Cynicism and the 'impregnable wall': Can Nigerians rescue 2027?
If rigging is a “manufactured outcome,” then it can be countered by deliberate, strategic action.
Judiciary
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13 articlesJustice as a commodity
When justice becomes a commodity, when money, influence, and power can sway its course, courts cease to be bastions of order and transform into markets of outcomes.
Governors, federalism, and constitutional tension
Potential reforms could include defining emergency conditions more precisely, requiring judicial review of emergency declarations, and strengthening legislative oversight to prevent executive overreach.
The minors: A reflection of decay in society
Nigeria’s criminal justice system allowed these minors to languish in detention for three long months without verifying their ages or giving them a fair trial.
Rivers of crisis
Democracy thrives on institutions that remain impartial and strong, but developments in Rivers State threaten critical guardrails like security agencies and the judiciary.
American democracy’s Trump test
The only thing that can ensure the preservation of democracy and our freedom is an impartial, courageous, and independent judiciary.
Dodgy Elections, Democracy and Divorce
The only way to stop this electoral impunity is for the Judiciary to send a clear message through its judgements that deviation from the laws, rules and regulations governing elections by any candidate or party will be met with severe punishment and will never be rewarded.
Judicial intervention as extension of 2023 elections
Advisedly, the court must allow technical issues to take the back seat and allow substantial justice to prevail. That is the only way we can correct a dysfunctional system and win the trust of Nigerians.
Unwritten rules of the 2023 elections
Political parties need to do more about voter education, and they ought to take responsibility for voter education.
As intemperate language, fake news, judicial rascality threaten 2023 elections
These unholy triune forces are powerful enough to cause mayhem and destroy our electoral process come 2023 if nothing is done.
Spread of mob justice in Nigeria
People who engage in mob justice must be arrested and prosecuted and punished by the law to serve as a deterrent to others.
Rascality of political parties and 2023 election
Parties must never cherry-pick which rules or laws to comply with and which ones to jettison.
2023: The familiar as unknown (1)
I advise that the parties’ leadership should do everything possible, as provided in their respective party constitutions and guidelines, to have a transparent congresses/ convention that substantially reflects popular sentiments.