BBC report paints distressing picture of languishing escaped Chibok girls, as rehabilitated captors fare better

A number of the Chibok girls that escaped from Boko Haram captivity have not stopped crying out over poor treatment they are getting in the hands of government, noting with heavy hearts that they were better of in Boko Haram captivity. An incisive report done by the BBC has found out that while the girls…

April 15, 20240Comments

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Two mass abductions in a week in Nigeria: Again Sheikh Gumi offers to negotiate with bandits, what does he know?

By Lillian Okenwa In 2021, notable Islamic cleric, Sheik Abubakar Gumi announced that no school is safe until the federal government negotiates with bandits. He further revealed that there are about 100,000 armed bandits in the North-West alone. The Sheik has never disguised the fact that he knows these bandits and where they are. …

March 12, 20240Comments

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Presidency sources reveal how Buhari’s ministers and others are quietly returning stolen funds

Insinuations are rife that the current administration of President Bola Tinubu has been reluctant to openly probe into serious allegations of corruption against some ministers and senior officials who served in the administration of former President Muhammadu Buhari. This, according to critics, was because the President was trying to avoid rubbishing the ruling All Progressives…

March 9, 20240Comments

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Adekoya’s call for transparency in Judges’ appointment echoes previous calls

By Lillian Okenwa The Punch newspaper in its editorial of 30th October 2023 held that: "Abuse of judicial powers has significant negative implications for the rule of law and the integrity of the legal system." It went further to say that: "Necessary reforms should therefore be implemented to reposition the judiciary and restore public…

December 22, 20230Comments

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Was the CJN Wrong to have appointed his brother Chief Auditor at NJC? Agbakoba, Alubo, Ikeazor, others speak

By Lillian Okenwa While a number of lawyers and public affairs analysts have excoriated the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Hon. Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, for the appointment of his younger brother as Chief Auditor at the National Judicial Council (NJC), many have also wondered whether there was anything wrong with Mr. Adebayo Ariwoola easing into…

December 18, 20230Comments

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While the wait for more S’Court Justices continues, should South-West and South-South get extra slots?

By Lillian Okenwa As Nigerians look forward to the appointment of more justices to fill up the yawning vacancies at the Supreme Court although the National Judicial Council (NJC) maintains that it is not aware of the list of 22 justices penciled for elevation to the apex court, a close study of the list said…

November 22, 20230Comments

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Nigerians lament as hunger, poverty batter families while Reps take delivery of N160bn SUVs

While Nigerians have been further advised to tighten their belts and remain patient amidst inflation and gross economic hardship in the country, lawmakers in the Green Chambers of the House of Representatives have started taking delivery of their luxury Sports Utility Vehicles (SUV) according to a report by Sahel Standard. Likewise members of the Senate…

October 30, 20230Comments

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Updated:[Download Full Speech] Justice Dattijo blasts CJN, Says absolute power corrupts

Cautions against non-replacement of retired Supreme Court Justices Hon. Justice Musa Dattijo Muhammad bowed out of the Supreme Court on Friday having attained the statutory retirement age of 70. But His Lordship at the valedictory session attended by former Head of State, Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar (Rtd.) and his wife Hon Justice Fati Lami Abubakar…

October 27, 20230Comments

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Watch live as Supreme Court delivers judgment on Atiku and Obi’s appeals!

The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Hon. Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, has directed that the Supreme Court judgment on the appeals filed by Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi be broadcast live. Click below to watch.

October 26, 20230Comments

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How Nigeria’s courts became “The lost hope of the common man”

By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu When Ogbonnaya Ukeje died in Lagos two days after Christmas Day in 1981, Bode Rhodes-Vivour was a 30-year-old lawyer making his way up the rungs of public service in the Ministry of Justice in Lagos State. Mr. Rhodes-Vivour had been called to the Nigerian Bar a mere six years earlier, in…

September 24, 20230Comments

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