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The West Wing debate There are moments when television does more than entertain. It pauses mid-monologue, clears its throat, and quietly hands policymakers a solution—only for them to ignore it and borrow more money instead.One such moment came in The West Wing, season 7, during a fictional presidential debate that now feels uncomfortably like a …
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Among the doctrines that underpin the legal process in Nigeria, few are as profound and pervasive as judicial independence, but no doctrine in the ecosystem of the law rivals its elusiveness. The idea is ubiquitous in the syllabus of every programme leading to the award of a degree in law, in political science or public …
Can you share a positive example of where you've felt loved? When out of blues someone I don't know and who does not know me demonstrates unselfish and kind assistance to me. I asked a shop owner for a bus pass when I had no funds and they had never met or known me and …
‘My Badge is My Warrant’: EFCC Boss Olukoyede Defends Forceful Operations in Arresting Suspected Criminals There is a famous line in old American cop movies: “Freeze! Police!”In Nigeria, we appear to have upgraded it to: “Freeze! My badge is my warrant.”Recently, EFCC Chairman, Ola Olukoyede, took to Channels Television to reassure Nigerians that breaking down …
If the Nigerian judiciary were a Western movie, the magistrates’ court would be the wide, wide West — a place where dust clouds rise, rules are optional, and justice often depends on the mood in the room rather than the law in the book. It is the first rung on the judicial ladder, sitting politely …
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