REPORT OF NATIONAL CONFERENCE: NEED FOR A REFERENDUM (3) “Sovereignty belongs to the people. It does not and cannot belong to their elected representatives. Indeed the Section 14(2) of the Constitution provides that sovereignty belongs to the people from whom the government through the Constitution derives its authority and power… the National Assembly cannot without...Read More

“At the heart of the current protests and agitations are the same questions which have for long plagued Nigeria and which have over the years resulted in one form of violence or the other”. Over the past couple of weeks several states in the East and in the South- South have witnessed protest marches involving...Read More

“All over the world, decisions on proposed crucial change to political structure of a country such as the recommendations of the last constitutional conference are ultimately taken to the citizenry in the form of a referendum”.   The decision of President Goodluck Jonathan to withhold his assent to the passing of the 4th Alteration Act,...Read More

  A REQUEST BUHARI MUST REJECT   Further devaluation will inflict irreparable damage on Nigerians and every sector of the economy as well as the collapse of education and the middle class Recently I commended President Muhammadu Buhari for his decision to put a halt to further devaluation of the naira. I discussed the effects...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

  “It takes a man of courage, patriotism, and altruism to go all out to preach the gospel truth on how to end insurgency with our own local or native intelligence to the government”. Over the past couple of weeks I have examined the current efforts of government to combat the book haram insurgency particularly...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

“Nigeria stands to learn a lot from countries like Colombia which have contended with insurgency over the years. While some have advocated a more high handed approach including further militarisation of the region, others have advised that the insurgents be engaged in dialogue” On Monday 12th October 2015, former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo paid a...Read More

PREMATURE DISSOLUTION OF GOVERNING COUNCILS (4)   “What most governments at the State and Federal levels do is to appoint people based on political considerations. There have been reported cases of council members requesting either contracts or even cash for members of their constituencies in the belief that they were appointed to serve the interests...Read More

PREMATURE DISSOLUTION OF GOVERNING COUNCILS (3) “It would appear, that the Federal Government is quite aware of the error inherent in its dissolution of the Governing Councils of Universities for on the 1st August 2015, the Government announced that the Governing Councils of Universities had been granted an exemption from the dissolution earlier announced on...Read More