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Stare Decisis, Sit Down Please: Nigerian Lawyers in a Judicial Lottery by Lawson Akhigbe
Nigeria Bar Association Practising law in Nigeria today requires not just knowledge of statutes and case law, but also faith, fasting, and perhaps a crystal ball. Advising clients has become a hazardous exercise, largely because judicial precedents—once the lawyer’s compass—now seem to suffer from chronic identity crises.Judicial precedent, in theory, means that judges follow earlier …
Britain, Bases and Blindness: How Labour Lost Its Moral Compass by Lawson Akhigbe
There are moments in a nation’s political life when power reveals character. And there are moments when it reveals capture. Under Keir Starmer, Britain has stumbled into one of those revealing moments. Reports that British bases have been made available to support American and Israeli military action against Iran raise questions that go far beyond …
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What experiences in life helped you grow the most? Every experience I’ve had has been a valuable teacher, offering its own unique lesson and opportunity for growth.
African Americans History Did Not Begin in Chains by Lawson Akhigbe
Benin artefacts There is a quiet but damaging lie that has followed African Americans for centuries: that Black history began when the first slave ship touched the shores of continental America. It did not. What began on those ships was not history, but interruption. Before the Atlantic became a graveyard, before Black bodies were reduced …
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Water Glasses and War Drums: How “Never, Ever” Became “Operation Epic Fury” Overnight by Oman’s foreign ministry official
I am a diplomatic aide in the Sultanate of Oman's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. My job is logistics. When two countries that cannot speak to each other need to speak to each other, I book the rooms. I prepare the briefing materials. I make sure the water glasses are the right distance apart. You would …
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