When, on the 1st of June, 2023, I wrote on the above subject, condemning and discouraging the often unholy romance between the judiciary and the executive, little did I know that I would have cause to revisit the issue, at least, not in the nearest of time. Interestingly, here I am [...]

I am sure that in the past few years the name Hadiza Bala Usman has been consistently ringing a bell. Her heritage of being the daughter of that fiery and popular Nigerian historian, Dr. Yusuf Bala Usman, who led several struggles for the emancipation of the downtrodden, is deeply rooted in [...]

Last week, I treated the issue of the cost of governance in Nigeria as it further drowns the resources of the country, specifically drawing the attention of the President on the need to urgently tame this monster (See my column in the Daily Sun of 22nd September 2022 “Cost of [...]

On September 22, 2022, I wrote in this column on the cost of governance as Nigeria’s albatross. In that discussion, I alluded to various ways and means by which we fritter away the scarce resources of the nation. Past administrations kept telling us that the country was broke while profligacy [...]

Much ink has been spilled on the campaign for the independence of the judiciary. It is a cliché that, for the rule of law to prevail in any society, its judiciary must be independent and this further emphasizes the doctrine of separation of powers as concentration of all powers of governance [...]