Category: Opinions
A 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 […]
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OLD 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 […]
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NEEDED 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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THE BIG QUESTION
27 Feb 2023
Forget what you thought of Tinubu, Atiku and Obi before now. The question I would plead with you to concentrate on now is one: If Atiku governed Nigeria in the way that he has governed his campaign,, including all the issues about his character and person that have been revealed, what would your life be […]
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WHAT HAVE YOU DISCOVERED ABOUT YOUR CANDIDATE FROM THE CAMPAIGNS?
27 Feb 2023
It’s no more about “he built Lagos”, “he was great in Anambra” or “he was part of OBJ Govt”. It’s no longer about yesterday. It’s now about what you have seen of your candidate during the campaigns. Did he prop you up, as in make you proud or were you the one propping him up […]
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WHEN JUSTICE FAILS TO IMPRESS
27 Feb 2023
On what should the authority of the SC rest – the finality of its decisions or the majesty of its reasoning? The decisions of the SC command obedience by reason of their finality. However, the reverence of the people for the court lies in the majesty of its reasoning and justness of its decisions. The […]
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NEEDED URGENTLY – A SUPREME COURT FOR NIGERIA
18 Feb 2023
NEEDED URGENTLY – A SUPREME COURT FOR NIGERIA 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 […]
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NIGERIA CURRENCY CHANGE COMEDY
04 Feb 2023
Nigeria is a superb comedy theatre. The CBN decides to redesign the national currency three months to general elections and limits the same period for 200m to complete the swap. The people who should be alarmed hail the move as one targeted at those hoarding money to buy votes during the elections. The ruling Party, […]
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OPEN LETTER TO GOVERNOR NYESOM WIKE – RETREAT AND BE TAGGED A COWARD
29 Jan 2023
Your Excellency, kindly permit me to use this medium to appraise your recent political journey. I am writing with tears and pain in my heart because you have destroyed the psych of an average Rivers youth. We have seen administrations come and go, but yours has entrenched corruption, under development, killings, hatred, violence, incompetence, mediocrity, […]
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