2017

RECURRING DELAY IN PASSAGE OF BUDGET: MATTERS ARISING “The Chilean constitution mandates that the executive provide the legislature its budget 60 days before the end of the fiscal year. While this time- frame is comparable with a number of countries, the consequences of Chilean legislative inaction are especially significant. If the legislature does not approve

ARREST AND PROSECUTION OF SERVING JUDGES: THE ROLE OF NATIONAL JUDICIAL COUNCIL “All that is required is that the NJC be allowed to carry out its duties before Judges are brought before a court of law to face criminal prosecutions”. On the 11th December 2017, the Court of Appeal delivered what many have described as a

FORCED SLAVERY AND SELF IMPOSED SLAVERY IN NIGERIA AND BEYOND “We think this trade must go on. That is the verdict of our oracle and the priests. They say that your country, however great, can never stop a trade ordained by God himself” In mid November CNN broadcast a video showing how black Africans were

RECURRING PROBLEMS IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION: ZERO PARTY AS BASIS FOR ELECTION TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT COUNCIL (2) “I suggest that election to local councils should no longer be on political party basis but strictly on zero party. Elections on a zero party system will ensure that candidates will be drawn from the locality in which

NIGERIA IN SEARCH OF A NATION: EXCERPTS FROM AUTHORS ADDRESS TO YORUBA SUMMIT (2) “It is one thing to create the façade of a country and give it a name as happened in the case of Nigeria, Gold Coast, Dahomey and the like. However, the concept of nationhood cannot be created by the fiat of

ELECTORAL REFORM: AN APPRAISAL OF THE CASE FOR E-VOTING (3) “The solution lies in voter education. It lies in the formulation of government policies aimed at the eradication of illiteracy and poverty. A solution must be found to voter apathy which has characterised most elections since the incursion of the military into politics”. Two weeks

PREVALENCE OF DRUGS AND CULTISM AMONG YOUTHS: STIFFER PENALTY (3) “I remain of the view that the sentences should be made more severe by the imposition of the death penalty in deserving cases”. I have in the past weeks discussed the rising prevalence of drug addiction among the nation’s youth. Last week I highlighted some

Unveiled: Meet the 7 Richest Lawyers in Nigeria (Photos) Posted by Samuel on Mon 27th March 2017 – tori.ng A list of the top earning lawyers in Nigeria has been compiled and you will be surprised by it’s content. File photo: Nigerian lawyers The names and a little background information on the wealthiest lawyers in