JUSTICE: LOSS OF PUBLIC CONFIDENCE –LAWYERS ALONE NOT TO BLAME  “Lawyers have for far too long been unfairly isolated as the sole cause of the delay in the prosecution of cases, there is just so little a Judge or indeed a lawyer can do in certain circumstances”. The judiciary in Nigeria has come under immense...Read More

MINISTER’S PRONOUNCEMENT TO SCRAP POST-UTME EXAMS: A SERIOUS MISTAKE (3) POST –UTME: A RESCUE MECHANISM  As I stated last week, it must always be borne in mind that the post-UTME exercise was conceived as a rescue mechanism in response to the falling standard of education in Nigeria. Notwithstanding the fact that the exercise must of necessity...Read More

MINISTER’S PRONOUNCEMENT TO SCRAP POST-UTME EXAMS: A SERIOUS MISTAKE “Most importantly, the introduction of Post-UTME examination has rendered the jumbo marks hitherto obtained by unscrupulous students from JAMB useless and irrelevant. Its revocation will pave way for the return of the abominable practice that damage the image of JAMB ”. On the 2nd June, 2016 the...Read More

ILLEGAL UNIVERSITIES ON THE INCREASE “Amend NUC Law to empower closure and forfeiture of illegal institutions and impose life jail for their proprietors”. I have over the past weeks focused on the reasons for the advent of Private Universities and why despite the challenges being faced by them, the portrayal of these schools, in the...Read More

PRIVATE UNIVERSITIES: THE HOPE OF NIGERIA’S TERTIARY EDUCATION (5)  “Congratulations sir, for being a beacon of hope for generation of Nigerian parents who desperately desire a great future for their children without sending them to study abroad”.  In this edition, I will examine the criticism levied by Mr. Laolu Harolds against NUC and Private Universities on...Read More

JUSTICE: LOSS OF PUBLIC CONFIDENCE-NEED TO REVIEW THE PROCESS OF APPOINTMENT OF JUDGES (8) “In the sixties when I began the practice of Law, appointment to the Bench was strictly on merit. At that time, appointments were by invitations… The advantages of this were obvious. Firstly as stated earlier, it ensured that only the brilliant...Read More

JUSTICE: LOSS OF PUBLIC CONFIDENCE-NEED TO SEPARATE OF INVESTIGATIVE AND PROSECUTORIAL FUNCTIONS OF EFCC AND ICPC (7) “Where there is a separation of the duties of investigation and prosecution, there will be increased likelihood of fairness to an accused who will by this development be shielded from unfair persecution or even prosecution”. Over the course...Read More

“SACK” OF VICE CHANCELLORS AND APPOINTMENT OF NEW ONES: THE ROLE OF A VISITOR IN UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATION “If the President or Visitor takes over the duty of the Council to appoint a Vice-Chancellor, he has acted ultra-vires. It must be added that the Ministry of Education or the NUC has no legal right whatsoever to...Read More

JUSTICE: LOSS OF PUBLIC CONFIDENCE-LAWYERS ALONE NOT TO BLAME (5) “The poor remuneration paid to junior lawyers by senior lawyers have contributed to the problems encountered in the administration of justice”. A few days ago, President Buhari while on a visit to Kenya, again identified the judiciary as a major source of headache for him...Read More

JUSTICE: LOSS OF PUBLIC CONFIDENCE – LAWYERS ALONE NOT TO BLAME (4)  “I have referred to all these examples to show the role played by clients themselves in contributing to the malaise affecting our justice delivery system. The win at all costs attitude encourages many to employ all manner of unscrupulous means to achieve their own...Read More