In the past, judicial greatness was calibrated in the currency of jurisprudence.
Akpabio’s rhetoric of running an uncommon Senate has now disintegrated into a reality of uncommon lawlessness.
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The disappearance of Bawa ensures that the job of fighting impunity for grand corruption in Nigeria does not stand any chance of success.
Election dispute resolution has cumulatively drained the judiciary in Nigeria of the intangible institutional assets of character, credibility, impartiality and independence.
But the law of rule portends equal opportunity danger for its makers too.
What seems clear is that, since 1979, judicial appointments and decision-making in election petitions have enjoyed a relationship underpinned by a whiff of implicit quid pro quo.
This coup clearly prevented the opposition from taking political power, which they won in the recent election.
A military invasion, in any case, requires more than the orders of presidents.
Mr El-Rufai’s first ministerial screening in 2003 was nearly scuppered after he accused some senators then of bribery.
The ongoing public policy conversation on the petroleum subsidy assumes that it is informed by factual accuracy.
