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(Now Featuring the Judiciary, EFCC, and Frequent-Flyer Miles) Nigeria is the greatest country in the world, particularly for those who understand the system. For everyone else, resilience will be provided at no extra cost. Take the judiciary, for instance — the last hope of the common man and the first refuge of the well-connected. Justice …
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“Then, Murtala was killed. I think it is public knowledge that Obasanjo fled on the day Murtala Muhammed was killed. He remained in hiding until the coup was aborted and he reached out, first, to M.D Yusuf (Inspector-General of Police), who then called him and he came out of hiding, and joined us in Dodan …
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How do you unwind after a demanding day? For an hour, I immerse myself in music with noise-cancelling headphones, shutting down all distractions. Kenny G is usually my go to music.
INEC In England and Wales, the Civil Procedure Rules (CPR) embody a deceptively simple proposition: access to justice is not synonymous with immediate recourse to litigation. A claimant has a right to bring a claim, but that right is conditioned by procedural discipline. The most notable expression of this discipline is the system of pre-action …
There is a new genre of justice in town: the frequent-flyer prosecution. The alleged crime is committed in Nigeria, the money stretches its legs in London, the properties develop British accents, and the defendant eventually appears before a judge who has never queued at the Nigerian Immigration Service. Welcome to the age of transnational corruption …
