HOW AMERICAN STRONG INSTITUTIONS TRUMPED TRUMP, A STRONGMAN (PART 4 CONCLUDED)
March 9, 2021 BY: CHIEF MIKE OZEKHOME, SAN, OFR, FCIArb, LL.M, Ph. D, LL.D INTRODUCTION Last week, we dealt extensively with Trump’s outlandish and false statements while in office, which later came to be regarded as the “tsunami of untruths”. From a …
FEDERALISM AS A FORM OF GOVERNMENT (Part 1)
March 8, 2021 BY: CHIEF MIKE OZEKHOME, SAN, OFR, FCIArb, LL.M, Ph. D, LL.D INTRODUCTION Three weeks ago, we dwelt on Communism and Socialism as forms of government and the advantages and failures of these forms of government. Socialism as seen in …
BALARABE MUSA, JUNAID MUHAMMED – THE EXIT OF TWO PATRIOTS
March 7, 2021 BY: CHIEF MIKE OZEKHOME, SAN, OFR, FCIArb, LL.M, Ph. D, LL.D In a country where patriots have become scarce commodities; where all you see, hear of and behold are war drum beaters; where erstwhile respected Nigerians have receded into …
HOW AMERICAN STRONG INSTITUTIONS TRUMPED TRUMP, A STRONGMAN (PART 3)
BY: CHIEF MIKE OZEKHOME, SAN, OFR, FCIArb, LL.M, Ph. D, LL.D INTRODUCTION Last week, we discussed the concept of strongmen anchored on the approximation of particular institution to the name of a person in authority. We further compared the strong institutions of …
Awards Recognition
When the awards of recognition for his human rights, democracy, good governance and rule of law keep rolling in from all nooks and cranies of mother earth. …
The Oracle: When Will Nigeria Be Finally Abducted?
6TH OF MARCH, 2021 Chief Mike A. A. Ozekhome, SAN, OFR, FCIArb, Ph.D, LL.D INTRODUCTION Is Nigeria not being gradually but steadily abducted by Boko Haram, bandits, herders, kidnappers, armed robbers and terrorists? The insecurity scenario in the country today is quite …
NBA President, Olumide Akpata Announces Membership Of Standing Committees And Ad-Hoc Committees [IN-FULL]
By Unini Chioma -February 28, 2021 The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has announced the membership of various standing and Adhoc Committees. The NBA President, Olumide Akpata, in a press statement signed by himself, said the Committees are set up pursuant to section 12, which establishes eleven …
THE FAILED KIDNAP ATTEMPT ON SUNDAY IGBOHO
February 28, 2021 OPINION. Chief Mike A. A. Ozekhome, SAN, OFR, FCIArb, Ph.D, LL.D The act of a combined team of soldiers, DSS and Police, numbering about 40 attempted to arrest and detain Sunday Adeniyi Adeyemo Igboho was too much in the …
INSUCERITY: When Will Nigeria Itself Be Abducted? – Mike Ozekhome
February 28, 2021 Human rights lawyer and a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mike Ozekhome, says with the spate of kidnapping during the Buhari-led administration, he wonders when Nigeria itself will be abducted? According to Ozekhome, compared to 214 Chibok schoolgirls missing under …
POOR NIGERIANS NO LONGER NEED TO BORROW MONEY TO PURSUE HUMAN RIGHTS CASES – Ozekhome, Others Explain Abolition Of ‘Fees’
28th of February, 2021 Chief Mike A. A. Ozekhome, SAN, OFR, FCIArb, Ph.D, LL.D Some legal practitioners have explained the rationale behind the Federal High Court’s recent abolition of monetary claims and default fee charges in human rights applications. THE WHISTLER had sought …