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Centre for Nigeria Progress @[email protected]
2026-09-19

A Tale of Two Locations and One Citizenship by Lawson Akhigbe
Passports are supposed to be the great equalizers of national identity. If two people carry the green-backed book stamped with the Nigerian coat of arms, the constitution insists they share the exact same claim to fundamental dignity and justice. But citizenship, like roaming data on a prepaid SIM, appears to depend entirely on which borders your passport happens to cross.
https://lawakhigbe.com/2026/09/19/a-tale-of-two-locations-and-one-citizenship-by-lawson-akhigbe/

#accountability #apc #attitude #benincity #bureaucracy #citizenship
Centre for Nigeria Progress @[email protected]
2026-09-06

A Trillion-Dollar Economy, But Whose Nigeria? By Lawson Akhigbe
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and his APC government have proclaimed an ambition to build a one-trillion-dollar Nigerian economy.
https://lawakhigbe.com/2026/09/06/a-trillion-dollar-economy-but-whose-nigeria-by-lawson-akhigbe/

#accountability #apc #appropriation #argument #attitude #bandits
Africa @[email protected]
2026-09-01

https://www.europesays.com/africa/405281/ VeryDarkMan Replaces Judiciary as Hope of Common Man – Farot #DeleFarotimi #HumanRights #JusticeSystemNigeria #NBAConference #Nigeria #NigerianJudiciary #NigerianPolitics #PublicOpinion #RuleOfLaw #SocialMediaActivism #VeryDarkMan

#verydarkman #socialmediaactivism #ruleoflaw #publicopinion #nigerianpolitics #nigerianjudiciary
Centre for Nigeria Progress @[email protected]
2026-08-29

The Ghost Who Keeps Signing by Lawson Akhigbe
The Land Use Act of 1978 vested radical title to land in the state governor. Customary authorities were meant to operate within that framework, not around it. Yet when the formal system becomes a source of frustration rather than facilitation, human ingenuity finds other routes. Enter the late Oba. His name carries historical weight. The palace, however, maintains no functional modern archive capable of systematic verification. Oral history is the dominant method, and most of the original participants are no longer available for cross-examination. The result is a paper trail that is difficult to audit and easy to exploit.
https://lawakhigbe.com/2026/08/29/the-ghost-who-keeps-signing-by-lawson-akhigbe/

#accountability #apc #benincity #constitution #corruption #crime
Centre for Nigeria Progress @[email protected]
2026-08-26

Anarchism in judicial robes, by Owei Lakemfa
My mind raced back to British jurist, Lord Denning who famously declared in 1964: “Justice has no place in darkness or secrecy. When a judge sits on a case, he himself is on trial… If he is suspicious, biased, or unfair, then the judge is the one who is condemned in the eyes of public opinion.” But these words of wisdom seem not to have any meaning to Justice Lifu, shockingly, a former lecturer of Public and International Law, University of Ibadan. For me, what was more distressing was that despite the uproar, Justice Lifu seemed oblivious of the damage he had done to the body polity, the judiciary and his thirty five years post-call to bar history.
https://lawakhigbe.com/2026/08/26/anarchism-in-judicial-robes-by-owei-lakemfa/

#accountability #apc #bureaucracy #constitution #corruption #corruptioninstitution
Centre for Nigeria Progress @[email protected]
2026-08-23

When Laws Become Optional: Suspicious Deaths, Colonial Legacies, and the Dignity Deficit in Nigeria by Lawson Akhigbe
The difference between the United Kingdom and Nigeria is not primarily in the letter of the law. It is in the general application and consistent enforcement of that law. This divergence reveals a deeper reality about how the Nigerian state relates to its citizens.
https://lawakhigbe.com/2026/08/23/when-laws-become-optional-suspicious-deaths-colonial-legacies-and-the-dignity-deficit-in-nigeria/

#accessibility #accountability #apc #argument #attitude #black
Centre for Nigeria Progress @[email protected]
2026-08-01

Navigating the Void: Why Nigeria Needs a Corporate Deferred Prosecution Agreement (DPA) Framework
In a standard DPA regime, a company that self-reports and cooperates can avoid the "corporate death penalty" of a criminal conviction. In Nigeria, we are currently forced to rely on the Administration of Criminal Justice Act (ACJA) 2015. While the ACJA provides for Plea Bargaining, it is a fundamentally different animal from a DPA:
https://lawakhigbe.com/2026/08/01/navigating-the-void-why-nigeria-needs-a-corporate-deferred-prosecution-agreement-dpa-framework/

#accountability #commercialloanagreement #consumerlaw #courtorders #development #diligence
Watchman Reporters @watchmanreporterscom.wordpress.com@watchmanreporterscom.wordpress.com
2026-07-17

Femi Falana Threatens to Sue FG, Faults Allocation of Houses to Judges
Publisher: Okpeaye Theophilus Fri, 17 July 2026 Femi Falana, a lawyer and human rights activist Femi Falana, a lawyer and human rights activist, has threatened to sue the Federal Government over the allocation of houses to judges in the Katampe District of Abuja. In a viral video obtained from News Central, Femi Falana was heard challenging the special privileges given to the rich and top public officers in the country, describing them as discriminatory and illegal. In his statement, he […]
https://watchmanreporterscom.wordpress.com/2026/07/17/femi-falana-threatens-to-sue-fg-faults-allocation-of-houses-to-judges/

#abuja #federalgovernment #femifalana #housingallocation #humanrights #judgeshousing
Africa @[email protected]
2026-07-10

https://www.europesays.com/africa/325659/ UK Lawyer Begins Process to Renounce Nigerian Citizenship #BaronChymaker #Citizenship #DualCitizenship #LegalPractitioner #Nigeria #NigerianCitizenship #NigerianJudiciary #NigerianLaw #Renunciation #SGFOffice #UKLawyer

#uklawyer #sgfoffice #renunciation #nigerianlaw #nigerianjudiciary #nigeriancitizenship
Africa @[email protected]
2026-06-14

https://www.europesays.com/africa/284056/ Peter Obi’s Call for Kanu’s Release Slap on Judiciary — Solu #AnambraPolitics #EjimoforOpara #IPOB #Nigeria #NigerianJudiciary #NnamdiKanu #ObidientMovement #PeterObi #SimonEkpa #soludo #Terrorism

#terrorism #soludo #simonekpa #peterobi #obidientmovement #nnamdikanu
Africa @[email protected]
2026-06-11

https://www.europesays.com/africa/278631/ Court Orders Bank to Reinstate Sacked Employee, Awards N5.5m #damages #DamagesAward #Ecobank #EcobankLawsuit #EmployeeReinstatement #EmployeeRights #EmploymentLaw #EmploymentTermination #FairHearing #LabourLaw #LabourLawNigeria #NationalIndustrialCourt #Nigeria #NigerianJudiciary #OAUCertificateError #ObafemiAwolowoUniversity #TajudeenBalogun #WrongfulDismissal

#wrongfuldismissal #tajudeenbalogun #obafemiawolowouniversity #oaucertificateerror #nigerianjudiciary #nigeria
Africa @[email protected]
2026-05-16

https://www.europesays.com/africa/237271/ NJC suspends two judges, recommends elevation of 12 #CourtOfAppeal #JudgeSuspension #JudicialAppointments #JudicialMisconduct #JusticeSystem #KudiratKekereEkun #NationalJudicialCouncil #Nigeria #NigerianJudiciary #NJC #RuleOfLaw

#ruleoflaw #njc #nigerianjudiciary #nigeria #nationaljudicialcouncil #kudiratkekereekun
Africa @[email protected]
2026-05-05

https://www.europesays.com/africa/220494/ INEC Opposes ADC Deregistration, Cites Lack of Legal Grounds #ADC #AfricanDemocraticCongress #AtikuAbubakar #ElectoralLaw #INEC #Nigeria #NigeriaPolitics #NigerianJudiciary #PhrankShaibu #PoliticalPartyDeregistration

#politicalpartyderegistration #phrankshaibu #nigerianjudiciary #nigeriapolitics #nigeria #inec
Africa @[email protected]
2026-04-23

https://www.europesays.com/africa/200570/ Court remands suspected coup plotters in DSS custody #abuja #arraignment #CoupPlot #CriminalTrial #DSSCustody #FederalHighCourt #LateefFagbemi #LegalProceedings #NationalSecurity #Nigeria #NIGERIANGOVERNMENT #NigerianJudiciary #NigerianPolitics #TerrorismCharge

#terrorismcharge #nigerianpolitics #nigerianjudiciary #nigeriangovernment #nigeria #nationalsecurity
Africa @[email protected]
2026-04-12

https://www.europesays.com/africa/183858/ Electoral Act Breach: Lawyers Slam Judicial Interference #AfamOsigwe #ConstitutionalLaw #CourtOrders #democracy #ElectoralAct #ElectoralAct2026 #IntraPartyDisputes #JudicialInterference #JudicialOverreach #Nigeria #NigerianBarAssociation #NigerianJudiciary #PoliticalParties #RuleOfLaw #sans

#sans #ruleoflaw #politicalparties #nigerianjudiciary #nigerianbarassociation #nigeria
Africa @[email protected]
2026-03-24

https://www.europesays.com/africa/151341/ Peter Obi Unqualified for 2023 Election #2023PresidentialElection #CourtOfAppeal #DapoOlorunyomi #ElectionEligibility #ElectoralLaw #INEC #JusticeIsaSalami #LabourParty #Nigeria #NigerianJudiciary #NigerianPolitics #PDP #PeterObi #SupremeCourt #WoleSoyinkaCentre

#wolesoyinkacentre #supremecourt #peterobi #pdp #nigerianpolitics #nigerianjudiciary
Africa @[email protected]
2026-03-05

https://www.europesays.com/africa/117815/ AGF Takes Over Terrorism Trial of Malami and Son #AbubakarMalami #abuja #AGF #AttorneyGeneral #DepartmentOfStateServices #DPPF #dss #FederalHighCourt #FirearmsPossession #KebbiState #LateefFagbemi #Nigeria #NigerianJudiciary #NigerianLaw #prosecution #TerrorismFinancing #TerrorismTrial #UnlawfulFirearms

#unlawfulfirearms #terrorismtrial #terrorismfinancing #prosecution #nigerianlaw #nigerianjudiciary