Abubakar Tafawa Balewa removed his turban, poured wine on his head…

April 10, 20220Comments

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Now that the court has spoken…

By Lillian Okenwa “Formulating Policies based on sex, stereotyping and feudal and patriarchal traditions will no longer be tolerated due to the supremacy of constitutional values… This court is not expected to achieve less for Nigerian women, since the constitutional obligation of this court is to apply the law.” Hon. Justice Okorowo “For any society…

April 8, 20222Comments

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Opinion

Buhari’s $1 Million Gift To Afghanistan

FOR an administration that is not exactly short on examples of moral violation, the decision of the Muhammadu Buhari government to donate the sum of $1 million to the Humanitarian Trust Fund for Afghanistan will go down as one of its most unsettling and, frankly, thoughtless acts. Instructively, Nigerians would not have known of the…

April 8, 20221Comment

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Business

ACCI women strategizing to break the bias

The Nigerian Chamber of Commerce Dispute Resolution Centre (NCCDRC) recently held a workshop on Legal and Regulatory Compliance for Companies. NCCDRC formerly the Dispute Resolution Centre (DRC) of Abuja Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) was adopted sometime last year by the Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines, and Agriculture (NACCIMA) as the…

April 5, 20220Comments

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Opinion

Now That They Have Stopped the Moving Train

By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu “Where the state is too weak to be dangerous, non-state actors might become too strong.” Robert Cooper, The Breaking of Nations: Order and Chaos in the 21st Century, p. 18 (2003) Supporters of Nigeria’s ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) are fond of telling their critics they “can’t stop a moving train.”…

April 4, 20221Comment

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Opinion

Women and Politics in Nigeria

Allocating Seats to Women Vis-a-vis the Legal and Socio-economic Realities in Nigeria. By Ayomide Oyelade The quest for some seats in the Legislature and Executive branches of government to be specially apportioned to women arose due to the wide marginal difference between the number of men and women in government across the country. In the…

April 4, 20220Comments

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Opinion

Police Officers as Agents of Debt Recovery: The View of the Law

Police Officers as Agents of Debt Recovery: The View of the Law. By Adebayo Faruq During the Mid August in 2018, we went for a National competition which involves Muslim Schools around the Federation. After the completion of that day category of the competition, my uncle as a zealous person who followed me as a…

April 4, 20220Comments

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Opinion

Decamped NYSC girl and a clash of religion with societal rules

The decamped NYSC girl; a case study of religion clashing with societal rules. By Stanley Alieke, Esq. Decamped NYSC girl and a clash of religion with societal rules. A female Corp member was decamped last week from the NYSC orientation camp in Gombe for her failure to abide by the stipulated camp dress code and…

April 2, 20220Comments

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Faith

We must obey the father

By J.B. Daudu As long as you are not self-existent, you must be told what to do and what not to do. The only Person Who gets to do whatever He wants is God -- the self-existent One. Even Jesus Christ (the only begotten Son of the living God) gets to obey the Father because…

April 2, 20222Comments

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The Law and You

Sen. Soni Ogbuoji & Ors V. David Umahi & Ors: Full Judgement

Copy of Sen. Soni Ogbuoji & Ors V. Engr.David Umahi & Ors: Full Judgement. Click to download the copy of Sen. Soni Ogbuoji & Ors V. Engr. David Umahi & Ors: Full Judgement. 1. Senator Soni Ogbuoji 2. Justin Mbam Ogodo 3. All Progressive Congress V 1. Engr. David Umahi 2. Dr. Eric Kelechi Igwe…

April 2, 20220Comments

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