SPEAKER of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, recently reignited public attention towards the vexed issue of rampant insecurity, the apparent weakness of the Nigeria Police and the consequent deployment of the military to take up the slack. Not only are lives and property at risk with ineffective policing, the country’s sovereignty and survival of …
On the face of it, the repeal bill addresses many of the concerns of its critics. But once you dig in a little further, the full scale of the executive power grab becomes clear. There has never been a piece of legislation like this in modern British history. We have never handed the government so …
One of the guiding principles for the proper running of any democracy is the doctrine of separation of powers. A doctrine which provides that the three branches of government (executive, legislature and judiciary) should be kept separate and each arm be vested with separate powers to prevent an abuse of those powers. In application of …
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