The NJC has to accept some responsibility for the historical liabilities. It has been an indifferent and perfunctory advocate for retired judges.
These long traditions of community formation and nation building are what give the AFCON its unique place in the hearts of Africans.
If you wanna live – treat me goodIf you wanna live, live –I beg you treat me good I’m like a walking razorDon’t you watch my sizeI’m dangerous, said I’m dangerous
If it gets adopted in its present form, the new law will be a shrine to institutional capture.
One tweep describes what passes for judicial appointment process in Nigeria as “filiality via conjugality”.
It was an odd way to phrase arguably the most cynical and gratuitous expansion of presidential power in the history of the Nigerian Supreme Court.
State police will not be served à la carte, nor will it be a matter of variable geometry. Every state governor will see it as a necessary accessory of power.
The question he raised is simple: On whose mandate do judges stand? The judges cannot duck the issue posed by the president’s symbolic choice of battleground.
How the continent’s leaders and institutions handle the aftermath could have serious implications for the stability of the continent.
In January 2024, James Omotosho voided the Appropriations of Rivers State and issued a most remarkable à la carte judicial orders restraining the state governor.
