ESHA is the legislative arm of the Edo state government and it is led by the Speaker. The ESHA is majority PDP and the minority party is APC. A month ago, there was an off cycle election for governor and one Monday Okpebholo of the APC was declared the victor and his victory is currently …
I have now read this book. For non lawyers, this book is without nuance and brave. For lawyers, this book ought to be nuanced. When lawyers blame technicalities as the basis of the failure of their litigation, it’s like a carpenter blaming his tools for his failure to make a chair. Facts, the law, court …
This week's Saturday Tribune column examines the Streisand effect in relation to Afe Babalola's strong-arm tactics against Dele Farotimi over Farotimi's book, which now ranks number one Amazon's global Best Sellers' list: When 95-year-old legal luminary Afe Babalola weaponized the Nigerian police to arrest and detain activist Dele Farotimi over alleged defamation in his book, …
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Paul Anyebe was a judge of the High Court of Benue State in north-central Nigeria who had a young son with sticky fingers and a sense of adventure It was his role as a dad that endangered his job as a judge. One night around 1983, Anyebe caught his son attempting to steal from his …
Nigeria is doddering on the edge of never-before-seen economic desolation, but President Bola Ahmed Tinubu administration’s major preoccupation is not to bring ministration to a badly hurting nation but to prosecute harmless, impoverished, malnourished, and undernourished minors of northern Nigerian origin who, months ago, joined millions of Nigerians to protest for their right to a …
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