Who’s who on Trump’s policy team President-elect Donald Trump ‘s world is about to get a lot bigger. The Trump presidential transition effort was a hypothetical exercise until Wednesday, but now is the epicenter of an enormous effort to staff and manage a new administration from the Cabinet level all the way down. That makes the relatively obscure officials who have been toiling away on policy and governance issues during...Read More
JUSTICE: LOSS OF PUBLIC CONFIDENCE- ANOTHER LOOK AT THE ROLE OF LAWYERS AND JUDGES “There must be a conscious effort to improve the process and attract the best minds to the Bench. This can be achieved where Lawyers who are doing very well in private practice do not fear a regression in their earnings or standards of living should they abandon such lucrative practices for appointment to the Bench”. This week,...Read More
JUSTICE: LOSS OF PUBLIC CONFIDENCE- ANOTHER LOOK AT THE ROLE OF LAWYERS AND JUDGES “Before laying the blame entirely at the doorsteps of Lawyers and Judges, society must firstly undertake a scrutiny of which or what values are still held dear or sacrosanct by its members. Like a popular musician once sang: “If you want to change the world, take a look at yourself and make that change!” This week I...Read More
There is this striking similarity between the election of the first ever non-Italian Pope, the then Cardinal Carol Wojtylar (pronounced Carol Voytihwuh) of Poland in 1978 and the abysmal outing of the Nigerian contingent at the recently concluded Rio Olympics in Brazil. Shortly before the Conclave of Cardinals that would elect the next Pope, a barrage of Photo Journalists had accosted Wojtylar, who later appropriated the name Pope John Paul...Read More
From BBC In a stunning election night the Republican nominee for president, Donald Trump, has secured victory after a string of formerly Democratic states including Pennsylvania, Florida, Ohio and Iowa voted Republican. Nationally, Donald Trump has won 47.5% of the vote, with Hillary Clinton taking 47.7% – yet this has translated into 279 electoral college votes for the Republicans and 228 for the Democrats. With some states still to declare...Read More
