By Sylvester Udemezue I read a piece titled, “A Rejoinder To Sylvester Udemezue’s Piece On EFCC Lead Counsel’s Public Statement On Ex Parte Bail Order For Ex-AGF Malami” written by a respected learned friend, O.F. Akeredolu, PhD. I am sincerely grateful to Dr. Akeredolu for the rejoinder andContinue Reading

    By O. F. Akeredolu, PhD Dear sir, I am writing this because I believe you are ‘open, always to being corrected by reasoned submissions grounded in law’. I have read with care the article titled “EFCC Lead Counsel’s Press Release, Ex Parte Bail Order for Ex-AGF Malami, andContinue Reading

  The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, says the law is the anchor of political stability, the guarantor of economic confidence and the framework within which freedoms are exercised and responsibilities enforced. Kekere-Ekun stated this on Tuesday at the Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (NIALS) Fellows’Continue Reading

  –  A Wake-Up Call to the NALT Leadership   By Sylvester Udemezue *(1). Introduction: A New Executive, the Same Old Culture* On 30 October 2024, following my lamentations on NALT’s persistent neglect of its own objectives while chasing after issues unrelated to its core mission, a colleague reassured meContinue Reading

    By Sylvester Udemezue With utmost respect, it is difficult to avoid the observation that many Nigerian lawyers (including law teachers) often appear detached from the realities of the society in which they live and work. We sometimes carry on as though the social, political, and moral decay afflictingContinue Reading