Ikechukwu A. Ogu

Ikechukwu A. Ogu, a Legal Practitioner, writes from Central Business District, Abuja

How to Structure the Proposed Special Courts for Electoral Offences

The promise by President Goodluck Jonathan to set up Special Courts for Electoral Offences is laudable, although I do not know the form the special courts will take. It is the appropriate structure of the proposed special courts I intend to explore here...

Ikwerres and Their Denial of Igbo Identity

It amuses me when indigenes of Igbo-speaking communities outside the South-East deny their Igbo identity. The Ikwerres, represented by the likes of Okachikwu Dibia, are the fiercest and most strident in this act of playing the ostrich...

How Jobless and Job-seeking Nigerians Are Exploited

Recruitment exercises conducted by many public and private organisations in Nigeria showcase the level of exploitation faced by jobless and job-seeking Nigerians. Those who venture into self-employment are frustrated by the epileptic electricity supply, zero financing, bad road networks, poor transportation system and other unsettling factors...

Nigerian Medical Personnel as Merchants of Death

The attitude of Nigerian medical personnel towards their patients leaves much to be desired. Pointedly said, the average patient in Nigeria faces grave risks in the hands of our medical doctors, nurses and hospitals whether private or public…

World Igbo Congress: A Jamboree in a Foreign Land

Many Nigerians have criticized the modus operandi of the WIC, and justifiably so, branding it a jamboree and calling for an end to it. I make haste to associate myself with them...

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