UK Parliament Ah, bless the poor souls who still think the British Prime Minister is chosen by the great British public in some grand, X Factor-style national vote. Every time a PM gets the heave-ho, the same tired chorus pipes up on social media and breakfast TV: “But we didn’t vote for this one!” Darlings, …
Chief Arthur Nzeribe and the Third Republic: The Man Who Became the Symbol of Nigeria’s Political Intrigue
Arthur Nzeribe In Nigerian political history, few men embodied controversy, influence, wealth, and political manipulation quite like Arthur Nzeribe. If the First Republic had its ideological nationalists and the Second Republic its flamboyant political merchants, then the aborted Third Republic belonged partly to the political fixers, men who understood that power in Nigeria was often …
The Two Fatal Injunctions
IBB The Certified True Copy (CTC) of the judgments and injunctions that derailed the June 12, 1993, presidential election represents one of the most controversial chapters in Nigerian legal history. The "injunction stopping the announcement" was actually the second of two critical midnight rulings issued by the Abuja High Court, orchestrated by Chief Arthur Nzeribe’s …
Consistent
What do you love now, that you hated when you were younger? One never hated
Justice Dashen’s Magical Disappearing Act: When a High Court Forgets How to Count (and Appoint) Time
Honorable Mr. Justice Adama Hamma Isa Dashen One resisted to comment on the recent ruling of the Honorable Mr. Justice Adama Hamma Isa Dashen of the Federal High Court sitting in Lokoja regarding the National Democratic Congress (NDC) matter until a certified true copy of the judgement became available. Now that it has, one's belief …

