Nigeria and the Ghosts of 1966. THISDAY newspapers
For a long time, I had held the notion that principal actors in the events that led to the collapse of the First Republic and its aftermath should document their accounts so that our generation and those after us can learn useful lessons. After reading “The First Regular Combatant: Brigadier General Zakariya Maimalari”, I am …
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Seventy is now the new thirty (video)
The Illegality Of The Senate Resolution On Ibrahim Magu By Femi Falana
Mr. Femi Falana, SAN Mr. Ibrahim Magu was appointed as Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in November 2015 by President Muhammadu Buhari. The appointment was made by the President sequel to section 171 (1) of the Constitution. After Mr. Magu had acted in that capacity for over a year the Senate …
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Why Courts Haven’t Stopped Parade Of Suspects,—Justice Garba
The presiding judge of the Court of Appeal, Lagos Division, Justice Mohammed Garba has absolved the judiciary of blame in the parade of suspects by prosecutorial agencies. Justice Garba said a court could not make a pronouncement on the legality or otherwise of media trials generally, if the matter was not brought before it. He …
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