DEPRIVATION & DERIVATION PRINCIPLES: WHY THE NORTH IS POOR (I) The real owners of Nigeria! By Samuel Diminas

Sectional national security team

The North is poor, this much no one disputes, and the poverty has bred millions of destitutes, who have become instant and easy recruits for Boko-Haram. However, the question is: Who impoverished the North? I want to posit that the Core North through their aristocrats and ex-military rulers rake an enormous income from oil money …

Government successfully appeals in ‘Right to Rent’ case

R (Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants) v Secretary of State for the Home Department EWCA Civ 542, judgment here On 21st April 2020, the …Government successfully appeals in ‘Right to Rent’ case

Settlement in the UK

This briefing examines settlement in the UK, which is when a migrant is granted the right to live permanently in the country. It reviews settled migrants’ demographic characteristics and the reasons for their grants of settlement. It also discusses the post-Brexit EU Settlement Scheme. 1 Key Points ◦ Of all non-EU citizens issued their initial …

Excerpts from the book “Fellow Country Men- the story of Coup D’etats in Nigeria” by Richard Akinjide Former AG and Justice Minister (June 2000)

I was in the first cabinet that was overthrown by the military in this country. I entered parliament in December 12, 1959. And I remained in parliament until January 15, 1966 when the government was overthrown. I was the Federal Minister of Education in that cabinet. I woke up one morning in my official house …

CHIEF OBAFEMI AWOLOWO v. ALHAJI SHEHU SHAGARI & 2 ORS (SC.62/1979) [1979] 49 (26 September 1979)

documentcloud.adobe.com/link/track This is the legal case which has cemented Chief Akintola into Nigeria legal history. The judgement hold no mathematical precedent but serves a reminder of the interface between politics and law.