“Generally, it is necessary to ensure that any election conducted is done in a way that would substantially ensure that the main objective of a free and fair election is achieved”. In this edition, I intend to consider two issues namely: Whether Nigeria is in a state of war and Whether or not election can be held in some parts of Nigeria WHAT QUALIFIES AS STATE OF WAR? War is...Read More

The 2015 Presidential elections have been keenly contested, won and lost. As noted by local and international observers, this is the first time that a change would occur in federal government in Nigeria from the ruling party to the opposition through the means of an election. World over, an event like this is seen as a mark that the principles of democracy have become embedded in the psyche and consciousness...Read More

(II) “NELSON MANDELA would have been hanged in 1964 but for the judge’s discretionary power to substitute imprisonment” Last week I began aRead More

“NELSON MANDELA would have been hanged in 1964 but for the discretionary power of the judge to substitute imprisonment” The death penalty is as old as mankind itself. For thousands of years,Read More

“Government (federal, state and local government) should link up with financial institutions to provide loans at low rate as it obtains in other countries to enable them pay adequate fees to their institutions. These fees will in turn provide the necessary funds which the university needs to provide and maintain qualityRead More