OPINION

Nobel Laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka has described the continuous detention of #RevolutioNow convener, Omoyele Sowore, even after perfecting his bail conditions as an act of thuggery. In the open letter titled ‘Between thuggery and state disobedience’, Soyinka accused the Buhari-led administration of treating the judiciary with disdain. He lamented the...

  Recently, the global human rights watchdog, Amnesty International, flayed the Muhammadu Buhari-led administration’s disregard for court orders since coming on board in May 2015. According to the body, “Anytime the courts have told Buhari’s government to do something it doesn’t like, it has refused to obey it.” According to...

By Michael Owhoko Ignorance is what drives the behaviour of the woman. If only she knows her real worth and the premium placed on her by her husband, she would not organise herself into an opposition in a home she is supposed to play excellent and distinguished supportive role through...

    By Wole Soyinka My dear Honourables, I hope you will excuse me for distracting you from your onerous duties, but I am a current sufferer – and I am not alone – from a persistent nightmare. That affliction has been induced by your most recent approach to addressing...

  By Andrew Ossai Eke   On Tuesday, October 29, 2019, the list of nominees into the incoming board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) was read on the floor of the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Shortly thereafter, and to the utter amazement, shock, incredulity, confusion...

  By Michael Owhoko Who will rescue Nigeria from the clutch of ethnic venom that is gradually but steadily being secreted by ethnic nationalists through their actions and behavioral disposition? I have opted to refrain from specific examples in this write up to water down envisaged reactions from those who...

  By Ifeatu Medidem The Federal Inland Revenue Service has intensified its drive to recover outstanding tax liabilities from taxpayers in default of tax obligations. To this end, FIRS has been writing to taxpayers’ bankers, appointing the banks’ agent of the banks’ customer, to collect outstanding tax liabilities from the...

  Walter Duru, Ph.D   One of the cheering news in Imo State today is that the administration of Governor Emeka Ihedioha has submitted a Letter of Intent to join the Open Government Partnership, Nigeria. This confirmation came from the Secretariat of OGP Nigeria, Abuja. The implication is that the...

By Dr Olisa Agbakoba, SAN     Development law policy is a tool that intersects law and economic development. Development law scholars agree that there is a strong link between law, regulatory institutions, governance, economic development and national welfare. It is argued that the Nigerian legal and judicial framework is...

Introduction President Mohammadu Buhari’s 2019 Independence Day address to the nation may have created an enabling platform to encourage new discussions on how to transform Nigeria’s economy. The President’ssetting up of an Economic Advisory Council (EAC) is an important tool in this regard.  At the Platform, a biannual televised conference...