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By Azu Ishiekwene Two presidents in the last 24 years provide interesting examples of how to relate with the National…
By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu On 17 August, 1980, the 6th Commonwealth Law Conference convened in Lagos, then capital of Nigeria. After…
By Owei Lakemfa I got word that my elderly friend, His Excellency Mohammed Ould Salek, the Minister-Adviser on Diplomatic…
By Osmund Agbo I am sure you haven’t heard about the young girl from my neck of the woods who…
By Azu Ishiekwene It started like a grudge match. Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, was dealt a bad hand in…
By Owei Lakemfa General Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida, the Dean of Coups in Nigeria, finally staged a coup for himself on August…
By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu On New Year’s Day in 1991, 81 year old Siad Barre, Somalia’s third (and last) president,…
By Owei Lakemfa We were gathered. Some intellectuals, social activists, journalists, serving and retired diplomats. The primary issue was democracy. Is…
By Osmund Agbo But this overly simplistic view overlooks the complexity of the issue at hand. Mental illness is often…
By Azu Ishiekwene We have a measurement problem eloquently illustrated in a Yoruba tale about a Mecca has-been. The fellow…