‘My Badge is My Warrant’: EFCC Boss Olukoyede Defends Forceful Operations in Arresting Suspected Criminals There is a famous line in old American cop movies: “Freeze! Police!”In Nigeria, we appear to have upgraded it to: “Freeze! My badge is my warrant.”Recently, EFCC Chairman, Ola Olukoyede, took to Channels Television to reassure Nigerians that breaking down …
If the Nigerian judiciary were a Western movie, the magistrates’ court would be the wide, wide West — a place where dust clouds rise, rules are optional, and justice often depends on the mood in the room rather than the law in the book. It is the first rung on the judicial ladder, sitting politely …
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Dual citizens face new rules to enter the UK from 25 February. New British passport dual citizenship rules are coming into force in February. (Getty)(Matt Cardy via Getty Images) British dual citizens will face tough updated rules when entering the UK from overseas, under new government guidelines. New rules that come into effect from the …
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Where can you reduce clutter in your life? There are some people from my past that I both loved and hated, and some of the emotions from those relationships still feel like emotional scars. I need to detox those feelings and make room for new connections and growth.
If this reform succeeds it will be a blueprint for African self-reliance. But the state has failed to deliver the most basic services for decades. No wonder Nigerians are suspicious Let’s not mince words. Nigeria’s new tax regime, which landed on our heads this January, is the most ambitious attempt to reshape the state since, …
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