#SomberTuesday! The first set of the 2023 elections (to choose the president and members of the National Assembly) took place this past Saturday, the 25th of February. Kudos to the Nigerians who went out to vote, and did so peacefully. The INEC officials and election observers who contributed to making the process work as intended…
By Sylvester Udemezue
Before I start, and for the avoidance of doubts, may I respectfully refer to my earlier declaration, which remains my position: "…President Buhari has obviously worked hard and spoken hard … to make the 2023 elections free, credible, peaceful, hitch-free and successful in producing a winner whose victory reflects the will of…
Indeed, INEC has failed Nigerians - EU
As widespread condemnations continue to trail the conduct of Nigeria’s 2023 presidential elections, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria Aikhunegbe A Malik has described the entire process as “shambolic.”
Malik who shared his thoughts in a WhatsApp group said: “Unarguably, the organization, and conduct of the elections, going by…
By Amauche Onyedum, Esq
In honour of Hon. Justice Ayobode Olujimi Lokulo-Sodipe of the Court of Appeal Akure Division.
I only met My Lord, Hon. Justice Ayobode Olujimi Lokulo-Sodipe, JCA and for the first and last time, on the zebra-crossing prints of the numerous law reports in Nigeria, while I was en route to knowledge.…
1: Some have posited that Nigeria is too diverse and remains the only one of the big British colonies to remain one nation. They refer to India from whence Pakistan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, etc came out from at one time or the other.
2: Some have also posited that the African does not have…
Hon. Justice Ayobode Olujimi Lokulo-Sodipe of the Court of Appeal Akure Division slumped and died on Monday morning while dressing up in his Chambers for the day’s sitting.
Sadly, the 67-year-old judge reportedly passed while being rushed to the hospital.
Confirming the incident on a WhatsApp platform, the immediate past Chairman of the Akure branch…
It will be difficult, if not impossible, to eradicate corruption and the corrupt ways of doing things in Nigeria. The ongoing [2023] selection otherwise called [2023] election is a case in point. Everyone is involved. No one can claim to be pure. Even those who have good intentions and purity of heart, still have around…
Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Chief Ogwu James Onoja, Ph.D. recently marked his 55th birthday.
Though from Ogugu, an Igala-speaking community in Olamaboro Local Government Area of Kogi State in north-central Nigeria, Onoja was born on 19th February 1968, in Idah, then under Kabba Province of Northern Nigeria and present-day Kogi state.
Chief Onoja…
It is impunity galore. INEC is empowered by law to issue guidelines. The CBN usurped the power and issued guidelines for the election. In fact, INEC had to beg CBN to release cash for logistics to conduct the elections!
During the Ekiti and Osun governorship elections last year, only the EFCC arrested vote buyers. Gunmen…
By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu
Africa’s largest experiment in electoral democracy is underway as Nigeria counts the votes cast in its presidential and parliamentary elections, which occurred on Saturday, 25 February 2023. It is too soon to say who Nigeria’s next president will be and it may be a few days yet before the Independent National…