Category: OP-ED

Vanguard, like many businesses, has had difficult moments and one that I remember clearly was the exit of its iconic editor, Frank Aigbogun, in 1998. After about seven years at the helm, Aigbogun left behind such huge pair of shoes it seemed unlikely that revered publisher, Sam Amuka, fondly called Uncle Sam, would easily find a fit.  Toye Akiyode, Aigbogun’s… Read More

Learned gentlemen of the legal profession both at the bar and bench , today the 27th day of October, 2021 my faith in the Nigerian judiciary was shaken to its foundation. Today my high hopes that the Nigerian judiciary is the last hope of the common man was shattered but nonetheless, I thank my creator that I managed to retain… Read More

It is no longer news that there is an unprecedented upsurge in the migration of southern Nigeria professionals over the last 5 years. The best brains in the Southern Nigeria are leaving in droves. Many of those that have not left are making all necessary arrangements; they are making enquiries about the process involved from those that have succeeded in… Read More

When two years ago the Sudanese people bravely organized a spontaneous revolution that ended three decades of brutal dictatorship led by Omar Hassan Ahmad al-Bashir the global democratic community heaved a sigh of relief that another barbaric bloody dictator (wanted for war crimes by the International Criminal Court) had fallen by the way side. The glory of that revolution was… Read More

One of the most important things we have failed to do as a people during the last 61 woeful years of Nigeria’s history is the careful documentation of the conducts of public office holders who commit untold atrocities during their tenures in office, forgetting that one day the sun will set on their on tenure and their footprint whilst in… Read More

The murder of Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight Ogoni environmental activists in 1995 is a gentle reminder that the greatest threat to a safe, orderly, peaceful, democratic, and prosperous Nigeria are the Fulani Butchers – past and present rulers of Nigeria. Ken Saro-Wiwa and Ogoni eight environmental activists were executed by the gap-tooth dictator Sanni Abacha for waging a non-violent campaign… Read More

Nigeria is a country led by mediocres whose individual interests supersede the public’s, which is why the country has been crowned as the World Capital of Poverty. With the economic and security situation in the country, it is unfortunate that those who are victims of poverty, insecurity, intimidation and harassment are still clamouring for someone who contributed massively to the… Read More

The All Progressives Congress (APC) came to power in Nigeria in 2015 with the promise of bringing about “Restructuring”. Yet, no sooner than APC sat on the seat of power they reneged and even began to ask “What is Restructuring?”, claiming that nobody knows exactly what they mean by saying they want “Restructuring”.  This “Restructuring Debate” started soon after the… Read More

Back in the day when I was in Law School in America, one of my favorite Professors used to repeatedly tell us that there’s a fine line between good legal research and investigative journalism. He told us that one day we would find it useful, as legal practitioners, to remove the garb of a lawyer and adorn that of an… Read More