Category: Opinions
THE COURTS ARE NOT THE LAST HOPE
03 Apr 2023
This therefore is the conclusion of the matter: the last hope of democracy is the people; the last hope of the Constitution is the people; the last hope of the people is the people
Continue ReadingAVOID THE ETHNIC WAR TRAP
19 Mar 2023
By Chuks Nwachuku Do not join them to parrot Yoruba hate of Igbo. There’s hardly anything like that. The reality is the average Yoruba love for and protection of corruption, just like you find elsewhere in Nigeria. When attacked, corruption would shout “they are after me because I’m Yoruba”. Most fall for it because […]
Continue ReadingSANWO-OLU AND HIS DEMONS
11 Mar 2023
I do not know what Sanwo-Olu would do to placate the anger of Lagosians in the next few days. However, I certainly know what he is not doing right and that is allowing the hate speeches to continue to fill the atmosphere of Lagos. The city is just too sophisticated. It will read this again as a sign of incorrigibility and respond accordingly on election day. There are other issues that bother Lagosians. At the ATM today (which remains frustrated of cash and with the mobile banking network in limbo as usual) one elderly Yoruba man swore that he voted LP last Saturday, and swore again to make APC pay, yet again, this Saturday.
Continue ReadingHIJAB IN SCHOOLS CONTROVERSY
28 Feb 2023
As a Christian and a lawyer, I cannot fault the judgment of the Supreme Court (SC) striking down the ban on the wearing of hijab by Muslim female students in Lagos schools. Many Christians would be shocked that my conviction is also premised on my Faith as a Christian. Many do not know that the […]
Continue ReadingCBN AND THE SUPREME COURT
28 Feb 2023
I don’t know what the CBN intends to achieve by not allowing banks to continue to accept deposit of the old notes. I thought that would have been allowed in order to ease the burden on those who still retain the notes. The time limit given by the CBN for its own direct redemption of […]
Continue ReadingBROKEN JUSTICE – IHEDIOHA V UZODIMMA
28 Feb 2023
I have gone through the judgment of the Supreme Court (SC) in the Ihedioha case. My humble view is that if the learned Hon. Justice Kekere-Ekun should go through the judgment a second time, she would not be proud of herself. I say so with the greatest respect and out of the very high esteem […]
Continue ReadingA SUPREME COURT FOR ALL?
28 Feb 2023
No Supreme Court (SC) in any country with a developed justice delivery system is an all comers affair. The function of the Supreme Court (SC), particularly in a Federation, is not to deliver justice in individual cases. It is to declare and develop the law for the benefit of all. The Supreme Court (SC) comes […]
Continue ReadingOLD NAIRA NOTES – JUDICIAL CONFUSION
28 Feb 2023
What is the effect of the injunction of the Supreme Court (SC) restraining enforcement of the phasing out of old notes? One thing is certain: the CBN has already given Friday, 10th February as the date on which the old notes cease to be legal tender. Only the CBN can change that date. No court […]
Continue ReadingNEEDED URGENTLY – A SUPREME COURT FOR NIGERIA
28 Feb 2023
Nigeria does not have a Supreme Court (SC) and is desperately in need of one. What we have in this country in the form of the Supreme Court of Nigeria is a final court of appeals. The two are not the same. The illusion of the two being the same is what has nearly crippled […]
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