Oliver Wendel Holmes Jnr. is my most revered jurisprudential personage. This sentiment may be founded on a filial judicial heritage or on my experiential understanding – yet a vestige of my filial heritage – that law is not law until it has been interpreted by the courts: a summarized reflection of the Realist School of…
Corruption Will Fight Back by Johannes Tobi Wojuola
Nigeria’s former EFCC Chairman, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu is renowned for his anti-corruption stance and fight. Though some may argue that his fight was one-sided or prejudiced, the a posteriori facts point clearly at the reality that indeed corruption was fought by the former Chairman – whether lopsided or not. Mallam Ribadu stepped on a lot…
A HERO’S VERSE
When I am rested at six foot below, And in vacuous ambience Of frozen body, mind and soul, Spirit divined transcends. I cannot twitch to my assailer’s blow When darkness in its weight and thickened moist, Is all my shut gaze can dote, And uncertainty of my spirit’s final host; Either to demon’s…
All change in Nigeria – by Muhammadu Buhari
In 2014, before the election that saw the first change of power in Nigeria by peaceful democratic means in our history, the then government rebased our country’s GDP. Now, by internationally recognised metrics, we possess the largest economy in Africa. While this should be a source of pride for Nigerians, it goes no way to addressing…
Buhari, orchestra of “noisemakers” and good music
By Johannes Tobi Wojuola A prime asset of any leader is a wily use of humour. It is that drop of ecstasy that quells the tension in a room. It is magical, and the progeny of its lack is a stern, colourless and joyless ambience. It is an added arrow to the quiver of communication…
YES! The President Can!
By Johannes Tobi Wojuola The Nigerian Petroleum Sector accounts for over 80% of Nigeria’s revenue, consequently being the largest source of our economic dependence. President Buhari’s desire to oversee the affairs of the Petroleum Industry/Sector has seen a series of unfounded attacks on the President’s decision from both legal and moral viewpoints. Nigeria cannot joke…
Why Buhari needs FOI Act in Battle Against Graft
By Aliyu Abdullahi and Johannes Tobi Wojuola President Muhammadu Buhari’s clear intention and sincerity of purpose on the “fight against corruption” and “Government Waste” is a common and global knowledge. However, the best of intentions do not necessarily translate to positive gain in realization of policy goals if the right machineries are not employed at…
A New Sheriff is in Town!
By Femi Adesina Some call it the Buhari bounce. Others describe it as the Buhari effect. Yet some others say it is the Buhari aura. One thing is however crystal clear. Things have not been the same in the past 100 days in Nigeria, since Muhammadu Buhari assumed the presidency. A new sheriff has truly…
Before The Flower Withered
There was a time, That every time was our time. When our thoughts were golden And the worship of a lover’s shrine. Then I would dote on your every nuance, I will look into your eyes and tell the diameter of your iris. I will adore every detail of your body. There was an hour,…
An Expansion of my Speech Today at the Dr. K.M. Waziri Annual Symposium – with this year’s edition on Leadership and Service
A lot of times, I hear my friends – young babes and dudes – say that they do not have the facilities to ascend the challenges that confront them. Sorry, but this is a lie from the pit of self-deceit. The story of men like Omojuwa who started out from a keyboard and a will…