General Buhari and Emperor Nero: Two of a kind
30TH APRIL, 2021 By: CHIEF MIKE OZEKHOME, SAN, OFR, Ph.D. President Muhammadu Buhari appears to be the Roman Emperor Nero of Nigeria. They are two of a kind. The same six and half a dozen. He fiddles while Nigeria burns. It is …
EFCC: Operating without police investigators
April 27th, 2021 BY CHIEF MIKE OZEKHOME, SAN, OFR, Ph.D The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) made the news last week for reasons other than its fight against financial crimes. It was revealed that Acting Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Usman Baba …
5(2) of the Terrorism Prevention (Amendment) Act, Dr. Pantami can be charged for terrorist activities, Ozekhome SAN, writes
April 25th, 2021 BY CHIEF MIKE OZEKHOME, SAN, OFR, Ph.D …A person who knowingly, in any manner, solicits or renders support for a proscribed organization or an internationally suspected terrorist group, an offence under this Act and shall on conviction be liable …
Pantami hasn’t changed, contracted Islamic TV to cover FG event –Ozekhome
April 24th, 2021 BY CHIEF MIKE OZEKHOME, SAN, OFR, Ph.D Human rights lawyer, Mike Ozekhome (SAN), says the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, is unfit to oversee critical digital and telecommunications agencies of government because “his antecedents are quite …
DIFFERENT PEOPLE DIFFERENT FORMS OF GOVERNMENT (PART 18)
ANARCHY AS A FORM OF GOVERNMENT April 23, 2021 BY CHIEF MIKE OZEKHOME, SAN, OFR, Ph.D INTRODUCTION Last week, we concluded our discourse on Monarchy, wherein, we discussed the history, characteristics and roles of monarchs. Today, we shall continue with Anarchy as …
CAN DR. ISA PANTAMI BE PROSECUTED FOR ACTS OF TERRORISM?
April 23, 2021 BY CHIEF MIKE OZEKHOME, SAN, OFR, Ph.D Dr. Isa Ali Pantami is the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy. He is also known as Sheikh Pantami. He was born on 20th day of October 1972, in Pantami Ward, Gombe …
ISA PATAMI: THE LEOPARD AND ITS UNCHANGING SPOTS
April 21, 2021 BY CHIEF MIKE OZEKHOME, SAN, OFR, Ph.D Mallam Isa Pantami is no ordinary Nigerian. He is a Minister of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Pantami is also no ordinary Minister. He is charged with the sensitive portfolio of Communications …
EFCC and Other Regulatory Agencies’ Powers to Enforce Declaration of Assets (Part 3)
19TH OF APRIL, 2021 BY: CHIEF MIKE OZEKHOME, SAN, OFR, FCIArb, LL.M, Ph. D, LL.D Introduction The Legal Regime of Asset Declaration Let us, today, explore the legal organogram and regime of Asset Declaration. Whilst declaration of assets by public officials is …
DIFFERENT PEOPLE DIFFERENT FORMS OF GOVERNMENT (Part 17)
18TH OF APRIL, 2021 BY: CHIEF MIKE OZEKHOME, SAN, OFR, FCIArb, LL.M, Ph. D, LL.D INTRODUCTION Last week, we started our discourse on Monarchy, wherein, we discussed the history, characteristics and roles of monarchs. Today, we shall conclude our discourse on Monarchy, …
JUSUN strike: What FG, States must do – SANs
APRIL 15, 2021 As the strike action embarked on by Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria, JUSUN, to demand financial autonomy for the judiciary enters day nine, some Senior Advocates of Nigeria, SANs spoke on JUSUN’s position and what the state governments must …