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  1. The cost of getting a certified true copy of a document at the High Court

    A Certified True Copy (CTC) is an officially certified duplicate of an original document kept in court records or government custody. In Nigeria, CTCs are commonly required for court appeals, land matters, visa applications, verification processes and legal transactions involving public documents.

    lawakhigbe.com/2026/09/14/the-

  2. The cost of getting a certified true copy of a document at the High Court

    A Certified True Copy (CTC) is an officially certified duplicate of an original document kept in court records or government custody. In Nigeria, CTCs are commonly required for court appeals, land matters, visa applications, verification processes and legal transactions involving public documents.

    lawakhigbe.com/2026/09/14/the-

  3. The cost of getting a certified true copy of a document at the High Court

    A Certified True Copy (CTC) is an officially certified duplicate of an original document kept in court records or government custody. In Nigeria, CTCs are commonly required for court appeals, land matters, visa applications, verification processes and legal transactions involving public documents.

    lawakhigbe.com/2026/09/14/the-

  4. The cost of getting a certified true copy of a document at the High Court

    A Certified True Copy (CTC) is an officially certified duplicate of an original document kept in court records or government custody. In Nigeria, CTCs are commonly required for court appeals, land matters, visa applications, verification processes and legal transactions involving public documents.

    lawakhigbe.com/2026/09/14/the-

  5. The cost of getting a certified true copy of a document at the High Court

    A Certified True Copy (CTC) is an officially certified duplicate of an original document kept in court records or government custody. In Nigeria, CTCs are commonly required for court appeals, land matters, visa applications, verification processes and legal transactions involving public documents.

    lawakhigbe.com/2026/09/14/the-

  6. Same Shit, Different Hat: A Timeless Fashion Statement in Political Extremism by Lawson Akhigbe

    Ah, the internet has done it again. While the rest of us are busy arguing over pineapple on pizza or whether socks with sandals constitute a war crime, some genius has distilled centuries of ideological garbage into one glorious, four-panel roast. Behold the meme that slaps you harder than your uncle at Thanksgiving: "Same Shit, Different Hat."

    lawakhigbe.com/2026/09/13/same

  7. Same Shit, Different Hat: A Timeless Fashion Statement in Political Extremism by Lawson Akhigbe

    Ah, the internet has done it again. While the rest of us are busy arguing over pineapple on pizza or whether socks with sandals constitute a war crime, some genius has distilled centuries of ideological garbage into one glorious, four-panel roast. Behold the meme that slaps you harder than your uncle at Thanksgiving: "Same Shit, Different Hat."

    lawakhigbe.com/2026/09/13/same

  8. ⚖️ The Supreme Court refused to force a proof-of-citizenship measure onto Michigan’s November ballot after supporters failed to meet signature requirements. democracydocket.com/news-alert

    #VotingRights #RuleOfLaw

  9. ⚖️ The Supreme Court refused to force a proof-of-citizenship measure onto Michigan’s November ballot after supporters failed to meet signature requirements. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts...


     #VotingRights #RuleOfLaw

  10. Exploring Transnational Justice Examples

    Corruption cases often exemplify transnational justice because illicit funds flow globally via banks, real estate, and shell companies, enabling foreign courts to assert jurisdiction based on territorial links (e.g., money laundering in their financial systems).

    lawakhigbe.com/2026/09/13/expl

  11. 🔔 The court already spoke: Congress gave the Kennedy Center its name, and only Congress can change it. Trump must listen. thepetitionsite.com/948/658/37

    #RuleOfLaw #StopTrump

  12. 🔔 The court already spoke: Congress gave the Kennedy Center its name, and only Congress can change it. Trump must listen. thepetitionsite.com/948/658/37

    #RuleOfLaw #StopTrump

  13. 🔔 The court already spoke: Congress gave the Kennedy Center its name, and only Congress can change it. Trump must listen. www.thepetitionsite.com/948/658/372...

    #RuleOfLaw #StopTrump

  14. 🔔 The court already spoke: Congress gave the Kennedy Center its name, and only Congress can change it. Trump must listen. www.thepetitionsite.com/948/658/372...

    #RuleOfLaw #StopTrump

  15. 🔔 The court already spoke: Congress gave the Kennedy Center its name, and only Congress can change it. Trump must listen. www.thepetitionsite.com/948/658/372...

    #RuleOfLaw #StopTrump

  16. theguardian.com/commentisfree/. "The #ruleoflaw is important. It is a #value worth upholding even at a price. It is too late to address the Bush-era atrocities, but it is not too late to address Trump’s. He won’t do it, but we should insist that the next #administration does. Meanwhile, #state & #international #prosecutors should start now."

  17. theguardian.com/commentisfree/. "The #ruleoflaw is important. It is a #value worth upholding even at a price. It is too late to address the Bush-era atrocities, but it is not too late to address Trump’s. He won’t do it, but we should insist that the next #administration does. Meanwhile, #state & #international #prosecutors should start now."

  18. theguardian.com/commentisfree/. "The #ruleoflaw is important. It is a #value worth upholding even at a price. It is too late to address the Bush-era atrocities, but it is not too late to address Trump’s. He won’t do it, but we should insist that the next #administration does. Meanwhile, #state & #international #prosecutors should start now."

  19. theguardian.com/commentisfree/. "The #ruleoflaw is important. It is a #value worth upholding even at a price. It is too late to address the Bush-era atrocities, but it is not too late to address Trump’s. He won’t do it, but we should insist that the next #administration does. Meanwhile, #state & #international #prosecutors should start now."

  20. theguardian.com/commentisfree/. "The #ruleoflaw is important. It is a #value worth upholding even at a price. It is too late to address the Bush-era atrocities, but it is not too late to address Trump’s. He won’t do it, but we should insist that the next #administration does. Meanwhile, #state & #international #prosecutors should start now."

  21. The Curious Case of the Missing Shepherds by Lawson Akhigbe

    There is a peculiar habit that appears with remarkable frequency in American and British political commentary. Whenever an issue is said to concern black communities, a familiar chorus emerges from television studios, newspaper columns and social media platforms.

    lawakhigbe.com/2026/09/11/the-

  22. The Curious Case of the Missing Shepherds by Lawson Akhigbe

    There is a peculiar habit that appears with remarkable frequency in American and British political commentary. Whenever an issue is said to concern black communities, a familiar chorus emerges from television studios, newspaper columns and social media platforms.

    lawakhigbe.com/2026/09/11/the-

  23. The Curious Case of the Missing Shepherds by Lawson Akhigbe

    There is a peculiar habit that appears with remarkable frequency in American and British political commentary. Whenever an issue is said to concern black communities, a familiar chorus emerges from television studios, newspaper columns and social media platforms.

    lawakhigbe.com/2026/09/11/the-

  24. The Curious Case of the Missing Shepherds by Lawson Akhigbe

    There is a peculiar habit that appears with remarkable frequency in American and British political commentary. Whenever an issue is said to concern black communities, a familiar chorus emerges from television studios, newspaper columns and social media platforms.

    lawakhigbe.com/2026/09/11/the-

  25. The Curious Case of the Missing Shepherds by Lawson Akhigbe

    There is a peculiar habit that appears with remarkable frequency in American and British political commentary. Whenever an issue is said to concern black communities, a familiar chorus emerges from television studios, newspaper columns and social media platforms.

    lawakhigbe.com/2026/09/11/the-

  26. The Simplest Way for the Supreme Court to Rule in the USPS Mail Ballots Case

    Two weeks ago, in Trump v. California, the Supreme Court held that a suit brought by several states to…
    #NewsBeep #News #Headlines #Democracy #Elections #Federalism #litigation #RuleofLaw #UnitedStates #Us #us-postal-service #USA
    newsbeep.com/724741/

  27. I was listening to a podcast about this last night; that the Iraq War, started without the UN Security Council's approval, was the start of our current cycle of aggressive wars. The Iraq War broke the international legal regime; it started 20 years ago.

    #IraqWar #RuleOfLaw #UN

    theguardian.com/world/2003/mar

  28. The Cane, the Conference, and the Curious Case of Self-Sabotage by Lawson Akhigbe

    Behold the main character of British politics in 2026: a white, elderly gentleman, clearly leaning on a sturdy wooden cane for support, accredited badge swinging proudly from his neck at the Reform UK conference. Mouth open in mid-roar, eyes locked in righteous fury, he has somehow decided that the greatest threat to civilisation in that moment is a young woman holding a handbag. The crowd of fellow pensioners and patriots looks on with varying degrees of encouragement. Somewhere in the background, the usual sea of white hair and earnest lanyards nods along

    lawakhigbe.com/2026/09/05/the-

  29. The Safe Place for Bigotry and Crime by Lawson Akhigbe

    It has no postcode. It does not appear on Google Maps. There are no street signs pointing towards it. Yet, whenever one of its inhabitants is caught saying something outrageous or doing something politically or legally questionable, suddenly we are told that the offending words or conduct belonged there.

    lawakhigbe.com/2026/09/05/the-

  30. “"America is no longer trusted," the economist warns. "Foreign governments can no longer count on us to obey the most basic rules, like the commandment that thou shalt not steal other people's gold. And even when Trump is gone, it will take many years of honest, responsible U.S. government to restore that lost trust."”

    #uspolitics #economy #ruleoflaw alternet.org/trump-gold-centra

  31. @OGJester

    (cont.)

    As the core proposition of conservatism is indefensible if stated baldly, it has always been surrounded by an elaborate backwash of pseudophilosophy, amounting over time to millions of pages. All such is axiomatically dishonest and undeserving of serious scrutiny. Today, the accelerating de-education of humanity has reached a point where the market for pseudophilosophy is vanishing; it is, as The Kids Say These Days, tl;dr . All that is left is the core proposition itself — backed up, no longer by misdirection and sophistry, but by violence.

    So this tells us what anti-conservatism must be: the proposition that the law cannot protect anyone unless it binds everyone, and cannot bind anyone unless it protects everyone.

    His full post: crookedtimber.org/2018/03/21/l

    (bolding added)

    2/2

    #RuleOfLaw #laws #oligarchy #Epstein #EpsteinClass #Republicans #Trump #TrumpRegime

  32. @OGJester As musician Frank Wilhoit famously wrote:

    Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit:

    There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.

    There is nothing more or else to it, and there never has been, in any place or time.

    He continued:

    For millenia, conservatism had no name, because no other model of polity had ever been proposed. “The king can do no wrong.” In practice, this immunity was always extended to the king’s friends, however fungible a group they might have been. Today, we still have the king’s friends even where there is no king (dictator, etc.). Another way to look at this is that the king is a faction, rather than an individual.

    (bolding added)

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    #RuleOfLaw #laws #oligarchy #Epstein #EpsteinClass #Republicans #Trump #TrumpRegime

  33. Did You Tell Them to Rescue the Kidnapped? Nigeria’s Politicians, Generals and the Confusion Between Policy and Operations by Lawson Akhigbe

    There are some moments in political history that survive long after the politicians involved have left office. Not because of a great speech. Not because of a great policy. But because somebody asked a very simple question and refused to let it escape through the nearest political fire exit.

    lawakhigbe.com/2026/09/01/did-

  34. Friday, August 28, 2026

    Explosions, jet-powered drones rock Kyiv as rare hours-long Russian aerial attack continues into evening . . . . . Baltics assessment of Russia threat 'unchanged' after CIA director's Moscow visit . . . . . Russian disinformation tests its Ukraine election playbook . . . . . Kyiv records 13 air raid alerts in single day, most since full-scale invasion began, as explosions continue overnight . . . . . and more

    activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026

  35. 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.

    lawakhigbe.com/2026/08/26/anar

  36. 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.

    lawakhigbe.com/2026/08/26/anar

  37. 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.

    lawakhigbe.com/2026/08/26/anar

  38. 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.

    lawakhigbe.com/2026/08/26/anar

  39. 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.

    lawakhigbe.com/2026/08/26/anar

  40. Wednesday, August 26, 2026

    Russian drone strikes border crossing between Ukraine and Moldova . . . . . "He's sort of like Hitler" — Trump's ex-Ukraine envoy Kellogg warns Putin won't stop at Donbas . . . . . US snubs joint UN rebuke of Russian strikes against Ukraine — again . . . . . and more

    activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026

  41. The Speaker as a Herald: How Edo’s Power of the Purse Got Turned Upside Down by Lawson Akhigbe

    On the surface, it sounds like great news for infrastructure. But listen closely to the phrasing: "The Governor has told me that he’s going to construct so many roads… The Governor has even approved the construction… Another road that the Governor has said he will also do…"

    lawakhigbe.com/2026/07/28/the-

  42. A quotation from Twain

    A strange thing, when one considers it: to wit, the world applies to Czar and System the same moral axioms that have vogue and acceptance in civilized countries! Because, in civilized countries, it is wrong to remove oppressors otherwise than by process of law, it is held that the same rule applies in Russia, where there is no such thing as law — except for our Family. Laws are merely restraints — they have no other function. In civilized countries they restrain all persons, and restrain them all alike, which is fair and righteous; but in Russia such laws as exist make an exception — our Family. We do as we please; we have done as we pleased for centuries. Our common trade has been crime, our common pastime murder, our common beverage blood — the blood of the nation. Upon our heads lie millions of murders. Yet the pious moralist says it is a crime to assassinate us. We and our uncles are a family of cobras set over a hundred and forty million rabbits, whom we torture and murder and feed upon all our days; yet the moralist urges that to kill us is a crime, not a duty.

    Mark Twain (1835-1910) American writer [pseud. of Samuel Clemens]
    Story (1905-02-02), “The Czar’s Soliloquy,” North American Review, Vol. 180, No. 580 (1905-03)

    More about this quote: wist.info/twain-mark/83904/


    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #marktwain #twain #absolutepower #abovethelaw #assassination #civilization #despotism #greatergood #killing #lawlessness #morality #ruleoflaw #tyranny #violence