We and our leaders are guilty
Nigeria’s many problems are neither reducible to the economy nor to insecurity nor to poverty but to lawlessness. Who then is responsible for this? Who bears the burden of guilt? We bear
Suggestions
Modernism: A legal analysis of Nigeria’s ranching debacle
The impeccable aspirations of section 14 (1)(b) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended) (the “Constitution”), establish that “the security and welfare of the people shall be
50 lawmakers write Tinubu, demand Nnamdi Kanu’s release
Fifty members of the House of Representatives from across political parties, under the auspices of Concerned Federal Lawmakers for Peace and Security in the South East, have appealed to President Bola Tinubu
Adamolekun seeks constitutional reform for LGs
Local councils in Nigeria will remain ineffective because it is incongruent with federal democracy, and fashioned in favour of the unitary
In search of a new police model – Part 2
The politics of state police creation is as deep as the ethno-religious fissures that characterise Nigeria itself. And its depth forms the core of the conservative persuasion that favours the retention of
Towards a credible, all-inclusive Constitution
Attempts by previous sessions of the Senate to alter provisions of the 1999 Constitution ahead of election cycles, and the fresh amendment debate that follow afterwards all underscore the seemingly intractable deficiencies
When governors’ immunity becomes license for impunity, abuse
The immunity clause in the 1999 Constitution insulates the president and governors from distractions while in office.
The imperatives of state police
Undoubtedly, one major glaring absurdity of Nigeria’s convoluting federal architecture is that of over-centralisation in all ramifications.
Allow Kaduna council chairmen, councilors to complete tenure
Governor Uba Sani Bello and the Kaduna State House of Assembly should allow the elected council chairmen and the councilors to complete their three-year tenure as enshrined in the state law, as
Pushed to the wall over state police – Part 3
The Mid-West reserved its position on the clause ‘which may involve the use of arms’. (3) Training facilities, depots and stores shall be organised on a Regional basis. Recruitment shall be the
How poor enforcement of extant laws sustains child labour as modern day slavery
Although Section 20 of the 1999 Constitution of Nigeria provides that “no person shall be held in slavery or servitude and no person shall be required to perform forced labour,” the enforcement