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 guarantees to independence under sections 96 to 100 of the Constitution Act, 1867. These include...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 the end result of unsuccessful restructuring, or a result of a failure or delay in...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 badly fragmented that putting it back on the right path is as complex as trying...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 College more than a century to achieve. He spoke during the launch of the Afe...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 of judicial officer is made by the Governor. All that the National Judicial Council does...Read More
