What a laugh when it is claimed on high that the law is the last hope of the common man! Law and the common man are very strange bedfellows. Law belongs with the highest bidder. Justice and lawyers are parallel lines...
Those who are familiar with the history of the Israelites will understand why their story in the wilderness will not be complete without a mention of how, at a stage, they had preferred being “slaves in Egypt” to being...
It is eighteen years since Bola Ige, Afenifere chieftain and former governor of the old Oyo State, departed this wide, wild world of war, courtesy of some yet-to-be identified assassins. Ige was the Minister of Justice...
Ironsi – Nigeria, The Army, Power and Politics by Chuks Iloegbunam; Eminent Biographies (EB), Awka, Nigeria; 2019; 298pp There is an almost general acknowledgment that “The Class of 1966”, that is, the northern revenge...
It’s 2020, a new year and a new decade. You spent the latter part of last year putting together a list of New Year resolutions – things to do, things to stop doing and things you aspire to do. It all looks good. Come...
Most Nigerians woke up on the morning of 3rd December 2019 to read a very curious news item, published in nearly all major newspapers. It was titled, ‘Hate speech bill impressive, US declares’. Apart from that title...
As said in the first part of this series, there are political and non-political assailants in the visible and non-visible “corridors of power” who have chosen Vice President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Professor...
It is neither a bad idea for the Federal Government to take measures aimed at bolstering the total revenue accruable to its purse, nor was it ignoble or less productive for its Ministries, Departments and Agencies...
Asked by some would-be foreign investors filled with trepidation about doing business in Nigeria, former President Olusegun Obasanjo responded thus: “Should you encounter any problems, speak with the Minister. If the...
“When the going gets tough, the tough get going” goes the common saying but sometimes the going gets too tough even for the toughest: Life, occasionally, throws additional surprises at us from time to time overwhelming...