I was quite ecstatic about Kemi Badenoch miraculous slaying of the Goliath of the British establishment and emerging as the head of the Conservative Party and is now leader of the Opposition. I felt disappointed by the rather lukewarm…
SENIOR Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) Professor Mike Ozekhome has tasked the judiciary on fairness in the resolution of electoral disputes to safeguard the integrity, fairness and legality of electoral processes by interpreting and applying electoral laws to address conflicts…
Growing up in Benin was great fun. It was a very communal setting of love and communalism. Christmas in Benin was different from Christmas in other places in Nigeria. The reason is that there were local flavors to savor…
THE Nigeria Police Act, 2020 , brought some new vistas to Policing and Police Business in Nigeria. However, there are still some deficiencies. There is however a need for there to be a Nigeria Police Investigation Code which will…
BARELY a month that Senator Monday Okpebholo was sworn-in as elected governor of Edo State, Crusoe Osagie had continued with his parroting of half-truths and outright lies in a clandestine game-plan to confuse the people and heat up Edo…
INTRODUCTION In my book “Zoning to Unzone: the Politics of Power and the Power of Politics in Nigeria”, (2014); Mikzek Law Publications Ltd, pages XIX – XX), I decried the primitive sharing of National resources by political elites who…
Introduction In the last edition of this piece, we asked whether artificial intelligence was a threat to the role of legal professionals, considered its limitations as well as advances in the legal profession. We will continue today with our…
JUDGES, Magistrates and Presidents of Area and Customary Courts in Nigeria are very Powerful. What they say and write is the Law, which you must obey. The latitude and discretion however given to My Lords, Their Worship and Their…
INTRODUCTION The inaugural part of this treatise started with definitions and a review of the key attributes of value-based leadership. It was followed by an assessment of value-based leadership in the 21st century; global trends in leadership and the…
THE topic on everybody’s, well, almost everybody’s, lips now is tax reform. Everybody has become an expert, so everyone is discussing it: the experts, the neophytes, and even those who do not give a hoot. Nigerians love to talk,…
