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December 11, 20220Comments

Opinion

Kill all the lawyers

By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu "The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers" William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part 2, Act IV, Scene 2 Tamuno Igbikiberebima is an unlikely star in an action movie. He is a lawyer employed with Nigeria’s national hydro-carbons monopoly. On 17 December 2020, Tamuno was home in Rumuigbo, in Obio/Akpor…

December 10, 20220Comments

Investigate mass abortion report – UN Secretary-General

Notwithstanding that Nigeria’s military has described as false a Reuters report that Nigeria’s military forced about 10,000 women to have abortions over a 10-year period, the United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called on Nigerian authorities to investigate allegations of systemic and coerced abortions reportedly perpetrated by its army. Military Defence Chief, Gen. Lucky Irabor,…

December 10, 20220Comments

How Danish doctors fit contraceptive coil on women without consent

It is a season of discoveries. Days ago, Reuters published a report about the Nigerian Army running a secret, systematic and illegal abortion programme in the country's northeast since at least 2013. On its part, the military through Nigeria's Chief of Defence, General Lucky Irabor said it will not investigate the report because it was…

December 8, 20220Comments

Blame lawyers and judges for impunity of law enforcement agencies ! – Falana

Accuses NBA of wasting hundreds of millions of Naira on bar conferences Rights activist and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mr. Femi Falana has said judges and legal practitioners in Nigeria should be held responsible for the impunity exhibited by law enforcement agencies over time in the country. A thoroughly piqued Falana in a statement revealed…

December 8, 20220Comments

Living

Tales my patients told me: My Oh My – DUI can do you in!

By Emmanuel Fashakin I came into the waiting room and this man was grinning widely at me. There was something familiar about this patient, but, uncharacteristically, I couldn't place this guy. I know thousands of my patients by name, including their medical histories and often most of the medications they take, and they are usually…

Joy Ezeilo (SAN), Faborode listed in ‘BBC 100 Women 2022’

Senior Advocate of Nigeria and Law Professor, Joy Ngozi Ezeilo, another Nigerian Ibijoke Faborode, co-founder of ElectHER, a non-governmental organisation addressing female under-representation in politics across Africa, Tunisian Tennis player Ons Jabeur and Rwandan referee Salima Rhadia Mukansanga have been listed among the ‘BBC 100 Women 2022’. Ibijoke Faborode Ezeilo, SAN, and Faborode are the…

NBA set to sue Women Affairs Minister, condemns unsubstantiated allegations against judicial officers

Spurious, sweeping, and unsubstantiated allegations against judicial officers, legal practitioners, or any member of the society, only goes to hurt the nation and rocks the foundation of its existence. - Y.C Maikyau, SAN For failing to withdraw her comments on a judgment of a court and tender an apology to the court within seven days,…

Opinion

Once elected officials develop selective amnesia, show scant interest in fulfilling promises, Somber Tuesday series by Mojúbàolú Olufúnké Okome

#SomberTuesday! Electioneering campaigns are in motion, with candidates and their proxies presenting their platforms to Nigerians. If citizens were to hold the winners accountable, Nigeria will be closer to the accomplishment of the desired transformation and aspiration of greatness. The problem is that historical experience shows suboptimal performance on both sides. Majority of the people…

SAIPEM Scandal: Why INNOSON’s motion against Chief Olanipekun will not fly

By Stephen Azubuike In a press release issued on 6 December 2022, the Chairman/CEO of Innoson Vehicles has approached the Court of Appeal, Awka Division, seeking an order of the Court disqualifying Chief Wole Olamipekun, SAN as a Counsel to Guaranty Trust Bank in Appeal No. CA/E/288/2013. The grounds for the application are related to…