IN the realm of human behavior, there exists a complex interplay between what individuals project to the world and their innermost thoughts and actions. Two psychological concepts that shed light on this phenomenon are hypocrisy and reaction formation. These concepts…
IN January 2014, a coalition of advocates, including Femia Falana, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN); Jiti Ogunye and Tokunbo Mumuni, both senior lawyers; and I wrote to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), inviting it to “to investigate…
WHEN I worked in a factory there in Okpella, the only bank there had to be closed because well armed robbers use to visit like every two weeks to collect their money and any security man that formed gallant was…
THE Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), alongside other policymakers and actors in the power sector space, must have thought it was a resistance-free, genius idea to raise electricity tariff for only a small segment of Nigerian electricity customers while maintaining…
THE Lagos State Government recently endorsed a food production agreement with the Niger State Government. The partnership, known as the ‘Produce for Lagos Initiative’, is aimed at ensuring a steady flow of agricultural products to the end consumers. Interestingly, this…
MUCH have been said about the three major contestants in the Edo State gubernatorial election candidates, however, sticking to the ideals of Dr Asue who has said times without number that he would prefer that campaigns are issue-based rather than…
WHEN, in 1814, Europe’s leading statesman, Count Metternich, said that Italy “is only a geographical expression”, the former Deputy of the Kingdom of Italy and the Father of Modern Italy, Giuseppe Garibaldi, didn’t take it as an offence. Instead, the…
WHICH Primary Schools Did you attend in Benin?Ebenezer (Private ), Ebenezer (Public ) ,Emotan UDDS, Ogbe ,Arinze ,Ogbe Igbuya, Asoro,Uwa ,Uvbie,George Idah, Ugbekun, Iden,Greater Tomorrow, Igbinedion , Word of Faith (GRA) , Word of Faith (Others ) St Rita’s, Federal…
INTRODUCTION IN the last part of this treatise, we concluded our discussion of Colonial Constitutions, after which we considered our range of options on the way forward, including a Sovereign National Conference. We equally x-rayed the imperatives of a new…
INTRODUCTION IN our last discourse, we considered the notion of political independence in the judicial process and the imperatives of insulating the judiciary from such pressures. We also took a look at the importance of economic/fiscal and intellectual independence for…
