FEDERALISM AS A SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT (PART 2)
March 14th, 2021 BY: CHIEF MIKE OZEKHOME, SAN, OFR, FCIArb, LL.M, Ph. D, LL.D INTRODUCTION Last week, we explored the concept, meaning, definition and history of federalism. Simply put, federalism is a system of government in which power is divided between a …
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 …
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 …
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 …
SEEK PROTECTION FROM COURT, OZEKHOME TELLS SUNDAY IGBOHO
Some security operatives attempted to arrest Sunday Igboho on Friday February 28, 2021 Chief Mike A. A. Ozekhome, SAN, OFR, FCIArb, Ph.D, LL.D A human rights lawyer, Mike Ozekhome, has advised a self-styled Yoruba warlord, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, …