AUTHOR: OMOBA OLADELE OSINUGA

Taylor’s verdict is a triumph for Justice in West Africa

May 16, 2012 | Feature Article

The recent pronouncement of the verdict of the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) on 26 April 2012 against Charles Mc ...

Revisiting the Supreme Court decision in Engineer Goodnews Agbi, Anthony Alabi a...

May 5, 2012 | Feature Article

It is not usual for a decision of the Supreme Court to be revisited in view of a decision of the lower court in a foreig ...

Awolowo: Still the Benchmark?

Mar 9, 2012 | Feature Article

Just days after the 6th of March being the 106th anniversary of the birthday and the 25th posthumous birthday anniversar ...

Nigeria: A time to be sober

Jan 17, 2012 | Feature Article

Our collective psyche as Nigerians makes us very resilient; we are a people touched by emotion. Our customs, traditions ...

Nigeria: A government of inertia

Dec 28, 2011 | Feature Article

The primary duty of any government is to protect his citizens from crime, create a safe secure and healthy environment. ...

Nigeria and the ICC: The Dawn of a new era?

Dec 26, 2011 | Feature Article

Background and Introduction The last couple of weeks have been remarkable for Nigeria within the sphere of Int ...

The Poverty of Rhetoric and the fight against terrorism in Nigeria

Jul 3, 2011 | Feature Article

The usual refrain of public condemnation provides an often empty rallying call by the polity in its usual response to is ...

The Awolowo family will always be with an Awo

Jun 9, 2011 | Feature Article

The title of this discourse is in direct response to Sam Omatseye article titled, 'Awo family without an Awo' posted on ...

Recognising the Rights of Victims and Enforcing Their Fundamental Human Rights i...

May 12, 2011 | Feature Article

A. Introduction The aftermath of the recent violence and social unrest in parts of Northern Nigeria during the rec ...

Elections 2011 in Ogun State: Securing the keys in building a sustainable future...

Mar 29, 2011 | Feature Article

For a couple of months beset by what is no doubt a dose of 'writer's block' I have watched from the sidelines the season ...

Elections 2011 in Ogun State: Securing the keys in building a sustainable future...

Mar 29, 2011 | Feature Article

For a couple of months beset by what is no doubt a dose of 'writer's block' I have watched from the sidelines the season ...

Cte d'Ivoire: Defending Democracy and Restoring the Rule of Law

Côte d'Ivoire: Defending Democracy and Restoring the Rule of Law

Dec 29, 2010 | Feature Article

Introduction For want of belabouring the point, history often repeats itself and for Africans who have through ...

The Prevalence of dogma and the poverty of leadership in the African Church

Aug 8, 2010 | Feature Article

Of Dogma and poverty of leadership Chambers Dictionary defines dogma as 'opinion settled or fixed by an author ...

ICJ Advisory Opinion on Kosovo: An African Perspective

Jul 25, 2010 | Feature Article

Introduction The advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on 22 July 2010 http://www.icj-cij.org/do ...

The President can do no wrong is dated in Nigerian Law!

Jul 5, 2010 | Feature Article

Background I am writing this article as a sequel to my article titled Executive Recklessness and Interference ...

An agenda for effective policing in Nigeria

Jun 16, 2010 | Feature Article

Prelude I witnessed this scenario played out in court in 2005 at Ikeja High Court, a Nigeria Police Force (NPF) ...

Nigeria: A constitutional crisis? What crisis?

Dec 22, 2009 | Feature Article

Crisis? What crisis? These three words to observers of British politics reflect words wrongly attributed to then embat ...

Omoba Oladele Osinuga

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