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The Republic of Impunity: How Nigeria Rewards Rule-Breakers and Punishes Accountability By Lawson Akhigbe

Nigeria's culture of impunity, where laws are treated as optional and accountability is viewed as unnecessary, is a significant obstacle to its development. Despite a conviction by the Supreme Court in 1997 for a serious criminal offence, Bello Magaji was never imprisoned. He was instead pardoned by President Goodluck Jonathan and later appointed as Dean of the Faculty of Law at the American University of Nigeria. This case highlights the arbitrary nature of the legal system in Nigeria, where convictions are often disregarded and individuals with criminal records can rise to high positions.

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Old Press

How do you use social media? Social media is the old press but in a different ecosystem. It’s for information, fun, education, entertainment, interaction and the village market square. An intersection between the government and the governed. It’s immediate feedback, it’s fast and spread.

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Judicial lessons from Kenya – Punch Newspaper Editorial

THE annulment of last month’s presidential election in Kenya by its Supreme Court has set a new standard for the judiciary in Africa. In a continent where such decisions are more likely to be influenced by political expediency than legal sagacity, the annulment is a breath of fresh air, and a paradigm shift that encapsulates …

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Edo State Government propose to privatize the state-owned Nigerian Observer newspaper and Edo Broadcasting Service (EBS) 

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki said his administration will privatize the state-owned Nigerian Observer newspaper and Edo Broadcasting Service (EBS). His reason is that the state media outfits were not self-sustaining. This was at the annual public lecture series organized by the Correspondents’ Chapel, Edo State council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) …

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