POVERTY: ARE THE POOR TO BLAME? (1) “Soon, we may produce the richest man on the planet and also the largest number of poorest people”. Nigeria, with over 70% of its population in abject poverty ended the year 2017 with a return of scarcity of Petroleum products. This singular event had a domino effect on all other aspects of economic life so much so that many Nigerians had a very...Read More
RECURRING DELAY IN PASSAGE OF BUDGET: MATTERS ARISING “The Chilean constitution mandates that the executive provide the legislature its budget 60 days before the end of the fiscal year. While this time- frame is comparable with a number of countries, the consequences of Chilean legislative inaction are especially significant. If the legislature does not approve the budget within 60 days, it automatically becomes law in its entirety, thus under- cutting...Read More
ARREST AND PROSECUTION OF SERVING JUDGES: THE ROLE OF NATIONAL JUDICIAL COUNCIL “All that is required is that the NJC be allowed to carry out its duties before Judges are brought before a court of law to face criminal prosecutions”. On the 11th December 2017, the Court of Appeal delivered what many have described as a landmark judgement concerning the exclusive powers of the National Judicial Council to look into matters...Read More
ARREST AND PROSECUTION OF SERVING JUDGES: THE ROLE OF NATIONAL JUDICIAL COUNCIL “All that is required is that the NJC be allowed to carry out its duties before Judges are brought before a court of law to face criminal prosecutions”. On the 11th December 2017, the Court of Appeal delivered what many have described as a landmark judgement concerning the exclusive powers of the National Judicial Council to look into matters...Read More
FORCED SLAVERY AND SELF IMPOSED SLAVERY IN NIGERIA AND BEYOND (2) Last week I traced the origin go the slave trade and how slaves captured in Africa were transported to the New World in harrowing conditions which left millions dead. I detailed the efforts made to curb the trade and how within Africa itself there was some form of opposition to the eventual abolition of the trade in slaves. However...Read More
