Commentary Intimate Affairs: The church and its unfaithful singles, by Funke Egbemode BarandbenchJuly 21, 2024July 21, 20240 Not having sex before marriage ought to be good. Restraining yourself from all that tantalising stuff is tough alright, but… Read More
Commentary Tinubu’s LG autonomy gamble, by Abiodun Komolafe BarandbenchJuly 21, 2024July 21, 20240 Local government is not just about politics, it’s about people’s lives – Eric Garcetti At last, the Supreme Court of… Read More
Bar and BenchCommentary Afam Osigwe, SAN, emerges NBA president BarandbenchJuly 21, 2024July 21, 20240 By a landslide, a former General Secretary of the Nigerian Bar Association, Afam Osigwe, SAN, has emerged the president-elect in… Read More
CommentaryFeatured As Ariwoola takes the judiciary to the top of the grease pole, by Chidi Anselm Odinkalu BarandbenchJuly 20, 2024July 21, 20240 At the end of July 2017, the United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and Nigeria’s National Bureau… Read More
Commentary Minimum wage, maximum rage, by Prof Mike Ozekhome, SAN BarandbenchJuly 20, 2024July 20, 20240 INTRODUCTION Nigerian president, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on 18th July, 2024, in the presence of NLC president, Joe Ajaero and TUC… Read More
CommentaryFeatured Halting the ravages of venal judges, by Victor Agusiobo BarandbenchJuly 19, 2024July 19, 20240 A story which has gone so viral appeared recently in the Peoples Gazette. The story reveals that the Nigerian Bureau… Read More
Commentary Ali Ndume, the rant of an expert in grandstanding, by Daniel Bwala BarandbenchJuly 14, 2024July 14, 20240 There is a common cliché that, it is always painful where one expects wisdom and discernment to prevail, it is… Read More
Commentary LG autonomy, S’Court, and the booby traps, by Taiwo Adisa BarandbenchJuly 14, 2024July 14, 20240 On Thursday, July 11, Nigeria’s apex court, the Supreme Court, dropped the gavel on the much-awaited suit marked SC/CV/343/2024, brought… Read More
CommentaryFeatured Rule by judges is not rule of law, by Chidi Anselm Odinkalu BarandbenchJuly 14, 2024July 14, 20240 “The judiciary has immense power. In the nature of things, judges cannot be democratically accountable for their decisions. It therefore… Read More
CommentaryFeatured Between NNPC, IOC and Dangote, who is fooling Nigerians, asks Bola Bolawole BarandbenchJuly 11, 2024July 11, 20240 The richest man in Africa, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, stirred the hornet’s nest recently when he accused the International Oil Companies… Read More