INEC’s Farcical Self-Acquittal of Amupitan by Farooq Kperogi

INEC said it investigated its chairman and found him not guilty of the allegation that he tweeted partisan support for Bola Tinubu in the 2023 election cycle. If na you nko? How can you fail an exam you set and graded? How can you find yourself guilty in a court you established, where both the …

Why Nigeria Is the Greatest Country in the Africa by Lawson Akhigbe

(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 …

I Made Obasanjo Head Of State Against His Wish By Lt Gen (Rtd) T.Y. Danjuna

“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 …

Pre-Action Protocols and Electoral Justice: Can Civil Procedure Discipline Nigeria’s Election Litigation?

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 …