The Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa, has said those calling for coup d’etat are enemies of Nigeria, saying the law will catch up with them. The military had earlier revealed that there were pressure from certain unnamed quarters…
France bans Nigerian students, others from bringing families
The French parliament has passed a law restraining Nigerian students and others from bringing their families to the country. According to a report by the BBC on Thursday, the law was backed by both President Emmanuel Macron’s centrist Renaissance party…
Israel passes new law protecting PM from removal as protests continue
Israel’s parliament has passed a new law that would prevent a prime minister from being declared unfit to hold office by the attorney general. It is considered to be in the interests of the incumbent, Benjamin Netanyahu, who is on…
Thousands protest at Georgian ‘‘foreign agent’’ bill
Protesters have clashed with police in Georgia’s capital, Tbilisi, after parliament backed a controversial draft law which critics say limits press freedom and suppresses civil society. Riot police used water cannons and pepper spray to disperse the crowds outside the…
Israel Knesset passes law to deport Arab prisoners
The Israeli Knesset yesterday passed a law to revoke the citizenship and residency status of Arab citizens of Israel who have been imprisoned by the occupation state and received salaries from the Palestinian Authority (PA). The law, which gives the…
Should we keep blaming pastors for every wrong?
Back in the day, we blamed the gods for every ill in our society, now it’s time to blame the pastors! The recent report in the dailies about Blessing Jimoh, the 30 year old mother of 4 who hacked her…
The law is the last hope of a scam – Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
What a laugh when it is claimed on high that the law is the last hope of the common man! Law and the common man are very strange bedfellows. Law belongs with the highest bidder. Justice and lawyers are…
The day I landed in court – Peju Akande
All my life, I have never been to court before. I mean a law court. ‘The court is made for humans, not animals.’ I often heard a client of mine repeat over and over again whenever she felt slighted and…
Come, do we really need International Women’s Day?- Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
I am an expert at ignorance. I just do not know why just one day should be set aside as International Women’s Day. All the days of the calendar ought to belong to women. I have spoken. To be a…
Section 5 and the Mohammed Bello Adoke case – Reuben Abati
His Lordship Justice Binta Nyako at the Federal High Court sitting in the Federal Capital Territory last Friday, gave an instructive, landmark judgment in the matter between Mohammed Bello Adoke and the Attorney General of the Federation on the extent…