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Life of a journalist after retirement, by Eric Teniola

BarandbenchOctober 9, 2024October 11, 20240

I share some similarities with the celebrant of today, Comrade Jola Ogunlusi. Before 1996, we were both from the old…

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Rivers: Beyond Wike and Fubara, by Lasisi Olagunju 

BarandbenchOctober 7, 2024October 11, 20240

Chief Obafemi Awolowo’s 1947 book, ‘Path to Nigerian Freedom’, opens with three quotations. The first tells the reader: “This above…

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An open letter to President Bola Tinubu, by Kazeem Akintunde

BarandbenchOctober 7, 2024October 16, 20240

Good day sir! I have decided to write you this open letter after one of your aides, Bayo Onanuga, told…

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Nigeria’s Federal High Court: A scandalized court, by Chidi Anselm Odinkalu

BarandbenchOctober 6, 2024October 16, 20240

On 7 June 1911, the High Court of Australia decided a very interesting case. It arose from a publication issued…

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Hail to the (New) Chief Justice, by Chidi Anselm Odinkalu

BarandbenchSeptember 29, 2024September 29, 20240

             When he died at 80 in June 2008, Lamidi Aribiyi Adedibu was one of the best known political godfathers…

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Drug barons don’t need fines, Emmanuel Onwubiko

BarandbenchSeptember 27, 2024September 27, 20240

Global counter-narcotics efforts are only successful depending on how far these agencies domiciled in the different Member Nations of the…

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Admission Scare: Minimum age, maximum rage, by Prof Mike Ozekhome, SAN

BarandbenchSeptember 23, 2024September 23, 20240

INTRODUCTION THE CONTEXT AND CONTRADICTIONS OF NIGERIA’S MINIMUM AGE POLICY FOR UNIVERSITY ADMISSION Let me today discuss an issue that…

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When medical workers become licensed killers, by Kazeem Akintunde

BarandbenchSeptember 23, 2024September 23, 20240

The World Health Assembly, with the adoption of resolution WHA 72.6, in 2019, set aside September 17 of every year…

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Long walk to implementation of S’Court verdict on LGs’ autonomy, by Taiwo Adisa

BarandbenchSeptember 22, 2024September 22, 20240

When the Supreme Court of Nigeria on July 10 gave a landmark ruling granting financial autonomy to the 774 local…

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Unmasking Tinubu’s government of NADECO veterans, by Chidi Anselm Odinkalu

BarandbenchSeptember 22, 2024September 22, 20240

When Major-General Muhammadu Buhari overthrew the elected civilian administration of President Shehu Shagari on the last day of 1983, he…

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