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Shehu Sani Reacts After Photos Of Gani Fawehinmi With Femi Falana, Ozekhome From 26yrs Ago Emerged

5TH OF SEPTEMBER Macro_News Shehu Sani, a renowned human rights activist and former Kaduna central senatorial district lawmaker recently reacted after photos of late Chief Gani Fawehinmi with human rights lawyer Femi Fal

Monday, 2nd August, 2024, Oba Enitan Ogunwusi, Ojaja 11,the Arole Oodua and Ooni of Ife, inaugurated members of the Board of Trustees and Governing Council of Ojaja University ( formerly called Crown Hill University, Ilorin ),with Prof Mike Ozekhome, SAN, CON, OFR, being appointed in to the Board of Trustees at a colorful ceremony carried out at the Palace of the Ooni at Ile-Ife. The Ooni is the proprietor of the University.

Monday, 2nd August, 2024, Posted by: Prince Ahmed Hassan (TOHA)

THE MAN IN WOLE SOYINKA HAS NOT DIED

Tuesday 30th JULY, 2024 Posted by: Prince Ahmed Hassan (TOHA) BY PROF. MIKE A. A. OZEKHOME, SAN, CON , OFR, FCIArb, LL.M, Ph.D, LL.D, D.Litt, D.SC, DA, DHL Till date, I have not still been able to finish reading this eni

I MOURN SENATOR IFEANYI UBA – Chief Dr. Mike Ozekhome

Saturday, 27th JULY, 2024 Posted by: Prince Ahmed Hassan (TOHA) I have just received the sad news of the death in faraway London of my good friend, Senator Ifeanyi Uba. This is most heart-rending considering that he had

BRITISH ROYAL FAMILY, THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF SUSSES, PRINCE HARRY AND HIS WIFE, MEGHAN. THEY WERE RECEIVED AT THE DELBOROUGH, LAGOS, BY DISTINGUISHED NIGERIANS

SUNDAY 12TH OF MAY, 2024. Posted by: Prince Ahmed Hassan (TOHA) Today was a busy day in Lagos for two members of the British royal family, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan. They were rece

GARLANDS TO HIGH CHIEF TOM IKIMI AS HE ETCHES HIS NAME IN THE SANDS OF TIME

29TH OF APRIL, 2024. Posted by: Prince Ahmed Hassan (TOHA) CHIEF MIKE OZEKHOME AND HIGH CHIEF TOM IKIMI BY: PROF MIKE OZEKHOME SAN, CON, OFR, FCIArb, LL.M, Ph.D., LL.D., D.Litt, D.Sc. A famous Nigerian musician with the

DR. OGBONNAYA ONU: ONE DEATH TOO MANY

24TH OF APRIL, 2024. Posted by: Prince Ahmed Hassan (TOHA) BY: PROF MIKE OZEKHOME SAN, CON, OFR, FCIArb, LL.M, Ph.D., LL.D., D.Litt, D.Sc. I prefer celebrating people while alive. I have done this for decades. I will con

OKWADIKE CHUKWUEMEKA EZEIFE: A LIFE WELL-LIVED

20th of April, 2024 Posted by: Prince Ahmed Hassan (TOHA) BY : PROF. MIKE OZEKHOME, SAN, CON, OFR, FCIArb, LL.M, Ph.D, LL.D, D.LITT, D.Sc. He wore a grey goatie. The term “goatie” dates back to the ancient Empires of Rom

Prof Mike Ozekhome, SAN, CON, OFR, meeting at the Delborough Lagos, with distinguished personalities, including former President of Ghana, John Mahama; former President of Botswana, Seretse Khama Ian Khama; founder of Delborough, Dr Stanley Uzochukwu( Stanel); international gospel artist, singer and founder, Spotlite Nation, Moses Bliss Uyoh Enang ( aka, Moses Bliss); Prof Fabian Ajogwu, SAN; MTN MD, Dr Ama Oyerinma, Dr Ama Oyerinma Co-founder, Africa Sustainable Trade; and Mrs Beatrice Mensah Tayui, Chicago-based former member of the steering committees of Hilary Clinton and Obama campaign organizations. ….

Sunday 14th April, 2024. Posted by: Prince Ahmed Hassan (TOHA)

Prof Mike Agbedo Emoepo Abu Ozekhome, SAN, is our ICON for the week

By Barandbench -April 14, 2024 Reposted By: Prince Ahmed Hassan (TOHA) For rising from empty background to stardom in the legal practice and the academia earning 15 PhD degrees (one by thesis and 14 others by honoris c

OBJ, PLEASE, REMAIN OBJ.

Saturday 9th March, 2024 Posted by: Prince Ahmed Hassan (TOHA) BY: MIKE OZEKHOME, SAN, CON, OFR, Ph.D, LL.D, D.Litt, D.Sc. When I delivered my ABUAD 10TH COMLNVCICATION LECTURE AND HE SANG MY BIRTHDAY SONG AND CUT NY B

This is my interpretation of your efforts towards building a better Nigeria. It will never be in vain no matter the challenges you are facing. Remain blessed, Prof. – Emeka

7th of March, 2024 Reposted by: Prince Ahmed Hassan (TOHA) . PROF MIKE OZEKHOME, SAN, CON, OFR, FCIArb, LL.M, Ph.D, LL.D, D.Litt, D.SC.

LEADTIMES, AMERICAN UNIVERSITY HONOUR MIKE OZEKHOME, WIFE AND OTHERS IN LAGOS.

27th of February, 2024 Reposted by: Prince Ahmed Hassan (TOHA) Leading human rights and constitutional lawyer, Prof. Mike Ozekhome, and his wife, Barr Josephine Ozekhome, have bagged honorary recognitions as frontliners

Prof Mike Ozekhome, SAN, CON, OFR, Ph.D, with former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, GCFR and former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, GCON at the night of tributes for late High Chief ( Dr ) Raymond Aleogho Dokpesi, Ph.D,OFR,DSc, at the International Conference Centre, Abuja, today, 19th June, 2023.

MY ELEGY ON THE SAD PASSAGE OF HIGH CHIEF RAYMOND ALEOGHO AYAOGHENA DOKPESI, Ph.D, OFR

30th of May, 2023 Posted by: Prince Ahmed Hassan (TOHA Late Raymond Dokpesi, owner of AIT, Raypower FM By: Prof Mike Ozekhome, SAN, CON, OFR, Ph.D I am a very sad man as I write this. I am completely devastated by the

NIGERIAN LEADERS AND THE EPHEMERALITY OF POWER

28TH OF MAY, 2023 Posted by: Prince Ahmed Hassan (TOHA) BY” PROF. MIKE A. A. OZEKHOME, SAN, CON, OFR, FCIArb, LL.M, LL.D, Ph.D., D.Litt . INTRODUCTION POWER AND MAN’S DOMINION Power is as old as the creation of the world

CHIEF ABU INU UMORU: THE LEGACY OF AN EXTRAORDINARY AND VISIONARY MAN.

25th of May, 2023. Posted by: Prince Ahmed Hassan (TOHA) CHIEF ABU INU UMORU BY: Prof. Mike A.A. Ozekhome, SAN, CON, OFR, FCIArb, LL.M, Ph.D, LL.D INTRODUCTION In the annals of human history, there are rare individuals w

BUILDING BRIDGES FOR A NEW NIGERIA

30TH OF APRIL, 2023 Posted by: Prince Ahmed Hassan (TOHA) BY: PROF. MIKE OZEKHOME, SAN, CON, OFR, FCIArb, LL.M, Ph.D, LL.D, D.Litt. BUILDING BRIDGES FOR A NEW NIGERIA (MAIN LECTURE) PDF Download INTRODUCTION This topic

Reactions As Channels Allegedly Deletes ‘Regret’ Post Made After Attributing SAN’s Statement To Obi

30th of April, 2023. PETER OBI AND CHIEF MIKE OZEKHOME Reactions have emerged after social media users discovered that the ‘Regret’ Post Made by media organization, Channels TV was removed a few minutes after it was post

MIKE OZEKHOME, SAN BAGS ANOTHER VISITING PROFESSORSHIP FROM THE ABIA STATE UNIVERSITY, UTURU, ABIA STATE

17th of April, 2023 For renowned constitutional lawyer and leading human rights activist, the citadel of learning has again come out in full force to tap from his deep scholarship, research, mentorship and knowledge of t

After the 29th Convocation Lecture at the Abia State University, Uturu, Abia State on the 26th of January, 2023, came the LL.D degree ( Honoris causa) the following day, the 13th in his kitty. Here, Prof Onyemaechi Ogbulu, ABSU Vice Chancellor, and other Dons decorate Prof Mike Ozekhome, SAN, CON, OFR, Ph.D.

26th of January, 2023

Prof Mike Ozekhome, SAN, CON, OFR, FCIArb, Ph.D, delivering the 29th Abia State University Convocation Lecture at the University grounds at Uturu, Abia State, on Thursday, 26th January, 2023. Ozekhome’s 88 page Lecture dwelt on the topical issue of PRIVATE VS PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES: THE POLITICS, CHALLENGES AND PROSPECTS.

28th of January, 2023

History Made As Top Constitutional Lawyer Mike Ozekhome SAN Gets His13th doctorate degree from Abia State University, Uturu, Abia State,

– January 27, 2023 A remarkable history was made recently when the renowned Constitutional Lawyer and leading Human Rights Activist and Scholar, Chief Mike Ozekhome, SAN, CON, OFR, Ph.D, successfullly deliver the 29th

OZEKHOME DELIVERS ABIA STATE UNIVERSITY 29TH CONVOCATION LECTURE

26TH JANUARY, 2023 Renowned Constitutional Lawyer and leading Human Rights Activist and Scholar, Chief Mike Ozekhome, SAN, CON, OFR, Ph.D, is set to deliver the 29th Convocation Lecture of the Abia State University, Utur

SOME OF OUR MEDIA PUBLICATIONS

JANUARY, 2023

ETHNIC NATIONALITIES AND EMERGING CHALLENGES IN NIGERIA (PART 4)

Sunday 18th December, 2022. BY: CHIEF MIKE OZEKHOME, SAN, CON, OFR, LL.M, Ph.D. INTRODUCTION Historically, Nigeria has come a long way from multi-ethnic nationalities with political differences and background to the pres

WHEN THE LIGHTS DIMMED ON KUK: MY ELEGY

23rd December, 2022 Chief Mike Ozekhome, SAN, CON, OFR, FCIArb, Ph.D . The ugly piece of news hit me like a sledge hammer. The legal profession, academia and indeed the world of Excellence, has lost one of its shining st

ADC CRISIS OVER AS CHIEF RALPH OKEY NWOSU LOSES

20th December, 2022 By: MOC The Hon Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court, Abuja, today delivered judgment in favour of Kinglsey Temitope Ogga and others plaintiffs in suit No FHC/ABJ/CS/1541/2022, and barred the

ETHNIC NATIONALITIES AND EMERGING CHALLENGES IN NIGERIA (PART 2)

Sunday 4th December, 2022. h BY: CHIEF MIKE OZEKHOME, SAN, CON, OFR, LL.M, Ph.D. INTRODUCTION ETHNIC CONFLICTS AND NIGERIA Nigeria is befuddled with grave ethnic conflicts. This deprives her of the much needed National U

Dr Mike Ozekhome, SAN, CON, OFR, Ph.D, with some Governors ( past and present), and other dignitaries and eminent personalities shortly after receiving the Distinguished Service Star of Rivers State ( DSSRS) Award from Rivers State Governor, Bar Nyesom Wike, CON, at Government House, PH, Rivers State, today, 3rd December, 2022.

RECEIVING THE LL.D DOCTORATE DEGREE AWARD OF PROWESS UNIVERSITY, DELAWARE, USA, TODAY 3RD OF DECEMBER, 2022 AT THE AUDITORIUM, UNILAG. TO GOD BE THE GLORY.

3RD DECEMBER, 2022

Dr Mike Ozekhome, SAN, CON, OFR, Ph.D, delivering the Keynote address at the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ), Cross River State Council on the theme,” 2023 General Elections: The Nigerian Project and the Media”,in Calabar, on 25th November, 2022.

ETHNIC NATIONALITIES AND EMERGING CHALLENGES IN NIGERIA (PART 1)

Sunday 27th November, 2022 BY: Chief Mike A.A. Ozekhome, SAN, OFR, FCIArb, LL.M, Ph.D, LL.D , CON INTRODUCTION National unity is the most important factor that holds a country together. It occurs when people live and w

MEET THE LEGAL ICON OF INTERNATIONAL REPUTE, CHIEF (DR) MIKE OZEKHOME, SAN, OFR, CON

NOVEMBER 1ST, 20222 AFRICAN PEACE MAGAZINE SPECIAL EDITION Download BY: AFRICAN PEACE MAGAZINE SPECIAL EDITION

OBASANJO, PROMINENT NIGERIANS HONOUR A LEGAL LUMINARY, CHIEF DR MIKE OZEKHOME DURING ABUAD’s 10TH CONVOCATION

ON THURSDAY 2OTH OF OCTOBER, 2022 Chief Mike A.A. Ozekhome, SAN, OFR, FCIArb, LL.M, Ph.D, LL.D , CON BY: MOC Dr Mike Ozekhome, SAN, CON, OFR, FCIArb, LL.M, Ph.D, LL.D, D.LITT, today delivered the 10th Convocation lecture

WHY NIGERIA NEEDS RESTRUCTURING (PART 1)

Sunday 16th October, 2022 Chief Mike A.A. Ozekhome, SAN, OFR, FCIArb, LL.M, Ph.D, LL.D INTRODUCTION Since the Southern and Northern protectorates were amalgamated in 1914 by Lord Frederick Lugard of the then British colo

AT THE COMMANDING HEIGHTS OF THE NIGER; MIKE OZEKHOME STILL SOARS

14th of October, 2022 IGE ASEMUDARA ESQ. When Vladmir Lenin first employed the phrase “Commanding Heights”, it was to describe the control of perceived key segments of a national economy as further espoused by Daniel Yer

HE WHOM THE CAP FITS

10TH OF OCTOBER, 2022

National Honours: Law School Classmates Hail Ozekhome Over Conferment Of CON

10TH OF OCTOBER, 2022 By Ebriku John Friday The 1981 Law School setters have congratulated one of their own, Dr Mike Ozekhome, SAN on the conferment of the prestigious award of Commander of the Order of the Niger (CON) o

National honours: Ozekhome faults over Saraki snub

10TH OF OCTOBER, 2022 National honours: Ozekhome faults over Saraki snub – YouTube

‘DON’T LET HIM DIE IN DETENTION’ — MIKE OZEKHOME WRITES BUHARI, APPEALS FOR NNAMDI KANU’S RELEASE

3rd October, 2022 The President and Commander – In – Chief of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, State House, Aso Rock Villa, Abuja. Your Excellency, RELEASE NNAMDI KANU NOW: THE LEGAL AND MORAL BURDEN OF CONTINOUSLY DETAI

PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI CONFERS THE PRESTIGIOUS NATIONAL HONOUR OF COMMANDER OF THE ORDER OF THE NIGER (CON) ON LEADING CONSTITUTIONAL LAWYER AND HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST, DR MIKE OZEKHOME, SAN, OFR, Ph.D.

Monday 2nd of October, 2022 President Muhammed and Chief Mike Ozekhome SAN The President, Commander-In-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari, has conferred on Chief Mike Ozekhome,

A COUNTRY UNDERMINES THE JUDICIARY AT ITS PERIL (Part 1)

Sunday 25th September, 2022. Chief Mike A.A. Ozekhome, SAN, OFR, FCIArb, LL.M, Ph.D, LL.D INTRODUCTION The ‘Judiciary’ ‘ needs no definition. Nor does “democracy”. The former however, deserves some elaboration, even if

Dr Mike Ozekhome, SAN, OFR, Ph.D, delivered the 2022 thought-provoking Professor Ambrose Alli Day Celebration lecture, at the Ambrose Alli University, Empoma, on the topic, “IS THIS THE NIGERIA OF OUR DREAM”?. Here, the Acting VC of AAU, Ekpoma, Prof Asomwan Adagbonyi, lecturers, students, etc, celebrating with Ozekhome.

Today, 22nd Sep, 2022, LETTER FROM THE RIVERS STATE GOVERNOR0001 Download

ELECTION FUNDING: DIASPORANS READINESS TO SUPPORT OBIS WITH 150 MILLION

Wednesday, 21ST SEPTEMBER, 2022. Chief Mike A.A. Ozekhome, SAN, OFR, FCIArb, LL.M, Ph.D, LL.D INTRODUCTION The Peter Obi phenomenon gains momentum and traction by the day. It has become an undeniable surging people’s mov

A COUNTRY UNDERMINES THE JUDICIARY AT ITS PERIL (Part 1)

Tuesday 20th September, 2022. Chief Mike A.A. Ozekhome, SAN, OFR, FCIArb, LL.M, Ph.D, LL.D INTRODUCTION The ‘Judiciary’ ‘ needs no definition. Nor does “democracy”. The former however, deserves some elaboration, even if

PERMISSIBLE LIMITS OF ELECTION AND DIASPORAN NIGERIANS’ READINESS TO SUPPORT PETER OBI’S PRESIDENTIAL BID WITH $150M USD

Sunday 18th September, 2022 Chief Mike A.A. Ozekhome, SAN, OFR, FCIArb, LL.M, Ph.D, LL.D INTRODUCTION The Peter Obi phenomenon gains momentum and traction by the day. It has become an undeniable surging people’s movement

ARE INEC RESIDENT COMMISSIONERS HOMELESS BATS? (PART 2)

Y: Chief Mike A.A. Ozekhome, SAN, OFR, FCIArb, LL.M, Ph.D, LL.D Sunday 11th September, 2022 INTRODUCTION In Nigeria, Resident Electoral Commissioners ( REC ) is a title given to a person in charge of INEC at the state le

ARE INEC RESIDENT COMMISSIONERS HOMELESS BATS? (PART 1)

Sunday 4th September, 2022. BY CHIEF MIKE OZEKHOME, SAN, OFR, LL.M, Ph.D. INTRODUCTION I watched and listened very carefully to my good friend, Chief Festus Okoye, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)’s c

SEE HOW PRESIDENT BUHARI TURNED ME INTO A NOSTRADAMUS AND CLAIRVOYANT (Part 3).

Sunday 28th August, 2022. BY: Chief Mike A.A. Ozekhome, SAN, OFR, FCIArb, LL.M, Ph.D, LL.D INTRODUCTION I discussed these seering seer predictions in my last two outings,. We shall attempt to end this trilogy today, to e

SEE HOW PRESIDENT BUHARI TURNED ME INTO A NOSTRADAMUS AND CLAIRVOYANT (Part 2)

BY: Chief Mike A.A. Ozekhome, SAN, OFR, FCIArb, LL.M, Ph.D, LL.D Sunday 21st August, 2022 INTRODUCTION Last week, I explored the above topic. I recalled my earlier writes-up advising Buhari on how he would re-engineer an

SEE HOW PRESIDENT BUHARI TURNED ME INTO A NOSTRADAMUS AND CLAIRVOYANT (PART 1)

Sunday 14th August, 2022. BY: Chief Mike A.A. Ozekhome, SAN, OFR, FCIArb, LL.M, Ph.D, LL.D INTRODUCTION Today, Nigeria is in a terrible quagmire; a deadly dilemma; a complete cul-de-sac. There is trouble; real trouble. I

2023 GENERAL ELECTIONS AND A FRACTIONALISED ELECTORAL PROCESS (PART 5)

Tuesday 9th of August, 2022 BY: Chief Mike A.A. Ozekhome, SAN, OFR, FCIArb, LL.M, Ph.D, LL.D INTRODUCTION As the nation races towards 2023 general elections, this write-up x-rays the volume and strength with which we hav

SEE HOW PRESIDENT BUHARI TURNED ME INTO A NOSTRADAMUS AND CLAIRVOYANT

Tuesday 9th of August, 2022 BY: Chief Mike A.A. Ozekhome, SAN, OFR, FCIArb, LL.M, Ph.D, LL.D INTRODUCTION Today, Nigeria is in a terrible quagmire; a deadly dilemma; a complete culde sac. There is trouble; real trouble.

WHY IS INEC RECKLESSLY STRIVING TO BE NECKLESS? (PART 2)

Tuesday 3rd August, 2022. BY: CHIEF MIKE OZEKHOME, SAN, OFR, FCIArb, LL.M, Ph. D, LL.D INTRODUCTION With the cacophony of voices emanating from INEC, which appears to be having some internal ego and superiority contest b

2023 GENERAL ELECTIONS AND A FRACTIONALISED ELECTORAL PROCESS (PART 4)

Sunday 31st July, 2022. BY: CHIEF MIKE OZEKHOME, SAN, OFR, FCIArb, LL.M, Ph. D, LL.D INTRODUCTION The struggle for democracy in Nigeria was never conceived only as an end in itself to end military rule or as an externall

With Peace, Nigeria can become a better country -Chief Ozekhome calls for Unity

by The General News July 16, 2022 A frontline constitutional lawyer and human right activist Chief Mike A. A Ozekhome SAN as Keynote speaker during the 2022 Gabriel Adikwu Annual Lecture titled Constitutional Conundrum s

2023 GENERAL ELECTIONS AND A FRACTIONAL ELECTORAL PROCESS” (PART 1)

Sunday 10th JuLY, 2022. BY: CHIEF MIKE OZEKHOME, SAN, OFR, FCIArb, LL.M, Ph. D, LL.D INTRODUCTION Democracy has become globally accepted by the international community as the system of government applicable to a modern s

ECN, NEPA, PHCN AND DISCOs: HOW NIGERIANS PAY FOR DARKNESS (PART 4)

Sunday 3rd Julu, 2022. BY: CHIEF MIKE OZEKHOME, SAN, OFR, FCIArb, LL.M, Ph. D, LL.D INTRODUCTION In our last three outings on this vexed re-occurring issue, the poor performance of Nigeria’s hitherto state-controlled pow

PLACING “PLACE HOLDERS” PLACELESS

Tuesday 28th June, 2022. BY: CHIEF MIKE OZEKHOME, SAN, OFR, FCIArb, LL.M, Ph. D, LL.D INTRODUCTION The APC political contraption never ceases to amaze and confound me. It intrigues me to no end. This is a party ( is it r

ECN, NEPA, PHCN AND DISCOs: HOW NIGERIANS PAY FOR DARKNESS (PART 3)

Sunday 26th June, 2022. BY: CHIEF MIKE OZEKHOME, SAN, OFR, FCIArb, LL.M, Ph. D, LL.D INTRODUCTION Nigeria is Africa’s biggest oil producer, but the West African nation struggles to meet its energy needs, a struggle that

NIWMGA 2022 AWARD COMMITTEE HONOURED DESERVING EMINENT PERSONALITIES AT THE CIVIC CENTER VICTORIA ISLAND LAGOS ON JUNE 12 2022.

15th of June, 202 2 L-R: Barrister Dr. Monday Ubani SAN, High Chief Mike Ozekhome SAN (M) and Chief Emeka Agba

MIKE OZEKHOME , GOD & STORY OF JUNE 12 (PART ONE)

Wednesday June 15, 2022 By: Mike Cerutti Osagie “Success isn’t always about greatness. It’s about consistency. Consistent hard work leads to success. Greatness will come”-Dwayne Johnson I have always followed & celebrate

THE NEPA IN PHCN: HOW NIGERIANS PAY FOR DARKNESS (PART 1)

Sunday 12th June, 2022. BY: CHIEF MIKE OZEKHOME, SAN, OFR, FCIArb, LL.M, Ph. D, LL.D INTRODUCTION THE PHCN OR NEPA The Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN), formerly known as National Electric Power Authority (NEPA),

With bosom friend, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar after dinner in his house in Abuja, 10th June, 2022.

Atiku Abubarka and Chief Mike Ozekhome SAN

PRESIDENTIAL PARDON VS PRESIDENTIAL IMPUNITY (Part 2)

Monday, June 6th 2022 BY: CHIEF MIKE OZEKHOME, SAN, OFR, FCIArb, LL.M, Ph. D, LL.D INTRODUCTION The recent presidential pardon made by President Muhammadu Buhari, in favour of two high profile politically exposed convict

WHEN THE LIGHT DIMS: MY PAINFUL ELERGY FOR PROF JOSEPH IGHIETSEME

Sunday 5th June, 2022. BY: CHIEF MIKE OZEKHOME, SAN, OFR, FCIArb, LL.M, Ph. D, LL.D INTRODUCTION Shock underestimates my deep anguish and sorrow. Devastation underpins my present state of mind. Melancholy overwhelms me.

MEET: Chief Mike A.A Ozekhome, SAN, OFR, FCIArb (Constitutional Lawyer/Human Rights Activists)

Friday June 3, 2022 By NigPilot News Reporter Chief Mike Agbedor Abu Ozekhome is a Constitutional Lawyer, Human Rights Activist, Pro-Democracy Campaigner, Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Officer of the Federal Republic

PRESIDENTIAL PARDON VS PRESIDENTIAL IMPUNITY (PART 1)

Tuesday 31st May, 2022. BY: CHIEF MIKE OZEKHOME, SAN, OFR, FCIArb, LL.M, Ph. D, LL.D INTRODUCTION The recent presidential pardon made by President Muhammadu Buhari, in favour of two high profile politically exposed convi

ELECTION AND DEFECTION: WHO OWNS THE VOTES? (PART 5)

JUDICIAL ACTIVISM VS JUDICIAL RASCALITY (continues) Tuesday 17th May, 2022 . BY: CHIEF MIKE OZEKHOME, SAN, OFR, FCIArb, LL.M, Ph. D, LL.D INTRODUCTION Defection of a political nature seems to have become a recurring deci

PROFESSIONAL ETHICS FOR THE 21ST CENTURY LAWYER (PART 5)

DISIPLINARY COMMITTEE’S (continues) SUNDAY 15TH MAY, 2022. BY: CHIEF MIKE OZEKHOME, SAN, OFR, FCIArb, LL.M, Ph. D, LL.D INTRODUCTION Discipline at the Bar as in other professions, is very essential. This is what we have

ELECTION AND DEFECTION: WHO OWNS THE VOTES? (PART 4)

THE NEW TREND REGARDING DEFECTIONS (continues) WEDNSEDAY 11TH MAY, 2022. BY: CHIEF MIKE OZEKHOME, SAN, OFR, FCIArb, LL.M, Ph. D, LL.D INTRODUCTION The politics of defection or cross-carpeting take place not because a nar

PROFESSIONAL ETHICS FOR THE 21ST CENTURY LAWYER (PART 4)

WEDNSEDAY 11TH MAY, 2022. BY: CHIEF MIKE OZEKHOME, SAN, OFR, FCIArb, LL.M, Ph. D, LL.D INTRODUCTION Professional ethics is for all professionals, not just lawyers. Every profession has certain rules of engagement and red

ELECTION AND DEFECTION: WHO OWNS THE VOTES? (PART 3)

THE NEW TREND REGARDING DEFECTIONS (Continues) Tuesday 26th April, 2022 BY: CHIEF MIKE OZEKHOME, SAN, OFR, FCIArb, LL.M, Ph. D, LL.D INTRODUCTION Last week, we discussed the new order and trend which emphasize that contr

PRESIDENT BUHARI AND THE APC ARE CORRUPTING DEMOCRACY

Thursday, Apr 21 , 2022 BY: CHIEF MIKE OZEKHOME, SAN, OFR, FCIArb, LL.M, Ph.D, LL.D The staggering sum of #100 million fixed by the APC NEC for its presidential nomination form has rightly sent shock waves of righteous i

LEGAL AND MORAL IMPLICATIONS OF GRANTING PARDON TO EX-CONVICTS AND SERVING PRISONERS

SATURDAY 16TH APRIL, 2022. BY: CHIEF MIKE OZEKHOME, SAN, OFR, FCIArb, LL.M, Ph. D, LL.D INTRODUCTION Crimes are vices that should not be tolerated in any society. They are offences against the state and are punishable un

ELECTION AND DEFECTION: WHO ACTUALLY OWNS THE VOTES? (PART 1)

Tuesday 12th April, 2022. BY: CHIEF MIKE OZEKHOME, SAN, OFR, FCIArb, LL.M, Ph. D, LL.D The Court of Appeal, Enugu judicial division, on Friday, 2nd April, 2022, vindicated me fully, like Nostradamus, the man who saw tomo

THE NASS CANNOT AMEND THE CONSTITUTION THROUGH THE BACK DOOR (PART 3)

Tuesday 5th April, 2022. BY: CHIEF MIKE OZEKHOME, SAN, OFR, FCIArb, LL.M, Ph. D, LL.D INTRODUCTION We conclude our discourse on Section 84(12) today. THE SUPREMACY OF THE CONSTITUTION I commend the judgment of Justice Ev

PROFESSIONAL ETHICS FOR THE 21ST CENTURY LAWYER (PART 1)

Sunday 3rd April, 2022. BY: CHIEF MIKE OZEKHOME, SAN, OFR, FCIArb, LL.M, Ph. D, LL.D INTRODUCTION This dissertation hopes to open up the entrails of the facts, myths and truths about what is expected of the 21st of centu

Can Mallam Nasir El-Rufai And Northwest Governors Engage Mercenaries to Fight Insecurity?

April 2nd, 2022 BY: CHIEF MIKE OZEKHOME, SAN, OFR, FCIArb, LL.M, Ph. D, LL.D INTRODUCTION The Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir El- Rufai has just stirred the hornest ‘s nest when he declared that the Northwest Governo

CAN ABBA KYARI BE EXTRADITED TO THE USA? (PART 2)

WHEN A FUGITIVE CRIMINAL MAY NOT BE SURRENDERED Sunday 27th March, 2022. BY: CHIEF MIKE OZEKHOME, SAN, OFR, FCIArb, LL.M, Ph. D, LL.D INTRODUCTION Last week, we commenced our discourse on this festering matter. Our concl

HELLO NASS, STOP AMENDING THE CONSTITUTION THROUGH THE BACK DOOR (PART 1)

Tuesday 15th March, 2022. BY: CHIEF MIKE OZEKHOME, SAN, OFR, FCIArb, LL.M, Ph. D, LL.D INTRODUCTION In these trying times of our beleaguered Nation, the NASS should concentrate more on creatively making laws for the peac

ABBA KYARI AND THE TALE OF TWO CRIMINAL JURISDICTIONS (PART 2)

WHEN A FUGITIVE CRIMINAL MAY NOT BE SURRENDERED Tuesday 15th March, 2022. BY: CHIEF MIKE OZEKHOME, SAN, OFR, FCIArb, LL.M, Ph. D, LL.D INTRODUCTION Last week, we commenced our discourse on this festering matter. Our conc

HOW CHINA IS RE-COLONISING NIGERIA (PART 4)

HEALTH CARE: SECTOR RAVAGED BY FAKE AND ADULTERATED DRUGS (continues) Sunday 13th March, 2022. BY: CHIEF MIKE OZEKHOME, SAN, OFR, FCIArb, LL.M, Ph. D, LL.D INTRODUCTION Last week, we observed that the issue of standardi

ABBA KYARI AND THE TALE OF TWO CRIMINAL JURISDICTIONS (PART 1)

Tuesday 8th March, 2022. BY: CHIEF MIKE OZEKHOME, SAN, OFR, FCIArb, LL.M, Ph. D, LL.D INTRODUCTION Let us today deal with SuperCop, Abba Kyari and the tale of two jurisdictions conundrum. This is a serious constitutional

HOW CHINA IS RE-COLONISING NIGERIA (PART 3)

6th March, 2022 BY: CHIEF MIKE OZEKHOME, SAN, OFR, FCIArb, LL.M, Ph. D, LL.D SOME EXPERTS SPEAK (continues) INTRODUCTION Last week, we beheld Kehinde Aluko, a telecoms expert, who believes that the government must regula

HOW CHINA IS RE-COLONISING NIGERIA (PART 2)

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Sunday 23rd January, 2022. BY: CHIEF MIKE OZEKHOME, SAN, OFR, FCIArb, LL.M, Ph. D, LL.D INTRODUCTION The time has come once again. The season is here again. The season of the locusts. The season of the tricksters. The s

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Wednesday, 12th January, 2022 BY: CHIEF MIKE OZEKHOME, SAN, OFR, FCIArb, LL.M, Ph. D, LL.D INTRODUCTION Churches have been called to accompany the most vulnerable people and communities, as well as to be in solidarity wi

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Tuesday 7th December, 2021. BY: CHIEF MIKE OZEKHOME, SAN, OFR, FCIArb, LL.M, Ph. D, LL.D INTRODUCTION In any civilized society, one of the primary responsibilities of government, if not the most important, is the safegua

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Monday, 13th December, 2021. BY: CHIEF MIKE OZEKHOME, SAN, OFR, FCIArb, LL.M, Ph. D, LL.D INTRODUCTION The most fundamental rationale for creating local governments anywhere in the world is to employ it to take responsib

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Monday, 6th December, 2021. BY: CHIEF MIKE OZEKHOME, SAN, OFR, FCIArb, LL.M, Ph. D, LL.D INTRODUCTION Anthony Albanese once opined that despite the enormous role that local government plays in our daily lives, the Consti

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Wednesday,1st December, 2021. BY: CHIEF MIKE OZEKHOME, SAN, OFR, FCIArb, LL.M, Ph. D, LL.D INTRODUCTION Last week, we started this vexed issue on the existing lingering fear of an autonomy of the local government in Nige

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Sunday 29th November, 2021. BY: CHIEF MIKE OZEKHOME, SAN, OFR, FCIArb, LL.M, Ph. D, LL.D INTRODUCTION Last week, we started this vexed issue on the existing lingering fear of an autonomy of the local government in Nigeri

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Tuesday 23rd November, 2021. BY: CHIEF MIKE OZEKHOME, SAN, OFR, FCIArb, LL.M, Ph. D, LL.D INTRODUCTION The principle of leadership has been of interest for many hundreds of years, from the early Greek philosophers such a

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Sunday 21st November, 2021. BY: CHIEF MIKE OZEKHOME, SAN, OFR, FCIArb, LL.M, Ph. D, LL.D INTRODUCTION Local Government is a generic term for the lowest tiers of public administration within a particular sovereign state

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Sunday 14th of November, 2021 BY: CHIEF MIKE OZEKHOME, SAN, OFR, FCIArb, LL.M, Ph. D, LL.D INTRODUCTION Last week, we commenced our discourse on our endangered children. Their future appears bleak, colourless and near

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Monday 8th of November, 2021 BY: CHIEF MIKE OZEKHOME, SAN, OFR, FCIArb, LL.M, Ph. D, LL.D INTRODUCTION Let us today educate members of the public on the plight of Nigerian school children and their rights under the law

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Tuesday 3rd of November, 2021 BY: CHIEF MIKE OZEKHOME, SAN, OFR, FCIArb, LL.M, Ph. D, LL.D He was born into an agrarian family in Ado Ekiti 92 whopping years ago. He thus becomes a nonagenarian. However, because his pa

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Sunday 31st of October, 2021 BY: CHIEF MIKE OZEKHOME, SAN, OFR, FCIArb, LL.M, Ph. D, LL.D INTRODUCTION Nelson Mandela once opined that it is better to lead from behind and to put others in front, especially when you ce

THE IMPERATIVES OF LEADERSHIP (PART 1)

Monday 25th of October, 2021 BY: CHIEF MIKE OZEKHOME, SAN, OFR, FCIArb, LL.M, Ph. D, LL.D INTRODUCTION The principle of leadership has been of interest for many hundreds of years, from the early Greek philosophers such

CHIEF OLADIPUPO WILLIAMS, SAN: THE SHOCKING EXIT OF A GOOD MAN

Monday 18th of October, 2021 BY: CHIEF MIKE OZEKHOME, SAN, OFR, FCIArb, LL.M, Ph. D, LL.D The death of Chief Ladi Williams, SAN, has hit me like a thunderbolt from the blues. It was least expected. It is more painful,

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Tuesday 12th of October, 2021 BY: CHIEF MIKE OZEKHOME, SAN, OFR, FCIArb, LL.M, Ph. D, LL.D INTRODUCTION He is the media mogul and Chairman Emeritus of DAAR Communications PLC, who took a curious path many Nigerians be

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Tuesday 12th of October, 2021 BY: CHIEF MIKE OZEKHOME, SAN, OFR, FCIArb, LL.M, Ph. D, LL.D Ace Nollywood Actor, CHIWETALU AGU, who has been in Army and DSS detention for nearly one week, for allegedly wearing the Biafr

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Tuesday 12th of October, 2021 BY: CHIEF MIKE OZEKHOME, SAN, OFR, FCIArb, LL.M, Ph. D, LL.D INTRODUCTION Some years ago, some young lawyers, under the aegis of the “ Abolition Movement ” and led by Pa Tunji Gomez (calle

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Tuesday 12th of October, 2021 BY: CHIEF MIKE OZEKHOME, SAN, OFR, FCIArb, LL.M, Ph. D, LL.D INTRODUCTION In our last two outings, we discussed the doctrine of separation of powers, the present Nigerian judiciary, vis-à

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Sunday 3rd of October, 2021 BY: CHIEF MIKE OZEKHOME, SAN, OFR, FCIArb, LL.M, Ph. D, LL.D INTRODUCTION Last week, we started this discourse, the doctrine of separation of powers, the present Nigerian judiciary, vis-à-v

WHITHER NIGERIA AT 61?

Friday 1st of October, 2021 BY: CHIEF MIKE OZEKHOME, SAN, OFR, FCIArb, LL.M, Ph. D, LL.D My simple take on Nigeria’s 61st independence anniversary is that there is nothing to celebrate at all. To me, we should merely mar

SEPARATION OF POWERS, CHECKS AND BALANCES (Part 1)

Sunday 26th of September, 2021 BY: CHIEF MIKE OZEKHOME, SAN, OFR, FCIArb, LL.M, Ph. D, LL.D INTRODUCTION “Et tu Brutus?” is a paraphrase from Julius Caesar , a tragic play about political rivalries, written by renowne

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Wednesday 21st of September, 2021 BY: CHIEF MIKE OZEKHOME, SAN, OFR, FCIArb, LL.M, Ph. D, LL.D INTRODUCTION 1. Who are Prisoners of war? 2. What do International Humanitarian law and Armed Conflicts law say about the r

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Tuesday 19th of September, 2021 BY: CHIEF MIKE OZEKHOME, SAN, OFR, FCIArb, LL.M, Ph. D, LL.D INTRODUCTION President Muhammadu Buhari (PMB) shocked most Nigerians when he said those agitating for restructuring and seces

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Tuesday 14th of September, 2021 BY: CHIEF MIKE OZEKHOME, SAN, OFR, FCIArb, LL.M, Ph. D, LL.D INTRODUCTION Thomas Jefferson once opined that the care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first

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Sunday 12th of September, 2021 BY: CHIEF MIKE OZEKHOME, SAN, OFR, FCIArb, LL.M, Ph. D, LL.D INTRODUCTION Last week, we commenced this vexed issue wherein we defined who Prisoners of war are? And what International Huma

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Tuesday 7th of September, 2021 BY: CHIEF MIKE OZEKHOME, SAN, OFR, FCIArb, LL.M, Ph. D, LL.D INTRODUCTION Last week, we saw how the kite flown by President Buhari expectedly provoked reactions from different quarters ac

UPDATE ON THE MATTER (CHARGE NO. A/113/2021) INVOLVING COP V. 1.OJUKWU CHIDINMA AND 2. ADEDEPO QUADRI AT THE MAGISTRATE’S COURT (BEFORE MS. A.O. OLATUNBOSUN CM), YABA, LAGOS TODAY, 6TH SEPTEMBER 2021.

Monday 6th of September, 2021 BY: CHIEF MIKE OZEKHOME, SAN, OFR, FCIArb, LL.M, Ph. D, LL.D The Court sat at 9am. The Defendants (Chidinma & Adedapo Quadri) were in court. Appearances: Cyril Ejiofor for the Prosecution.

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Saturday 4th of September, 2021 BY: CHIEF MIKE OZEKHOME, SAN, OFR, FCIArb, LL.M, Ph. D, LL.D INTRODUCTION 1. Who are Prisoners of war? 2. What do International Humanitarian law and Armed Conflicts law say about the reh

DID PRESIDENT BUHARI RESHUFFLE HIS CABINET?

Wednesday 1st of September, 2021 BY: CHIEF MIKE OZEKHOME, SAN, OFR, FCIArb, LL.M, Ph. D, LL.D I simply guffawed when someone first drew my attention to President Buhari’s alleged much expected cabinet reshuffle. I told

THE EXISTENCE OF GRAZING ROUTES IN NIGERIA: FACT OR FICTION (PART 2)

Tuesday 31st of August, 2021 BY: CHIEF MIKE OZEKHOME, SAN, OFR, FCIArb, LL.M, Ph. D, LL.D INTRODUCTION Last week, we commenced this vexed issue on the existence of grazing routes in Nigeria, fact or fiction. Today, we sh

HOW NIGERIANS CAN STOP PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI FROM CARRYING OUT ANTI-PEOPLE POLICES

Monday 30th of August, 2021 BY: CHIEF MIKE OZEKHOME, SAN, OFR, FCIArb, LL.M, Ph. D, LL.D INTRODUCTION President Muhamadu Buhari’s insistence on enforcing non- existent open-grazing laws and the construction of a rail lin

LETTER TO THE INSPECTOR-GENERAL OF POLICE FOR PROPER INVESTIGATION ON THE MURDER OF MICHAEL USIFO

Wednesday 24th of August, 2021 BY: CHIEF MIKE OZEKHOME, SAN, OFR, FCIArb, LL.M, Ph. D, LL.D

THE EXISTENCE OF GRAZING ROUTES IN NIGERIA: FACT OR FICTION (PART 1)

Tuesday 24th of August, 2021 BY: CHIEF MIKE OZEKHOME, SAN, OFR, FCIArb, LL.M, Ph. D, LL.D INTRODUCTION On 11 th May, 2021 , all the 17 Governors in the Southern States, proscribed open grazing owing to public outcry on t

MOHAMMED FAWEHINMI – WHEN THE BRANCH FALLS FROM THE IROKO TREE

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Thursday 19th of August, 2021 BY: CHIEF MIKE OZEKHOME, SAN, OFR, FCIArb, LL.M, Ph. D, LL.D The PIB Bill just assented to as an Act of Parliament by President Muhammadu Buhari, is a mere ruse, a monstrosity, an artifice a

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Wednesday 18th of August, 2021 BY: CHIEF MIKE OZEKHOME, SAN, OFR, FCIArb, LL.M, Ph. D, LL.D INTRODUCTION Last week, we saw how the National Assembly was thrust into chaos during the consideration of the Electoral Amendme

THE BANANA PEEL UNDER APC’S RICKETTY CHAIR THE BOOBY TRAPS THAT LIE AHEAD

Monday 16th of August, 2021 BY: CHIEF MIKE OZEKHOME, SAN, OFR, FCIArb, LL.M, Ph. D, LL.D INTRODUCTION The APC has ruled Nigeria for over 6 years. It has failed in all indices of governance. The three core areas on which

THE NASS: MANUAL OR ELECTRONIC RIGGING?(PART 1)

Tuesday 10th of August, 2021 BY: CHIEF MIKE OZEKHOME, SAN, OFR, FCIArb, LL.M, Ph. D, LL.D INTRODUCTION The National Assembly was thrust into chaos during the consideration of the Electoral Amendment Bill on the 15 th day

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Tuesday 3rd of August, 2021 BY: CHIEF MIKE OZEKHOME, SAN, OFR, FCIArb, LL.M, Ph. D, LL.D INTRODUCTION Last week, we commenced this vexed topical issue on the legality or otherwise of the practice of public parade of susp

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Monday 2nd August, 2021 BY: CHIEF MIKE OZEKHOME, SAN, OFR, FCIArb, LL.M, Ph. D, LL.D INTRODUCTION He is a retired thorough bred officer and gentleman of the Nigerian Army. He is worldless, austere, spartan and discipline

THE BANANA PEEL UNDER APC’S RICKETTY CHAIR THE BOOBY TRAPS THAT LIE AHEAD

Sunday 1st August, 2021 BY: CHIEF MIKE OZEKHOME, SAN, OFR, FCIArb, LL.M, Ph. D, LL.D INTRODUCTION The APC has ruled Nigeria for over 6 years. It has failed in all indices of governance. The three core areas on which Pre

THE LEGALITY OR OTHERWISE OF THE PRACTICE OF PUBLIC PARADE OF SUSPECTS BY SECURITY AGENCIES (PART 1)

Sunday 25th July, 2021 BY: CHIEF MIKE OZEKHOME, SAN, OFR, FCIArb, LL.M, Ph. D, LL.D INTRODUCTION There is currently a face-off between the Lagos State Police Command and the Lagos State Government on the illegal and unco

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Tuesday 20th July, 2021 BY: CHIEF MIKE OZEKHOME, SAN, OFR, FCIArb, LL.M, Ph. D, LL.D INTRODUCTION In my last two outings, I had shown thus far how Mr Owolabi mis-construed the decision of the Court of Appeal which he co

SENATE’S REJECTION OF LAURETTA ONOCHIE: A REFRESHING ACT OF PATRIOTISM

18TH OF JULY, 2021 BY: CHIEF MIKE OZEKHOME, SAN, OFR, FCIArb, LL.M, Ph. D, LL.D INTRODUCTION I think for once, something good has come out of Egypt, in terms something positive emerging from the “take a bow” 9th Senate a

NNAMDI KANU, SUNDAY IGBOHO, BOKO HARAM: TWO FACES OF GOVERNMENT CONTRADICTIONS

Nnamdi Kanu Sunday Igboho Boko Haram 11TH OF JULY, 2021 BY: CHIEF MIKE OZEKHOME, SAN, OFR, FCIArb, LL.M, Ph. D, LL.D INTRODUCTION Sunday Adeyemo, better known as Sunday Igboho, a Yoruba rights activist has declared he wi

PRESIDENT BUHARI AND HIS FAULTY POLICY OF NON RESTRUCTURING

7TH OF JULY, 2021 BY: CHIEF MIKE OZEKHOME, SAN, OFR, FCIArb, LL.M, Ph. D, LL.D INTRODUCTION President Muhammadu Buhari shocked most Nigerians when he said those agitating for restructuring and secession were not only nai

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Tuesday 6th July, 2021 BY: CHIEF MIKE OZEKHOME, SAN, OFR, FCIArb, LL.M, Ph. D, LL.D INTRODUCTION I have carefully read through the article titled “ A Critique of the Court of Appeal Judgment in FRN v Chief Mike Ozekhome

PROF AUWALU YADUDU’S SCARE – MONGERING: WHY THE CONSTITUTIONAL REVIEW COMMITTEE MUST IGNORE HIM (PART 2)

27TH OF JUNE, 2021 BY: CHIEF MIKE OZEKHOME, SAN, OFR, FCIArb, LL.M, Ph. D, LL.D INTRODUCTION Last week, I commenced my discourse on this vexed issue of Prof Yadudu’s poor treatise on a new Constitution. Prof. Yadudu’s me

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22ND OF JUNE, 2021 BY: CHIEF MIKE OZEKHOME, SAN, OFR, FCIArb, LL.M, Ph. D, LL.D INTRODUCTION In the last three parts of this vexed issue, we saw how the Southern Governors had met to rescue the sinking ship of state from

PRESIDENT BUHARI AND HIS FAULTY POLICY OF NON RESTRUCTURING

21ST OF JUNE, 2021 BY: CHIEF MIKE OZEKHOME, SAN, OFR, FCIArb, LL.M, Ph. D, LL.D Yesterday, President Muhammadu Buhari shocked most Nigerians when he said those agitating for restructuring and secession were not only naiv

THE SOUTHERN GOVERNORS’ ASABA ACCORD MEANT TO RESCUE NIGERIA’S SINKING SHIP (PART 3)

1 6 TH OF JUNE, 2021 BY: CHIEF MIKE OZEKHOME, SAN, OFR, FCIArb, LL.M, Ph. D, LL.D INTRODUCTION Last week, our discourse was on what the law says about individual rights as against majority rights; and what the state Gove

A POST ASCRIBED TO PROF GEORGE OBIOZOR AND A SHORT RESPONSE

11TH OF JUNE, 2021 BY: CHIEF MIKE OZEKHOME, SAN, OFR, FCIArb, LL.M, Ph. D, LL.D I liked speech of d new Ohaneze Ndigbo President. Please read objectively. In my own opinion, d enemy of Ndigbo is Ndigbo itself. I remember

THE DEATH OF PROPHET TB JOSHUA AND THE EPHEMERALITY OF LIFE

7TH OF JUNE, 2021 BY: CHIEF MIKE OZEKHOME, SAN, OFR, FCIArb, LL.M, Ph. D, LL.D The death of Prophet TB Joshua of the Synagogue Church of All Nations shocked me to no end. His last preaching currently making rounds in the

WHEN A TOTTERING GOVERNMENT TWIDDLES TWITTER

4TH OF JUNE, 2021 CHIEF MIKE A.A OZEKHOME, SAN, OFR, FCIArb, LL.M, Ph.D, LL.D. Today the Nigerian Government through the Information Minister, Mr Lai Mohammed, suspended indefinitely, operations of the Micro-blogging and

PRESIDENT BUHARI’S DRUMS OF WAR AND TWITTER’S REACTION

3RD OF JUNE, 2021 BY: CHIEF MIKE OZEKHOME, SAN, OFR, FCIArb, LL.M, Ph. D, LL.D The most trending issue of the moment involves Twitter’s deletion of President Buhari’s threats to some Nigerians whom he described as “many

SOUTHERN GOVERNORS’ ASABA ACCORD TO RESCUE NIGERIA’S SINKING SHIP (PART TWO)

1ST OF JUNE, 2021 BY: CHIEF MIKE OZEKHOME, SAN, OFR, FCIArb, LL.M, Ph. D, LL.D INTRODUCTION I watched on television and read in newspapers and social media, with eclat, the epochal and historic resolutions reached by the

BUHARI GOOFED ON SOUTHERN GOVONERS: ANTI-GRAZING STANCE

30TH OF MAY, 2021 BY: CHIEF MIKE OZEKHOME, SAN, OFR, FCIArb, LL.M, Ph. D, LL.D \INTRODUCTION President Muhammadu Buhari has obviously been ill-advised on the well thought out Southern Governors’ stance against open grazi

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BUREAUCRACY AS A FORM OF GOVERNMENT 25TH OF MAY, 2021 BY: CHIEF MIKE OZEKHOME, SAN, OFR, FCIArb, LL.M, Ph. D, LL.D INTRODUCTION MEANING Bureaucracy is the administrative system governing any large institution, whether pu

THE TRAILS OF BROTHER JERO AND THE BIZZARE METAMORPHOSIS OF GOVERNOR NASIR EL-RUFAI

23RD OF MAY, 2021 BY: CHIEF MIKE OZEKHOME, SAN, OFR, FCIArb, LL.M, Ph. D, LL.D INTRODUCTION I know you people in the corridors of power don’t bother about reading or hearing from we lesser mortals. You love listening to

FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT IS FOR HUMAN BEINGS, NOT CATTLE AND SHEEP

21ST OF MAY, 2021 BY: CHIEF MIKE OZEKHOME, SAN, OFR, FCIArb, LL.M, Ph. D, LL.D INTRODUCTION The Northern elites, including the Hon Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, SAN, miss the point sorely when they

WHY SOME NORTHERN ELITES ARE SUDDENLY WORRIED BY THE SOUTHERN GOVERNORS’ ASABA DECLARATION?

17TH OF MAY, 2021 BY: CHIEF MIKE OZEKHOME, SAN, OFR, FCIArb, LL.M, Ph. D, LL.D The sudden unexpected kick by some Northern elites against the patriotic resolutions passed last week at a meeting held in Asaba by the 17 So

Court sets aside conviction of companies linked to Patience Jonathan

Published by Onyelo at May, 2021 The appeal against the conviction of four companies said to be linked with Dr. Waripamo Owei Dudafa, an aide to former president Dr. Goodluck Jonathan was among the series of pending judg

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May, 2021 By David-Chyddy Eleke in Awka A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Chief Mike Ozekhome, yesterday stated that Nigeria is showing all signs of a failed state. Ozekhome also faulted the call by 17 southern governo

DIFFERENT PEOPLE DIFFERENT FORMS OF GOVERNMENT (PART 21)

BUREAUCRACY AS A FORM OF GOVERNMENT 16TH OF MAY, 2021 BY: CHIEF MIKE OZEKHOME, SAN, OFR, FCIArb, LL.M, Ph. D, LL.D INTRODUCTION MEANING Bureaucracy is the administrative system governing any large institution , whether p

BURGLARY IN THE VILLA: WHEN THE CHICKEN COMES HOME TO ROOST.

10TH OF MAY, 2021 BY: CHIEF MIKE OZEKHOME, SAN, OFR, FCIArb, LL.M, Ph. D, LL.D I am not surprised to hear that the official residence of the Chief of Staff to the President, Prof Ibrahim Gambari inside Aso Villa has been

WHY AND HOW HISTORY DEFINES WHO WE ARE (PT.7)

12TH OF MAY, 2021 BY: CHIEF MIKE OZEKHOME, SAN, OFR, FCIArb, LL.M, Ph. D, LL.D

The Logic and Illogicality of the Nigeria Nation

12th of May, 2021

CAN DR. ISA PANTAMI BE PROSECUTED FOR ACTS OF TERRORISM? & (PART 1)

12th of May, 2021. BY: CHIEF MIKE OZEKHOME, SAN, OFR, FCIArb, LL.M, Ph. D, LL.D INTRODUCTION Dr. Isa Ali Pantami is the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy. He is also known as Sheikh Pantami. He was born on 2

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NEPOTISM AS A FORM OF GOVERNMENT 10th of May, 2021. BY: CHIEF MIKE OZEKHOME, SAN, OFR, FCIArb, LL.M, Ph. D, LL.D INTRODUCTION Nepotism means favoritism that is granted to relatives in various fields, including business,

EFCC AND OTHER REGULATORY AGENCIES POWERS TO ENFORCE DECLARATION OF ASSETS (PART 5)

3rd May, 2021. BY: CHIEF MIKE OZEKHOME, SAN, OFR, FCIArb, LL.M, Ph. D, LL.D INTRODUCTION Last week, we dealt with the legal organogram and regime of Assets Declaration. We also explored the legal organogram and regime of

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Sunday 2nd May, 2021. BY CHIEF MIKE OZEKHOME, SAN, OFR, Ph.D INTRODUCTION Last week, we x-rayed the meaning, history, origin, and commenced eras of anarchy. Anarchy, as seen so far, refers to the absence of government, a

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30TH APRIL, 2021 By: CHIEF MIKE OZEKHOME, SAN, OFR, Ph.D. President Muhammadu Buhari appears to be the Roman Emperor Nero of Nigeria. They are two of a kind. The same six and half a dozen. He fiddles while Nigeria burns.

EFCC: Operating without police investigators

April 27th, 2021 BY CHIEF MIKE OZEKHOME, SAN, OFR, Ph.D The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) made the news last week for reasons other than its fight against financial crimes. It was revealed that Acting I

5(2) of the Terrorism Prevention (Amendment) Act, Dr. Pantami can be charged for terrorist activities, Ozekhome SAN, writes

April 25th, 2021 BY CHIEF MIKE OZEKHOME, SAN, OFR, Ph.D … A person who knowingly, in any manner, solicits or renders support for a proscribed organization or an internationally suspected terrorist group, an offence under

Pantami hasn’t changed, contracted Islamic TV to cover FG event –Ozekhome

April 24th, 2021 BY CHIEF MIKE OZEKHOME, SAN, OFR, Ph.D Human rights lawyer, Mike Ozekhome (SAN), says the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, is unfit to oversee critical digital and telecommuni

DIFFERENT PEOPLE DIFFERENT FORMS OF GOVERNMENT (PART 18)

ANARCHY AS A FORM OF GOVERNMENT April 23, 2021 BY CHIEF MIKE OZEKHOME, SAN, OFR, Ph.D INTRODUCTION Last week, we concluded our discourse on Monarchy, wherein, we discussed the history, characteristics and roles of monarc

CAN DR. ISA PANTAMI BE PROSECUTED FOR ACTS OF TERRORISM?

April 23, 2021 BY CHIEF MIKE OZEKHOME, SAN, OFR, Ph.D Dr. Isa Ali Pantami is the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy. He is also known as Sheikh Pantami. He was born on 20 th day of October 1972, in Pantami Wa

ISA PATAMI: THE LEOPARD AND ITS UNCHANGING SPOTS

April 21, 2021 BY CHIEF MIKE OZEKHOME, SAN, OFR, Ph.D Mallam Isa Pantami is no ordinary Nigerian. He is a Minister of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Pantami is also no ordinary Minister. He is charged with the sensitiv

EFCC and Other Regulatory Agencies’ Powers to Enforce Declaration of Assets (Part 3)

19TH OF APRIL, 2021 BY: CHIEF MIKE OZEKHOME, SAN, OFR, FCIArb, LL.M, Ph. D, LL.D Introduction The Legal Regime of Asset Declaration Let us, today, explore the legal organogram and regime of Asset Declaration. Whilst decl

DIFFERENT PEOPLE DIFFERENT FORMS OF GOVERNMENT (Part 17)

18TH OF APRIL, 2021 BY: CHIEF MIKE OZEKHOME, SAN, OFR, FCIArb, LL.M, Ph. D, LL.D INTRODUCTION Last week, we started our discourse on Monarchy, wherein, we discussed the history, characteristics and roles of monarchs. Tod

JUSUN strike: What FG, States must do – SANs

APRIL 15, 2021 As the strike action embarked on by Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria, JUSUN, to demand financial autonomy for the judiciary enters day nine, some Senior Advocates of Nigeria, SANs spoke on JUSUN’s position

DIFFERENT PEOPLE DIFFERENT FORMS OF GOVERNMENT (Part 16)

13TH OF APRIL, 2021 BY: CHIEF MIKE OZEKHOME, SAN, OFR, FCIArb, LL.M, Ph. D, LL.D INTRODUCTION Last week, we started our discourse on Feudalism wherein we saw how the nobility held lands from the Crown in exchange for mil

YINKA ODUMAKIN AND INNOCENT CHUKWUMA: CRY,OUR BELOVED COUNTRY

12th of April, 2921 By Chief Mike Ozekhome, SAN, OFR, Ph.D. Words had failed me to express my shock at Innocent ‘s untimely passage. Only a day earlier, ,I had written a heart-rending elegy, mourning my friend and our fa

FEUDALISM AS A FORM OF GOVERNMENT (PART 15)

April 6th, 2021 BY: CHIEF MIKE OZEKHOME, SAN, OFR, FCIArb, LL.M, Ph. D, LL.D INTRODUCTION I am still discussing forms of government. This is the 15 th part. I like history. I like political science. I like government, go

EFCC and Other Regulatory Agencies’ Powers to Enforce Declaration of Assets (Part 2)

April 6, 2021 BY: CHIEF MIKE OZEKHOME, SAN, OFR, FCIArb, LL.M, Ph. D, LL.D TALKING CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRACY BY MIKE OZEKHOME,SAN Introduction Last week, I commenced our discourse of this vexed national issue of asset de

BUHARI’S NORTHERNIZATION OF THE NIGERIA POLICE FORCE

April 6, 2021 BY: CHIEF MIKE OZEKHOME, SAN, OFR, FCIArb, LL.M, Ph. D, LL.D I had ,on 4th February, in a widely reported press release, coupled with outing on Channels TV (Politics Today),kicked against the extension of E

YINKA ODUMAKIN- THE IRREPRESSIBLE WARRIOR GOES HOME

April 3rd, 2021 BY: CHIEF MIKE OZEKHOME, SAN, OFR, FCIArb, LL.M, Ph. D, LL.D When I saw a posting concerning Comrade Yinka Odumakin’s death, I thought the poster was still carrying out the pranks of “April Fool’s Day”. S

IS EFCC LEGALLY EMPOWERED TO ASSESS PERSONS’ DECLARATION OF ASSETS? (Part 1)

March 30th, 2021 BY: CHIEF MIKE OZEKHOME, SAN, OFR, FCIArb, LL.M, Ph. D, LL.D INTRODUCTION The question has gained currency as to whether or not the EFCC possesses the mandate to investigate assets of Nigerians; includin

PLUTOCRACY AND FACISM VS DEMOCRACY: COMPARING ORANGES AND APPLES (PART 14)

(PART 14) March 29th, 2021 BY: CHIEF MIKE OZEKHOME, SAN, OFR, FCIArb, LL.M, Ph. D, LL.D INTRODUCTION When governance becomes the whims and infuriated schemes of a small powerful, wealthy minority that only listens to its

STATE POLICE AND COMMUNITY POLICING THE URGENCY OF NOW (PART 2)

March 23rd, 2021 BY: CHIEF MIKE OZEKHOME, SAN, OFR, FCIArb, LL.M, Ph. D, LL.D ENCORE Last week, we commenced our discourse on this vexed and intriguing issue regarding the desirability or otherwise of having State Police

FEDERALISM AS A SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT (PART 3)

Sunday 22nd March, 2021 BY: CHIEF MIKE OZEKHOME, SAN, OFR, FCIArb, LL.M, Ph. D, LL.D INTRODUCTION In parts 1 and 2 of this important topic, we dwelt on concept and meaning of federalism, history of federalism in western

COURT RETRAINS EFCC FROM ARRESTING, HARASSING MIKE OZEKHOME FOR CRITICISING MAGA

Thursday March 18, 2021 Alex Enumah in Abuja Justice Inyang Ekwo of a Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday, issued an order restraining the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) from inviting, harassing and t

STATE POLICE AND COMMUNITY POLICING: THE URGENCY OF NOW (PART 1)

Tuesday 14th March, 2021 BY: CHIEF MIKE OZEKHOME, SAN, OFR, FCIArb, LL.M, Ph. D, LL.D INTRODUCTION Nigeria is currently in a state of dire security quagmire. Nigeria is literally at war with herself, with large swaths of

FEDERALISM AS A SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT (PART 2)

March 14th, 2021 BY: CHIEF MIKE OZEKHOME, SAN, OFR, FCIArb, LL.M, Ph. D, LL.D INTRODUCTION Last week, we explored the concept, meaning, definition and history of federalism. Simply put, federalism is a system of governme

HOW AMERICAN STRONG INSTITUTIONS TRUMPED TRUMP, A STRONGMAN (PART 4 CONCLUDED)

March 9, 2021 BY: CHIEF MIKE OZEKHOME, SAN, OFR, FCIArb, LL.M, Ph. D, LL.D INTRODUCTION Last week, we dealt extensively with Trump’s outlandish and false statements while in office, which later came to be regarded as the

FEDERALISM AS A FORM OF GOVERNMENT (Part 1)

March 8, 2021 BY: CHIEF MIKE OZEKHOME, SAN, OFR, FCIArb, LL.M, Ph. D, LL.D INTRODUCTION Three weeks ago, we dwelt on Communism and Socialism as forms of government and the advantages and failures of these forms of govern

BALARABE MUSA, JUNAID MUHAMMED – THE EXIT OF TWO PATRIOTS

March 7, 2021 BY: CHIEF MIKE OZEKHOME, SAN, OFR, FCIArb, LL.M, Ph. D, LL.D In a country where patriots have become scarce commodities; where all you see, hear of and behold are war drum beaters; where erstwhile respected

HOW AMERICAN STRONG INSTITUTIONS TRUMPED TRUMP, A STRONGMAN (PART 3)

BY: CHIEF MIKE OZEKHOME, SAN, OFR, FCIArb, LL.M, Ph. D, LL.D INTRODUCTION Last week, we discussed the concept of strongmen anchored on the approximation of particular institution to the name of a person in authority. We

The Oracle: When Will Nigeria Be Finally Abducted?

6TH OF MARCH, 2021 Chief Mike A. A. Ozekhome, SAN, OFR, FCIArb, Ph.D, LL.D INTRODUCTION Is Nigeria not being gradually but steadily abducted by Boko Haram, bandits, herders, kidnappers, armed robbers and terrorists? The

THE FAILED KIDNAP ATTEMPT ON SUNDAY IGBOHO

February 28, 2021 OPINION. Chief Mike A. A. Ozekhome, SAN, OFR, FCIArb, Ph.D, LL.D The act of a combined team of soldiers, DSS and Police, numbering about 40 attempted to arrest and detain Sunday Adeniyi Adeyemo Igboho w

INSUCERITY: When Will Nigeria Itself Be Abducted? – Mike Ozekhome

February 28, 2021 Human rights lawyer and a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mike Ozekhome, says with the spate of kidnapping during the Buhari-led administration, he wonders when Nigeria itself will be abducted? According to

POOR NIGERIANS NO LONGER NEED TO BORROW MONEY TO PURSUE HUMAN RIGHTS CASES – Ozekhome, Others Explain Abolition Of ‘Fees’

28th of February, 2021 Chief Mike A. A. Ozekhome, SAN, OFR, FCIArb, Ph.D, LL.D Some legal practitioners have explained the rationale behind the Federal High Court’s recent abolition of monetary claims and default fee cha

SEEK PROTECTION FROM COURT, OZEKHOME TELLS SUNDAY IGBOHO

Some security operatives attempted to arrest Sunday Igboho on Friday February 28, 2021 Chief Mike A. A. Ozekhome, SAN, OFR, FCIArb, Ph.D, LL.D A human rights lawyer, Mike Ozekhome, has advised a self-styled Yoruba warlor

THE NEW EFCC CHAIRMAN : WHEN HISTORY BECKONS ON THE YOUTH

BY: CHIEF MIKE OZEKHOME, SAN, OFR, FCIArb, LL.M, Ph.D. The EFCC was created as an anti-graft agency by the EFCC (Establishment) Act of 2004. Section 2(3) thereof gives the President absolute powers to appoint the EFCC Ch

HOW AMERICAN STRONG INSTITUTIONS TRUMPED TRUMP, A STRONGMAN (PART 2)

BY : CHIEF MIKE OZEKHOME, SAN, OFR, FCIArb, LL.M, Ph. D, LL.D. INTRODUCTION Last week, we discussed democracy in the US and Nigeria on a comparative basis. We then periscoped how America’s strong institutions defeated st

DIFFERENT PEOPLE, DIFFERENT FORMS OF GOVERNMENT (PART 13)

BY: Chief Mike A. A. Ozekhome, SAN, OFR, FCIArb, Ph.D, LL.D INTRODUCTION Few weeks ago, we discussed Capitalism , a system of government practised in the free world. Capitalism is an economic system based on the private

THE FG SHOULD RELEASE DEBO MAKARONI AND OTHER PROTESTERS IMMEDIATELY

13th February, 2021 BY: Chief Mike A. A. Ozekhome, SAN, OFR, FCIArb, Ph.D, LL.D The arrest, taking away in a Black Maria, and detention of Debo Makaroni and other peaceful protesters at the Lekki tollgate today is patent

MOMOH, NKANGA, ABUDA: I AM TIRED OF MOURNING

10th of February, 2021 BY: CHIEF MIKE OZEKHOME, SAN, OFR, FCIArb, LL.M, Ph. D, LL.D INTRODUCTION I received three blows, nay, uppercuts, in just one week. It was one week of sorrow, tears, pains and pangs. I lost three v

THE CONSTITUTIONALITY OR OTHERWISE OF GOVERNOR AKEREDOLU’S 7-DAY QUIT ORDER ON HERDSMEN IN ONDO (PART 3)

8th February, 2021 BY: Chief Mike A. A. Ozekhome, SAN, OFR, FCIArb, Ph.D, LL.D INTRODUCTION In the last two weeks, we have discussed Governor Rotimi Akeredolu’s 7 days quit notice to Fulani herders in Ondo State, based o

President Buhari extension of the IGP’s tenure is patently unconstitutional and illegal

February 5, 2021 BY : CHIEF MIKE A. A. OZEKHOME, SAN, OFR, FCIArb., Ph.D, LL.D The just announced extension of the tenure and reappointment of the Lafia, Nassarawa State-born retired 20th Inspector General of Police, Mr

OZEKHOME KICKS AGAINST EXTENSION OF IGP’S TENURE

By admin -February 4, 2021 A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) High Chief Mike Ozekhome has strongly opposed the tenure extension of the Inspector General of Police (IGP) Mohammed Adamu announced on Thursday by the Presid

How American Strong Institutions Trumped Trump, a Strongman (Part 1)

February 2, 2021 12:52 BY : CHIEF MIKE A. A. OZEKHOME, SAN, OFR, FCIArb., Ph.D, LL.D Democracy is a universal concept. Its practice differs from one place to another, as regards acquisition of power and institutional ar

THE GLORIOUS PASSAGE OF DEACONESSURHOBOFERERE EDAMATIE–IKUKU

BY : CHIEF MIKE A. A. OZEKHOME, SAN, OFR, FCIArb., Ph.D, LL.D She was not just old. She was actually a Centenarian, having been born in early 1912. She died on Monday, 21 st of December, 2020 . That means she lived for

WHEN SERVICE CHIEFS’ APPOINTMENT REMAINS INCHOATE

BY : CHIEF MIKE A. A. OZEKHOME, SAN, OFR, FCIArb., Ph.D, LL.D INTRODUCTION On 26 th January, 2021 , President Muhammadu Buhari finally listened to the cries and yearnings of most Nigerians and kicked out the non-perform

Congratulating Buratai, Others For ‘Overwhelming Achievements’ Is Insult To Nigerians, Ozekhome Knocks Buhari

Ozekhome noted that it was wrong for the President to congratulate them and describe their achievements as “overwhelming” when the country was still at the mercy of bandits, kidnappers and the Boko Haram terrorists. Acon

THE CONSTITUTIONALITY OR OTHERWISE OF GOVERNOR AKEREDOLU’S 7-DAY QUIT ORDER ON HERDSMEN IN ONDO

BY: CHIEF MIKE OZEKHOME, SAN, FCIArb, OFR, Ph.D. INTRODUCTION As a well cultured Nigerian and Catholic Christian, I abhor criminality in all its ramifications. I have been a serial victim. But God has always delivered me

REMOVE THAT FATWA FROM BISHOP KUKAH’S HEAD

16th January, 2021 Chief Mike Ozekhome (SAN) “ Fatwa ” is an Islamic religious Decree issued by the Ulama . A death fatwa calls for the head of a person. The “ Ulama ” is a body of Muslim scholars who are recognised as p

BISHOP KUKAH’S TRUTH VS GOVERNMENT’S FICTION (Part 2)

Chief Mike Ozekhome (SAN) INTRODUCTION The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Dr. Mathew Hassan Kukah during his last year Christmas, told Nigerians that the leadership of President Muhammadu Buhari has continued failing

DIFFERENT PEOPLE, DIFFERENT FORMS OF GOVERNMENT (PART 12)

Chief Mike Ozekhome (SAN) INTRODUCTION Today, we shall conclude our discourse on Theocracy . Thereafter, we shall discuss Capitalism , a system of government practised in the free world. Capitalism is an economic system

WHEN PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP DYMISTIFIES AMERICA AND DEMOCRACY

Chief Mike Ozekhome (SAN) Mandatory Credit: Photo by Evan Vucci/AP/Shutterstock (10434333bm) Donald Trump, Sauli Niinisto. President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Finnish President Sauli Niinisto in the Oval

Court discharges $140,000 fraud charge against Atiku’s son-in-law

December 21, 2020 A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has freed Abdullahi Babalele, a son-in-law to former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar on a two-count allegation of alleged money laundering of $140,000. Justice Chukw

BOKO HARAM; THE PROPAGANDISTS; THE REALITY (PART 2)

21st of December, 2020 INTRODUCTION Last week, we saw how this government has severally promised to deal a death blow on the Boko Haram insurgency, but has instead exacerbated the security situation with the addition of

UNENDING BOKO HARAM INSURGENCY AND FAILED PROPAGANDA (PART 2)

16th of December, 2020 INTRODUCTION Last week, we saw how this government has severally promised to deal a death blow on Boko Haram insurgency, but has instead exacerbated the security situation with the addition of arme

Dr Mike Ozekhome, SAN, OFR, Ph.D, speaks at the launch of a book in honour of President Goodluck Ebele Azikiwe Jonathan, GCFR, at the ICC, Abuja.

15th of December, 2020

FORMS OF GOVERNMENT: TOTALITARIANISM, CAPITALISM AND COMMUNISM (PART 9)

INTRODUCTION As a society, we always flourish when we live together in communities. A country is nothing but one giant community, and like every community, it must be governed by individuals, whether elected or appointed

UNENDING BOKO HARAM INSURGENCY AND FAILED PROPADANDA (PART 1)

INTRODUCTION A time there was when former president Goodluck Ebele Azikiwe Jonathan was the whipping child. Many Nigerians flogged him by the bare buttocks, with koboko or bulala, for allegedly allowing Boko Haram fester

The National Assembly Is Constitutionally Competent To Summon President Buhari

BY BRIDGET EDOKWE · DECEMBER 10, 2020 I have just read, with angst and trepidation, a statement credited to the Hon. Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami, SAN, to the effect tha

CONSTITUTIONAL LAWYER, MIKE OZEKHOME, CIVIL RIGHTS LEGEND, ANDREW YOUNG TALK AFRICA’S DEVELOPMENT IN GEORGIA, USA

by August 29, 2017 Chief Ozekhome, a human rights activist and a pro-democracy crusader, has been an Honorary Citizen and Ambassador of Goodwill to the state of Georgia,USA, since 2002. Ambassador Young is a highly respe

TRUMPING TRUMP THROUGH BINDING BIDEN

2nd December, 2020 INTRODUCTION I love writing. And playing with words. Creatively. Literarily. I am not good with poetry, I prefer essays. Alliteration occasionally helps to drive home a message. It has beauty; e.g., “P

THE AMERICAN ELECTORAL COLLEGE VS NIGERIA’S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS (PART 1)

INTRODUCTION An election is a formal group decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual or multiple individuals to hold public office . Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern repre

CHIEF MIKE A.A. OZEKHOME, SAN’s PRESS RELEASE (LETTER TO THE HONOURABLE SPEAKER, FEMI GBAJABIAMILA).

Democracy And Diarchy Or Duumvirate: Strange Bed Fellows (Part 7)

An American science fiction writer, Frank Hubert, once rightly stated that “good governance never depends upon laws, but upon the personal qualities of those who govern. The machinery of government is always subordinate

Why I Asked Gbajabiamila To Pay N500m Compensation To Family Of Deceased Newspaper Vendor – Mike Ozekhome

On Nov 27, 2020 Chief Mike Ozekhome, SAN, the lawyer who wrote House Speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila to seek 500 million naira compensation on behalf of the family of the deceased newspaper vendor, Ifeanyi Okereke, who was ki

The American Electoral College v Nigeria’s Presidential Elections (Part 1)

November 24, 2020 Introduction An election is a formal group decision-making process, by which a population chooses an individual or multiple individuals to hold public office. Elections have been the usual mechanism by

Ozekhome Congratulates Biden, Describes Trump’s Defeat As Says, Ends Of False Tweet Era”

LAGOS NOVEMBER 9 TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Senior Advocate Of Nigeria, SAN, Chief Mike Ozekhome has congratulated the President Elect of United States Of America, Mr Joe Biden and Senator Kamala Harris, on their election as Pr

Federal Govt under fire for tagging #EndSARS campaigners terrorists

Government turning Boko Haram insurgents to freedom fighters, protesters terrorists It is an attempt to intimidate state panels of inquiry, alleges Ozekhome FG insincere, pretentious, says NBA To govt, treasury looters a

THE LEKKI TOLL GATE MASSACRE AND GOVERNMENT’S SKEWED REIVISIONISM AND APOSTANCY (PART 2)

INTRODUCTION Times have changed. It is no longer business as usual. The social media showed its power over the orthodox media, as images of unarmed, vulnerable and distressed youths were shown fighting for their dear li

Prosecuting #EndSARS protesters defeats purpose of states’ panels – Ozekhome

Mike Ozekhome(SAN) Rights activist, Mike Ozekhome(SAN) has said by arresting, prosecuting and freezing the bank accounts of #EndSARS protesters, the Federal Government was defeating the purpose of setting up states’ pane

HOW AMERICANS USED THE BALLOT TO EXPEL A BULL FROM THE CHINA SHOP

November 9,2020 BY CHIEF MIKE OZEKHOME, SAN, OFR. INTRODUCTION A bull in a China shop is an extremely clumsy person, one who is careless, and who inflicts damage, whether literally or figuratively, on himself, other pers

DEMOCRACY AND AUTOCRACY – THE MISSING LINK (Part 5)

INTRODUCTION In the last four weeks, we discussed democracy and dictatorship as a form of government. So far, democracy appears to be the most popular across the world. We shall, today, commence our discussion on other f

N6.3BN CASE: COURT RELEASES JANG’S TRAVEL DOCUMENTS

06 NOVEMBER, 2020 Plateau State High Court, yesterday granted the request of former Governor of the state, Senator Jonah Jang for the release of his travel documents to enable him travel for medical checkup in the United

THE LEKKI TOLL GATE MASSACRE AND GOVERNMENT’S SKEWED REIVISIONISM AND APOSTACY(PART 1)

Wednesday 4th of November, 2020 INTRODUCTION In difficult and trying times like these, such as we are presently experiencing in Nigeria, it becomes incumbent on patriots to ‘be extremely circumspect, even advisedly tacit

How President Buhari Ignored my Patriotic and Well- Informed Advice in 2015 Nigerians are Paying Dearly for it Today (Part 2)

November 3, 2020 12:15 am Introduction This was part 2 of my Sunday Telegraph write up in my weekly column, “THE NIGERIAN PROJECT”, which was published on the 3RD OF MAY, 2015, well before Muhammadu Buhari assumed office

How President Buhari Ignored my Patriotic and Well- Informed Advice in 2015

October 27, 2020 1:15 am Nigerians are Paying Dearly for it Today (Part 1) Introduction There are critics and there are critics. Some Critics criticise for the fun of it. Others do so to be noticed. Yet, some others do s

Dictatorship And Democracy: Strange Bedfellows (Part 4)

By Unini Chioma -November 1, 2020 INTRODUCTION Strange bedfellows as an idiom was probably invented by legendary William Shakespeare in his epic, “The Tempest” (2-2): “Misery acquaints a man with strange bedfellows”.

PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI ‘S SPEECH WAS NOTHING BUT THE READING OF A MILITARY RIOT ACT

Muhammadu Buhari: See President Buhari speech today on Nigeria #EndSARS protests BY CHIEF MIKE OZEKHOME, SAN. 23RD OF OCTOBER, 2020 2:34AM I just had, most humbly, the misfortune , of reading the 27 paragraph national br

SARS, SWAT, METAPHOR FOR A FAILED STATE

BY CHIEF MIKE OZEKHOME, SAN. October 19, 2020 editor Muhammadu Buhari: See President Buhari speech today on Nigeria #EndSARS protests For decades, I had stridently beckoned on the Nigerian youths to join some of us patri

60 Years After, Are We Truly Independent?

By Akinwunmi King On Oct 2, 20205:00 AM Buhari LAGOS – Yesterday, October 1, 2020, Nigeria celebrated her 60 years of attaining Independence but the opinion of many citizens is that the country is not where she ought t

Magu: Ozekhome Wants Police Banned From Heading EFCC

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020 AT 1:25:57 AM By JOHN CHUKS AZU Constitutional lawyer Mike Ozekhome (SAN) has recommended that serving police officers should not be made head of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) ove

Buhari’s Independent speech shows fixated hatred for Igbo – Ozekhome

ON OCTOBER 1, 201710:32 PMIN NEWS By Kingsley Omonobi. Abuja-Constitutional Lawyer and Human Rights Activist, Chief Mike Ozekhome has described the 57th independence day anniversary speech given by President Muhammadu Bu

Me, celebrate Nigeria at 60? Sorry, no!

By: Mike Ozekhome, SAN Many Nigerians at home and abroad, including Elder Statesmen and women, rights activists, NGOs, journalists and social media czars, have severally called upon me in the last one week to comment on

NIGERIA’S ORIGINAL NAME

October 1, 2020 12:30 am How could we cancel history course from the syllabus of our education system? Apparently, those who advocate for this process know something they wish to hide. Credit to a write-up by Mike Ozekho

Any attempt to create parralel association to NBA will be resisted- Ozekhome

There seems to be no end in sight to the controversy generated by the dis-invitation of Gov, el- Rufai of Kaduna State as speaker of the Nigerian Bar Association . In alliance with the governor and to demonstrate their g

Hate speech: NBA, activists lampoon FG for raising fine to N5m

• Address senseless killings, economic hardship, SANs, lawyers’ body, others tell govt Eniola Akinkuotu, Friday Olokor, Ade Adesomoju, Samson Folarin, Oladimeji Ramon and Temiloluwa O’Peters The Nigerian Bar Association,

Opinion; NDDC and the scourge of a nation- By Mike Ozekhome

Published by Onyelo at August 4, 2020 Nigeria is a theatre of the absurd (‘theatre de l’ absurde’, French; a post-world war II theatre in which natural things are ignored or distorted, to convey the irrational). But that

Court Grants Emperor Ogbonna Bail After Six Months Of Incarceration

By Unini Chioma -August 18, 202 A legal practitioner and social critique, Emperor Ogbonna, was on Tuesday admitted to bail by a Federal High Court, Abuja after six months detention by the Department of State Services (DS

Tag: Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

Former Governor of Ekiti state, Mr Ayodele Fayose, on Tuesday made good his promise to honour the invitation of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), capturing th

The Arrest, Grilling And Detention Of Ibrahim Magu: The Ephemerality Of Power By Mike Ozekhome (SAN)

I complained bitterly, with facts, figures and data, that recovered looted funds and property were being re-looted by the Magu-led team, who were supposed to keep the gate of our Commonwealth. They looted our treasury in

Ozekhome calls for change of Nigeria’s name to Airegin

ON JULY 3, 2014 1:27 PMIN NEWS By Henry Umoru & Joseph Erunke ABUJA- A federal government delegate, Chief Mike Ozekhome, SAN yesterday called for change of the present name of Nigeria to a proposed one called “Airegin” b

Southern leaders slam N50bn suit against Buhari, allege marginalisation of region

ON JUNE 22, 2020 2:43 PM By Ikechukwu Nnochiri – Abuja Sixteen elder statesmen and leaders of socio-cultural groups in the Southern region of Nigeria, on Monday, dragged President Muhammadu Buhari before the Federal High

Human Rights Record of The Buhari Administration in the Last One Year -By Chief Mike A. A. Ozekhome, SAN

BY BRIDGET EDOKWE · JUNE 13, 2020 This write up becomes very timely as tomorrow ( June 12, 2020 ) is Nigeria’s democracy day. Democracy, or at least, an acclaim to democracy, is the new trend today. Nigeria, the assumed

TWENTY ONE YEARS OF DEMOCRACY: Rule of law suffering in Nigeria, SANs lament

•One prefers return to modified Parliamentary system •Another says impunity, poverty have flourished as Nigerians don’t hold govt accountable •Our democracy just an improved authoritarianism – NBA scribe By Ikechukwu Nno

June 12: Nigeria is not practising democracy but politics – Mike Ozekhome SAN

Chief Mike Ozekhome SAN, has stated that the present administration and politicians should not pay much lip service to June 12 as democracy day, as what the country is practising is politics and not democracy. The legal

Is President Buhari’s Executive Order 10 Constitutional?

INTRODUCTION DEFINITION OF “ EXECUTIVE ORDER ” An “executive order” ( Black’s Law Dictionary ), is “an order issued by or on behalf of the President, intended to direct or instruct the actions of agencies or gov

Run, Run, Run, Prof Ibrahim Gambari, Good Choice -By Mike Ozekhome, SAN

My reaction to the appointment of Prof Ibrahim Agboola Gambari is that this is one good choice of an appointment made by President Muhammadu Buhari. I don’t care that Buhari could not still look beyond his perennially bl

Pendulum: Unveiling Dele Momodu: Parable of the Elephant and the Blind Men

By Mike Ozekhome, SAN Ten Year Old Dele Momodu with his dad SANHow does a writer capture the essence of Dele Momodu? Just how? When I got confused, it occurred to me I could use the allegory of the blind men and their e

OF LAW, SENTIMENTS, AND POLITICS: APPLAUDING THE SUPREME COURT VERDICT ON THE ORJI UZOR KALU CASE

By: Chief Mike Ozekhome, SAN Some people talk politics. Others dwell on sentiments, fiction and propaganda. Most humbly, I talk law, based on facts. Cold, hard facts. History guides me. Posterity is the judge. Events alw

Not yet Uhuru; Easing of lockdown may spell danger, Ozekhome warns

The federal government relaxes the lockdown in the FCT, Lagos and Ogun States from May 4th, 2020, life gradually returns to normal. There is a general sigh of relief as economic and business activities are picking up but

Governing Board of Unilag has briefed top notch and leading Constitutional lawyer and human rights Activist, Chief Mike Ozekhome, SAN, to head to court.

The Vice Chancellor of the University of Lagos, Professor Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, FAS, purportedly removed from office yesterday by the Governing Board of Unilag has briefed top notch and leading Constitutional lawyer and h

Now, Who Will Comfort Bishop Kukah?

Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah, that fiery cleric, social critic, rights Activist and intellectual prodigy on the pulpit, lost his mother in July. I had condoled with him by SMS and whatsapp message when his number was not

Opinion; NDDC and the scourge of a nation- By Mike Ozekhome

Nigeria is a theatre of the absurd (‘theatre de l’ absurde’, French; a post-world war II theatre in which natural things are ignored or distorted, to convey the irrational). But that is hardly news nowadays. What is most

The Northern Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN ), on Tuesday, 4th August, 2020, presented to leading Constitutional Lawyer and Human Rights Activist, Chief Mike Ozekhome, SAN, the award of GARKUWAN MATTASSAN AREWA (the shield of Northern Youth ) and PARAGON OF JUDICIAL TRANSFORMATION

The Northern Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN ), on Tuesday, 4th August, 2020, presented to leading Constitutional Lawyer and Human Rights Activist, Chief Mike Ozekhome, SAN, the award of GARKUWAN MATTASSAN AREWA (the shie

Civil Society organisations reiterate reasons Ozekhome will never want Magu, anybody dead

he Coalition of Civil Society Organizations in Lagos State has condemned a report in an online medium, which accused Chief Mike Ozekhome SAN, OFR of plotting against the suspended Chairman of the Economic and Financial C

Feud: Seek Truce Through Maturity, Respect, Civil Society Groups Caution Ozekhome, Sowore

Coalition of Civil Society Organisations (CCSO) has appealed to legal icon Mike Ozekhome and publisher of Sahara Reporters Comrade Omoyele Sowore to drop their on-going squabble and embrace peace. CCSO said what was need

Ozekhome: Face to face with Magu at Salami Panel

Credible sources available to Sundiata Post have said that the Justice Ayo Salami panel met with Chief Mike Ozekhome, SAN, on Tuesday, 28 th July, 2020 , over its investigation of the Economic and Financial Crimes Comm

PROMINENT LAWYER, MIKE OZEKHOME TESTIFIES AGAINST MAGU BEFORE SALAMI PANEL

Prominent lawyer, Chief Mike Ozekhome (SAN), on Tuesday, appeared before the Justice Ayo Salami-led panel to testify against the suspended acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu, an

Alleged defamation: Ozekhome threatens Sahara Reporters with N5bn suit

A human rights activist and lawyer, Chief Mike Ozekhome (SAN), has given Sahara Reporters and one Mr. Israel Olayiwola, seven days to retract alleged defamatory statements made against him or face a N5 billion legal acti

NO MOTIVE FOR OZEKHOME TO WANT MAGU DEAD

It is amazing how Mr. Israel Olayiwola in his article (Why Ozekhome Wants Magu Dead!) Published by Sahara reporters on the 18th of July, 2020 tried in justifying the heading of his write up. All in the attempt to black m

Sad Reminiscences On Ibrahim Magu (Part 3)

In my part 2 of the above write up last week, I had recalled some of my many interventions on how best to fight and win the war against corruption; and also how not to prosecute it. We now continue our conversation today

THE INVESTITURE PROPER OF SIR MIKE & LADY BARR. JOSEPHINE OZEKHOME

After the formal admission proper on Saturday 25th July, the 4th degree Investiture to the Order of Knight of St. Mulumba, of Sir Mike Ozekhome SAN OFR PhD FCIArb, LLD and Lady Barrister Josephine Ozekhome, was held at S

Mangling Magu with magun (1)

“Magun” is a Yoruba charm that literally means “do not climb”. For centuries, fables have it that magun has been used to catch a promiscuous and adulterous woman who indulges in extra-marital affairs. The charm is usuall

Sad Reminiscences On Ibrahim Magu (Part 2)

Last week, I wrote on the above topic. I recalled earlier writes-up as to how to re-engineer and re-invent the wheel of the fight against corruption, rather than the gallery play we saw all through the tenure of Magu. Th

CONFAB: Ozekhome wants Nigeria renamed ‘AIREGIN’

Chief Mike Ozekhome, a Federal Government delegate at the ongoing National Conference in Abuja, has proposed that the name Nigeria should be changed to ‘Airegin’. He made the proposal on Wednesday, arguing that it was im