A REJOINDER TO A MISLEADING AND CONJECTURAL REPORT ON THE AKPABIO-AKPOTI-UDUAGHAN APPEAL BY OPR. NEWS The referenced jaundiced reportage purporting to analyse proceedings at the Court of Appeal in the matter connected with the suspension of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan is a glaring example of speculative journalism, factual distortion, and advocacy masquerading as news. It is...
By Okechukwu Nwanguma The alleged defilement of a nine-year-old girl in Amainyi Autonomous Community, Ihitte Uboma Local Government Area of Imo State, and the threats faced by a journalist investigating the case, expose a disturbing but familiar pattern in Nigeria’s response to sexual violence against children: impunity sustained by silence, compromise, and abuse of discretion....
The Nigerian Bar Association and the Nigerian Law Society: On the Impossibility of Parallel Bar Associations in a Single Jurisdiction BY ERNEST OJUKWU I have read reports of Chief Mela Audu Nunghe, SAN, President of the Nigerian Law Society (NLS), and his presentation at the public hearing on the Legal Practitioners Bill 2025. In his...
Prominent senior lawyer, Chief Joe-Kyari Gadzama SAN has distanced himself from allegations that he was a mediator mediation in lifting of a court-ordered restriction on OML 40 corporate filings at the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC). At least two news blogs (not CITY LAWYER) had alleged that the senior lawyer was involved in an alleged improper...
THE ONLY REAL SOLUTION TO INSECURITY IN NIGERIA: WHY TRUE LOCAL GOVERNMENT AUTONOMY CAN NO LONGER BE IGNORED Nigeria is once again confronted with an alarming resurgence of insecurity, ranging from insurgency to kidnapping especially that of school children, banditry, armed robbery, rape of victims, killings of captured victims, and the senseless threats of more...
Is Justice Truly for Sale in Nigeria? A Necessary Balance to Senator Ojudu’s ‘How They Buy the Judges & Break the Country’ By Olukayode Ajulo I read the recent piece by Senator Babafemi Ojudu with mixed feelings. Senator Ojudu is a big brother, a believer, and a man I deeply respect, an activist of uncommon...
REFRAMING NIGERIA’S VIOLENT SECURITY CRISIS: STRATEGIC POLICY PATHWAYS FOR DE-ESCALATING ETHNIC TENSIONS AND ACHIEVING SUSTAINABLE NATIONAL PEACE By Sylvester Udemezue The persistent crisis and widespread violence in many parts of Nigeria continue to reveal a central underlying issue: the unresolved question of cattle management and the long-standing tensions surrounding pastoral mobility, land use, and agricultural...
“I Thought He Was an Armed Robber Until He Said ‘All of You, Outside’” – A Harrowing Assault That Exposes the Perils of Vigilante Overreach The recent testimony by NYSC member Elohor Jennifer Edema, recounting how she was traumatized by the actions of armed operatives of the Agunechemba Vigilante Group (also known as Operation Udo...
… Driven to dismantle bottlenecks, she has championed full digitization of public administration by December 31, 2025. By Emmanuel Nduka Obisue As John C. Maxwell rightly puts it: “A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way”. True leadership lies in guiding others to success. It lies in ensuring...
ON THE CONSTITUTIONAL LIMITS OF EGBE AMOFIN RESOLUTIONS IN NBA PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS: QUESTIONS FOR MY BELOVED FRIEND, OLAYINKA SOKOYA, ESQ By Sylvester Udemezue (A). STATEMENT BY LEARNED OLAYINKA SOKOYA _”@SYLVESTER UDEMEZUE (airtel)y leader sir, all members of Egbe are bound by the constitution of Egbe Amofin Oodua and the resolution at the AGM. This resolution...