Can a girl dream if she’s not given a chance to live?

By Lillian Okenwa Her death was as harrowing as it was brutal. An eight-year-old child bride. Not only was she forced to have sexual relations but with a man five times her age. It was their wedding night and the experience left her with internal bleeding. She bled to death. Little Rawan passed a couple…

March 3, 20224Comments

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Who will save Nigeria from this impending implosion?

By Lillian Okenwa Well-known for his intellectual and legal sagacity, Hon. Justice Chukwudifu Justice Oputa is a man greatly admired. His sense of style was impeccable but near bohemian sometimes. I still remember nearly half of his face covered by a huge pair of dark designer sunglasses he wore on the day we went to locus…

February 16, 20220Comments

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Nigeria’s sex industry and booming aphrodisiacs trade

By Lillian Okenwa As the social media continues to buzz over the arrest and detention of intimate products seller Hauwa Saidu popularly known by many as Jaruma Empire by officers of the Nigerian Police Force (NPF) following her feud with actress Regina Daniels and her billionaire husband, Ned Nwoko, the demand for sexual enhancement potions…

January 31, 20220Comments

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Nigerians have never had it so good

By Lillian Okenwa “With all the happenings in Nigeria, if the president, his friends, and spokesmen believe that Nigeria is doing well, it’s either they do not live in Nigeria or perhaps reside in another realm.” On the morning of Thursday, September 2, 2021, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi…

December 27, 202121Comments

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How Nigeria’s government determinedly throws billions down the drain By Lillian Okenwa

“The record of previous TAM is not inspiring. Government has to tell us how it will be done differently to give confidence that this is not an opportunity to fund the next general elections.” Sam Amadi “$1Billion can build a low capacity refinery from scratch to finish… The Nigerian government is being imprudent by investing…

August 16, 20210Comments

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A Time to Rejig, Overhauling the Legal Education System in Nigeria

When the Nigerian Law School was founded 59 years ago, it was meant to provide legal training that is academic and vocational, both of which are essential to the quality of our justice delivery system. From 1962 when eight students were admitted for a three-month course at the Nigerian Law School, Lagos, till date, over…

July 12, 20210Comments

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Rhodes-Vivour: The girl child advocate bows out of Supreme Court

By Lillian Okenwa When Gladys Ada Ukeje took her mother and brother to court, seeking to be included in the administration of her deceased father’s estate, many might have considered her insane. A girl child in Igbo land never inherits her father’s estate; so what was she thinking? Over the years gender inequality continues to…

March 22, 20215Comments

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Justice Oputa was prophetic

It set out to probe the past, seek truth in every corner of the land, reconcile those who felt alienated, heal the wounds of the past and restore harmony in the country. The Human Rights Violations Investigation Commission (HRVIC) popularly called Oputa Panel, started with so much hype and verve. For nearly one solid year…

December 28, 202012Comments

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There’s hardly any parent who is not worried about the rising incident of drug addiction among youths in Nigeria. To say that this situation has taken a worrisome dimension is stating the obvious, but even more troubling is government’s attitude to the ill. Is banning codeine and tramadol the magic potion? Parents on their part…

August 12, 20181Comment

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