Aare Afe Babalola SAN Founder/President , ABUAD WAY FORWARD In concluding edition, I promised to examine the system of appointment of Judges in some developed countries. Today, I start with the examination of appointment of Judges in Canada CANADA Canada has a level of judicial independence entrenched in its Constitution, awarding superior court justices various...Read More

Aare Afe Babalola SAN Founder/President , ABUAD Reconfiguring, according to the Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary, is to significantly rearrange (something) into an altered form, figure, shape, or layout. In political terms, reconfiguration is to alter the territorial configuration of a state, its identity, or formally breaking up or partitioning the geographical entity.  Reconfiguration can be...Read More

Aare Afe Babalola SAN Founder/President , ABUAD As a famous Russian adage goes “it is easy to turn fish into fish soup, less easy to turn fish soup back into fish”. This Russian adage best describes Nigeria’s current socio-political quagmire. It is a notorious fact that the fabrics of the Nigerian nation is currently so...Read More

President of the foremost United Kingdom University, the King’s College London, Professor Shitij Kapur, has described the achievements recorded by the Afe Babalola University Ado Ekiti, ABUAD, as unparalleled within a decade of its establishment. Kapur said he is amazed that the students’ population of over 8,000, which ABUAD has recorded since inception, took King’s...Read More

Aare Afe Babalola SAN Founder/President , ABUAD WAY FORWARD Constitutional Reform The fact that appointments of judicial officers in Nigeria are made by the Governor upon the recommendation of the National Judicial Council is one capable of abuse thereby further eroding the independence of the Judiciary. From the clear wordings of Section 270(2), the appointment...Read More

Aare Afe Babalola SAN Founder/President , ABUAD “Nigerian Judges still rank among the least paid in the world today”. Appointment AND REMUNERATION Of Judges By the provisions of Section 271(1) & (2) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (As Amended) the Governor of a State is empowered to appoint Judges into...Read More

Aare Afe Babalola SAN Founder/President , ABUAD PROBLEMS IN THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE IN NIGERIA A.        Procedural technicalities and delay in Court process                      Procedural technicality Procedural technicality is a major cankerworm bedeviling the administration of Justice in Nigeria. Procedural laws refer to rules that prescribe the steps for having a right or duty judicially...Read More

Aare Afe Babalola SAN Founder/President , ABUAD JUDICIARY UNDER THE MILITARY In a true democratic dispensation, the third and perhaps the most pivotal arm of government is the judiciary. The role of the judiciary in any country includes interpretation of law, adjudication over disputes involving individuals, organisations and governments, and to ensure the supremacy of...Read More

Aare Afe Babalola SAN Founder/President , ABUAD Afe Babalola, a legal luminary and founder of Afe Babalola University (ABUAD), Ekiti State, was called to the Bar of England and Wales on 9 July 1963. By Premium Times  July 11, 2023 Revered legal giant, Afe Babalola, is 60 years at the Bar and will be celebrating...Read More

Dear Prospective Applicants, Further to the approval of Prof Ishaq Oloyede, Executive Secretary, Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) at the policy meeting held in Abuja on Saturday, 24th June 2023, to commence admission processes for the 2023/2024 academic session, we are delighted to inform you that Afe Babalola University, Ado – Ekiti (ABUAD) has...Read More