I have been laughing in VERNACULAR since this evening when my attention was first drawn to a banal trending story on the social media, titled, “OUTRAGE AS ENTRANCE TO MIKE OZEKHOME’S HOUSE IN IKOTUN-IGANDON IS LITTERED WITH CALABASHES OF SACRIFICE” (news.phxfeeds.com ). I would have completely ignored the story, but for the fact that numerous…
I Humbly Disagree With Obasanjo And His Oily Thesis
Former president, Olusegun Obasanjo, has theorized that the oil and gas found in the Niger Delta region belong to the federal government, and not to the oil-bearing communities. Legally speaking, Obasanjo can be said to be correct, because he was part and parcel of successive military juntas that cleverly and systematically inserted expropriatory and inhuman…
Family of Late Ataga Castigates Police for Bungling Son’s Murder Case
**Accuses Odumosu, Lagos CP of Complicity, Unprofessionalism **Hires Legal Services of Ozekhome to Pursue Justice The family of Michael Usifo Ataga, 50, the Super TV chief executive officer, CEO, whose life was gruesomely terminated June 15, 2021, in the Lekki area of Lagos, has come down hard on the Nigerian Police, and particularly the Lagos…
Prof. Auwalu Yadudu’s Scaremongering: Why The NASS Must Ignore Him
I have just read, to my utmost chagrin and dismay, a release authored by Prof. Auwalu Yadudu and currently trending in the social media. Yadudu titled his piece (which apparently represents his memorandum to the NASS Committee on the Review of the Constitution), “AVOID TAKING THE SLIPPERY SLOPE PATH TO CONSTITUTIONAL REVIEW”. Although, I have…
El-Rufai, Why Are You Playing Brother Jero? -An Open Letter to Governor Nasir El-Rufai
INTRODUCTION I know you people in the corridors of power don’t bother about reading or hearing from we lesser mortals. You love listening to yourselves, to fawners, bootleggers, bootlickers, contractors, influence-peddlers and genuflectors. I am not one. Fortunately. But, give me some minutes and read this my humble open letter to you. This is because…
The National Assembly is Constitutionally Competent to Summon President Buhari
[responsivevoice] I have just read with angst and trepidation, a statement credited to the Hon. Attorney General of the Federation, AGF and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami, senior advocate of Nigeria, SAN, to the effect that the National Assembly, NASS has no power to summon the President over his “operational use of the Armed…
Mallam El-Rufai: The Flogging of a Dead Horse
For the better part of this and the previous week, Nigeria’s social media space has been agog with arguments for and against the invitation of Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai to speak at the 60thAnnual General Conference of the Nigerian Bar Association(NBA). Following the protestations against Mallam El-Rufai’s invitation, the NBA National Executive Committee…
Booby Trap for Magu?
Aso Rock is facing an unenviable dilemma over the investigation of Ibrahim Magu, suspended acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission over alleged financial crimes. Ibrahim Magu is a cat with nine lives. He has survived several banana peels in his career as a police officer and posting to the Economic and Financial…
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