COLUMNS

By Farooq Kperogi ON January 11, 2012, Bola Ahmed Tinubu published a sober, thoughtful, deeply insightful, and penetratingly foresightful article titled “Removal of Oil Subsidy: President Jonathan Breaks Social Contract With the People” that uncannily prefigured the untoward consequences of petrol subsidy removal…

By Opatola Victor Introduction The recent signing of the Enhanced Trade and Investment Partnership (ETIP) between the United Kingdom and Nigeria heralds significant economic opportunities for both nations. The UK Government held that apart from other trade sectors, the agreement will see Nigeria commit…

By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu It is widely said that Nigerian judges are over-worked and grossly underpaid. Senior lawyers have described the conditions of service of judges in the country as “a disgrace”. So poor indeed is their remuneration that in October 2023, the…

By Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, SAN The State of Osun is in some quandary at the moment, nearing a total paralysis of governance, if the anomaly is not arrested urgently. In law, there are three levels of governance in every State in Nigeria, the Legislature,…

By Farooq Kperogi The searing torment that everyday folks are going through in Nigeria right now is so dire, so unbearably extreme, and so unexampled in its rawness that even diasporan Nigerians like me who live tens of thousands of miles away from…

By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu There is hardly any jurisdiction in the common law world in which a man with his current record could possibly still sit as a judge of a superior court of record. In Nigeria, however, Hyeladzira Nganjiwa proudly sits on…

By Muiz Banire SAN Nigeria is a country with a complex structure of ethnicity that may never allow integration, unity or development. The way certain vested interests in Nigeria advocate and advance their cases based on their places of ethnic origin could be…

By Temitope Ajayi  For many decades, Nigeria’s move towards rapid development and economic growth was impaired by poor revenue despite the country's abundant natural resources. The country's unsavoury economic situation was also compounded by the almost crippling foreign exchange crisis of the last…

By Henry Balogun In the intricate web of a nation’s governance, the role of a Chief of Staff to the President stands as a linchpin, connecting vision with execution, and ensuring that the wheels of democracy turn smoothly. While this position may often…

By Abdulrasheed Ibrahim On 15th December 2023, a Federal High Court in Abuja in a judgment gave orders directing the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) to approve for the registration and thereafter register any proposed names submitted to it on behalf of the Plaintiffs,…