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Beyond legal reform on power sector

Beyond legal reform on power sector

By Ani Nkemjika Nnenne FOLLOWING the recent constitutional amendment assented to by President Muhammadu Buhari, the power sector regulatory body – the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, now has powers to grant states licence to generate, transmit and distribute electricity. Prior to the review, the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in Articles […]
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Questions for lawyers over ‘sale’ of the SAN privilege/award

Questions for lawyers over ‘sale’ of the SAN privilege/award

By Sylvester Udemezue IN Re: “SAN Application: Controversy Over One Million Naira Application Fee By LPPC” (January 6, 2023: TheNigeriaLawyer). Section 5(2) Legal Practitioners Act, CAP L11, LFN, 2004 provides that: “A person shall not be conferred with the rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria unless he has been qualified to practise as a legal […]

Is our new educational language policy a misconceived idea?

Is our new educational language policy a misconceived idea?

By Chiedu Okoye THE new educational language policy proposed by the government is not only misconceived and impracticable, it is an idea whose time has not come. Education is, indubitably, the bedrock of national development. No country can become technologically and economically advanced without having functional educational systems. That is why the leaders of First World […]

Peter Obi will lose

Peter Obi will lose

By Ijomah Chibueze Charles The address by the governor of anambra state- Prof Charles Soludo, recently made damning revelations that creates a sneak peek to what Peter Obi is up against in the forthcoming elections. Of course, the handwriting will become even clearer with time, but is already vivid to people who can see beyond […]

Wike, Ortom, G5 govs: Urgent need to retrace their steps

Wike, Ortom, G5 govs: Urgent need to retrace their steps

I have been watching closely with studied silence the unending outburst, which has been continuously hurled at the PDP Presidential Candidate and Vice Presidential Candidate by the G5 Governors led by His Excellency Nyesom Wike.

Tribute to a false oracle

Tribute to a false oracle

By Fred Edoreh FROM time, I had never been excited about former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s personality and his letters. I am very conversant with the fact that besides training in handling of weapons, military Generals are deft contrivers of propaganda, decoy and deception with which they can win wars by simply confusing and creating disaffection […]