Few weeks ago, precisely, on the 1st of June, 2024, legal juggernauts and other distinguished personalities, led by the Vice President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Kashim Shetima, GCON, gathered in Ilorin in honour of Professor Yussuf Alli, SAN, while celebrating the three decades of the existence of his [...]
In last week’s edition of my publication on X (formerly Twitter), I engaged the issue of wage dispute between the Nigerian workers and the Federal Government of Nigeria. Over the years, since I was a child, I have been witnessing strikes by Nigerian workers, leading to the shutting down of [...]
The 27th and 28th of May, 2024, will for some time remain days to remember in the annals of justice reform in Lagos State. I have had the privilege of attending so many justice reform summits but this is unique in dimension. It is outstanding because while the other summits [...]
In recent past and in not less than three interventions, I have interrogated the question of the survival of our tertiary institutions in the face of the numerous and seemingly countless daunting challenges confronting the institutions (See my columns on “Secondary education and culture of bullying” https://www.sunnewsonline.com/secondary-education-and-culture-of-bullying , 2nd December, [...]
Between the 24th and 25th of April, 2024, legal luminaries gathered in Abuja to strategize on advancing the judiciary and the administration of justice in Nigeria. The summit aimed to enhance access to and the quality of justice for all Nigerians, regardless of their status, peculiarities or vulnerabilities. As of this [...]
Early in the morning on Monday this week, I was awakened to an item going viral on social media as forwarded to me by a number of good friends alleging that I wrote a petition that led to the alleged abduction of an FIJ Reporter. Under the title: “CONFIRMED: Muiz Banire [...]
A current craze in Nigeria today is for government to establish all manner of higher institutions in the name of tackling our educational deficit. It is rather the case that these mushroom universities and tertiary institutions are only established for political reasons. Legislators see ability to convince their colleagues to pass a [...]
As I have stated in several fora, and have equally become more convinced, wonders shall never end in Nigeria. It is a nation of one week, one drama. It is always one comedy or the other, or else how does one explain the scenario of a former Governor, Yahaya Bello of [...]
In Nigeria of recent, one of the recurrent words in our lexicon is ‘bandit/ banditry’. This word ordinarily connotes a band of marauders, preferably in local parlance, robbers. Those who carry out activities in defiance of the law. The usage is not unconnected with the numerous criminal acts going on [...]
In several of my public discourses, I have interrogated the challenges facing serving judges in Nigeria, particularly regarding their remunerations. Beyond these interventions, I have had the opportunity to serve on various committees at different levels, notably within the National Judicial Council and the Body of Benchers, advocating for the [...]