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There are moments in politics when a confession is more revealing than an investigation. A politician, carried away by the confidence that comes with power, may disclose what an entire opposition party has spent years trying to establish. In Nigeria, where political memory is often shorter than a campaign promise, such admissions deserve to be preserved for posterity.
There is a peculiar affliction in Nigerian politics: some politicians cannot distinguish between winning an election and acquiring ownership of the state. To them, victory at the polls is not a temporary mandate to govern the people. It is a licence to command institutions, domesticate independent organisations and demand political obedience from everyone within reach of government.
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The body blows to Nigeria’s federal structure, national cohesion and constitutional democracy There was a time when the question confronting Nigerians was whether Muhammadu Buhari was President of Nigeria or King in the North. Today, under Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the question has acquired a wider and potentially more dangerous dimension: is the President governing a …
The Doctrine, Stated PlainlyNigerian law is not actually confused about bail. The Supreme Court and a long line of Court of Appeal authority have said the same thing often enough that it should by now require no restating: bail in appropriate cases is a right, the presumption favours the liberty of the accused, and the …
