This article has been written in light of the recent statement of the Nigeria Bar Association on the activities of politicians, political parties, lawyers and the judiciary on the matter of litigation of alleged "internal affairs of political parties" There is a seductive legal maxim often recited with the confidence of scripture: where there is …
Describe a positive thing a family member has done for you. My cousin picked me up at the airport even though he didn't have to, just to make things easier and safer for me.
There is a peculiar Nigerian pastime: when politicians lose an argument in a party meeting, they immediately develop an intense, almost romantic attachment to the judiciary. Suddenly, men who cannot tolerate a ward congress without throwing chairs become apostles of constitutionalism—filing suits faster than INEC can misplace a document. Justice James Omotosho This raises a …
“An army marches on its stomach,” declared Napoleon Bonaparte with the sort of blunt clarity that only history’s more successful troublemakers can afford. It is a principle as old as organised conflict itself: logistics, not rhetoric, wins wars. Nigeria learnt this lesson the hard way during the Nigerian Civil War. The federal side, under Yakubu …
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Nigeria’s insecurity has now lasted long enough to become a permanent feature of national life. Entire generations have grown up knowing nothing but insurgency in the northeast, banditry in the northwest, and violent criminality spreading across large parts of the country. Yet every year, the same response emerges from Abuja: bigger budgets, more emergency funding, …
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