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A young Nigerian soldier, who goes by the name, Adebayo Olatayo David has taken to the social media to declare his total allegiance to the preservation, protection and defense of the territorial integrity of Nigeria. Adebayo who posted a picture of himself and other soldiers posted as follows: ''You can have no oath registered in heaven to destroy the Government; while I shall have the most solemn one to "preserve, protect, and defend" it''.

In a multi cultural and multi religious society like Nigeria, violation of basic rights breeds chaos and disobedience. While discrimination, especially on the basis of religion causes disunity among people, sentiments on the other hand, causes fracture and motivate the feeling of revenge. This is why every lover of peace and unity must at all times, be sensitive to the basic rights of others and not be seen as obstacle for no just cause. Following my publication on the hijab controversy at the Nigerian law school few days ago, titled ‘’Nigerian Law School and the need for change’’, several people had reached out to me to give their views on the subject matter. In view of the numerous messages, I feel that i owe them further explanation in the interest of public good. So, this publication is a follow up to the first one, hoping that people might learn to understand the implication of their actions and its effect on peaceful coexistence, which will directly or indirectly have eff

Following the refusal of Nigeria Law School to call Miss Firdaus Amasa to bar for refusing to take off her hijab last week, another female law graduate from University of Ilorin, Laylah Al-Mubarakah has vow to attend the same programme next year with her hijab on. The father of the lady, Alhaji Abubakar Aliagan, a lecturer in the university of Ilorin went to social media to announce the resolve of his daughter in solidarity with Firdaus. He stated that, ''MY DAUGHTER, EVEN IF AM NOT ALIVE AND THE MATTER IS NOT RESOLVED........YOU RECEIVE MY BLESSINGS........IN THE LIKE MANNER THE FATHER OF FIRDAUS IS NOT DISTURBED'' Alhaji ABubakar Aliagan wrote on his facebook page as follows: Firdaus Amasa is a daughter of a dear friend. She was not call to bar because she was adamant on her Islamic mode of dress. She was a year ahead of my daughter at the Faculty of law, University of Ilorin. When her courageous father, Mallam Oba Amasa, came to my house ( he sometimes pray t

The British gave up their last colonies in Africa half a century ago. But they left their wigs behind. Not just any wigs. They are the long, white, horsehair locks worn by high court judges (and King George III). They are so old-fashioned and so uncomfortable, that even British barristers have stopped wearing them. But in former British colonies — Kenya, Zimbabwe, Ghana, Malawi and others — they live on, worn by judges and lawyers. Now, a new generation of African jurists is asking: Why are the continent’s most prominent legal minds still wearing the trappings of the colonizers? It’s not just a question of aesthetics. The wigs and robes are perhaps the most glaring symbol of colonial inheritance at a time when that history is being dredged up in all sorts of ways. This year, Tanzanian President John Magufuli described a proposed free-trade agreement with Europe as a “form of colonialism.” In Zimbabwe, President Robert Mugabe still refers to the British as “thieving colonialists

By Abdulrazaq O Hamzat Amasa A Firdaus A law graduate or lawyer that cannot defend his or her own basic rights as contained in the constitution does not deserve to be called a legal practitioner. Why because, such person is not fit to defend the right of others. You can’t defend the right of others, if you can’t defend your own rights. This is why I have always maintained that there are very few lawyers in Nigeria who deserve to be called legal practitioners, what we have are business men and women who trade in the legal profession. If not, the abusive system in the Nigerian Law School could not have been tolerated for this long without much resistance. It appeared lawyers are now trained to be docile, so they could not defend human right,but to wear wig and collect certificate. For the Nigerian law school, which has become notorious in flagrant violation of basic rights of many Nigerians, including female Muslim Students who have been consistently denied their right to decent

Lagendary music star, 2baba has endorsed a new trending single Apple of My eyes by new artist @Nonso Ernessey. The African queen crooner retweeted the song and wrote from his twitter handle @2faceofficial ''the song is worth the hype''. According to 2baba, everyone is enjoying the song and it is sure going to be an anthem soon.

A new Nigerian artist @Nonso Ernessey just released the video of his single #AppleOfMyEyes and within few hours of its release, the video became the darling of Nigerians and virtually everyone is talking about it on twitter. The song is currently trending at Number 1 Watch the video here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkv62MrRGrI&app=desktop

It is no longer news that one Mrs. Maryam Sanda is alleged to have killed her husband, Bilyamin Bello a son of former People's Democratic Party Chairman. The suspect is being prosecuted at an FCT High Court in Abuja. When the hearing of the case came up last month, Maryam was seen carrying the Quran, Muslim holy book and beed around and using it to cover her face. She was also seen reading the Quran while inside the court room. The question is, why is Maryam carrying the Quran and beed to court and why is she reading the Quran inside the court while the case is going? If you understand why, kindly drop your comment for education purpose. Meanwhile, the mother of the suspect and her brother have also been joined in the suite as accomplice. On Thursday, Mrs. Sanda’s mother, Maimuna, who is also facing a separate charge of fraud, was arraigned with her daughter along side two others. According to the new charge, the defendants are accused of culpable homicide and ob

Kwara Must Change is pleased to bring back to the fore, the 3 criminal charges Senator Bukola Saraki must contend with at the Code of Conduct Tribunal as ordered by the Appeal Court in its recent judgement ordering the Senate President back to the CCT to enter his defense. Justice Danladi Umar of CCT had in June 2017 dismissed all 18 count charges against Saraki for what he described as lack of evidence. However, the higher court has ordered Saraki back to CCT to enter his defense on 3 criminal charges that the appeal court said has been proven beyond any reasonable doubt with sufficient evidences. The Court of Appeal in Abuja reversed Saraki’s acquittal of false assets declaration charges. The appellate court, in a unanimous judgment by a three-man panel, led by Justice Tinuade Akomolafe Wilson, ordered Saraki to return to the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) for the continuation of his criminal trial. The appeal court held that the prosecution has proven beyond any reasonable dou

This is the maiden edition of Mr Rights top 10 hit songs from Nigerian Afro beat super stars defining Africa and global music trends. On a weekly basis, we shall be discussing top 10 hit songs from Nigerian music stars and this week, we begin with Olamide, the voice of the street. Olamide is the most followed artist in Nigeria, he owns the street like an inherited property. Since his emergence on the music scene in 2010, the one popular called baddo has continued to grow from strength to strength. Here is Olamide’s top 10 hit tracks not in any particular order. 1. Eniduro (This is Olamide’s debut hit song in 2011. A purely hardcore local rap) 2. Omotoshan 3. First of All 4. Eledami 5. Story for the gods 6. Goons Mi 7. Who you epp 8. Melo Melo 9. Bobo 10. Wo This is the most recent hit song of 2017 currently rocking the airwaves. Do you agree with this rating? Let me here you views

@Mrrightsng has given the duo of Brymo and Asa 3 months (90 days) to release a song together. I twitted at the two artist as follows: Dear @BrymOlawale and @Asa_official I am tired of hearing pon pon music this few days. I am giving both of you just 3 months (90 days) to give us a wonderful collabo. Don't get me wrong please,pon pon music is sweet,but it doesn't last. I need a song i can listen to forever.Dont fail. Both singers are considered best song writers in Nigerian music, but have never worked together before. Do you think the two singers should release a song together? Let me hear your views

PRESS RELEASE. Kwara Must Change welcome the judgement of the Court of Appeal, which ordered the Senate President, Bukola Saraki back to the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) to enter his defense on 3 criminal charges and account for his false asset declaration. The people of Kwara are convinced that the undeclared assets were probably bought with looted funds from Kwara State treasury and we look forward to diligent prosecution of those 3 charges and the safe return of the properties to its rightful owners. We recall that when Justice Danladi Umar led CCT upheld the no case submission of Mr Saraki and dismissed the 18 count charges months ago, Kwara Must Change was one of the groups that appealed to the Federal Government to appeal the judgement in the interest of justice, which they did to wide jubilation among Kwarans. After the notice of appeal was filed, Mr Saraki claimed at the time that the appeal is futile effort against him since he believed he has successfully bought

A man simply known as Mahadine, who bravely spoke out against the Chadian government on Facebook is now in prison, and living in dire conditions. In a global campaign by Amnesty International Write for Rights, Leonor Rebassa said Mahadine is a father of seven and an online activist. According to Amnesty International, ''Mahadine told us that after he posted videos online criticizing the government, he was arrested and detained. He was beaten, electrocuted and starved of food and water for days. His health is deteriorating and if he does not receive treatment soon, his life will be at risk. The organization is asking people to sign a petition and demand the Chadian government releases Mahadine immediately. The freedom to say what we think about our governments is something we all have the right to do. He has done nothing wrong. More and more people are being punished for speaking out against the government in Chad. If we do not protect those who are being punished,

Real Madrid manager and former 3 time world best player,Zinedine Zidane has confessed that his Real Madrid star and 5 times Ballon D'Or holder, Cristiano Ronaldo who recently declared himself as the best player in the world is by far better than him. The Portuguese Captain had recently said that, ''He's the best player in the history of football''. But when reporters asked Zidane to compare Ronaldo to himself as a player, the Real Madrid manager said, "Cristiano Ronaldo is better than me by far, but I'm not bothered because I had a good career." Zidane went further to say, "He'll always be up here for me. “Many things have been said about him, and what he does out on the field every match is phenomenal. "The other day I said that a player could come here and stay for 15 or 20 years and he'll never do what he's done. “He's made history at the club and will continue to do so and I hope he'll retire

You Can’t Prosecute Judges,despite evidence of bribery, court tell EFCC The court of appeal in Lagos has banned the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) from prosecuting corrupt judges despite evidences of bribery. The court gave the ruling following an appeal which Robert Clarke, a senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN) filed on behalf of Hyeladzira Nganjiwa, a serving judge of the federal high court. The EFCC had arraigned Nganjiwa on a 14-count charge before Adedayo Akintoye of the Lagos high court sitting in Igbosere. It accused him of allegedly receiving $260,000 and N8.65 million through his bank accounts between 2013 and 2015 from suspicious sources. It said Nganjiwa allegedly used the money to enrich himself as a public official as it did not correspond with his salary, an offence contrary to section 82(a) of the Criminal Law of Lagos state, 2011. It also accused the judge of giving false information to its operatives. But Obaseki Adejumo, the presiding judge,

A lady, who goes by the name Sarah Mcgovern on social network site Facebook, has quite her job over what she described as harassment and persistently being refereed to as sweetie by her boss. Sarah took to Facebook on December 7th 2017 to narrate her experience. She wrote: I don't post many deeply personal things online, but I want to share this. I quit my job about a month ago because of harassment. Below is my letter of resignation. I think it's important to share this truth, and to know that many of us will not tolerate the abuse. We can and should walk out. #metoo "Hi Elias, This is my letter of resignation, effective today, October 31, 2017, my last partial day of employment. Since the second day of my employment, on October 12, 2017, I have asked you not to call me "Sweetie." I have asked you not to call me Sweetie more than 5 times since then, and you have still not respected this request. I nearly walked out because of this last Tuesday, Oc

A Ghanaian newspaper, Daily Graphic has reported a first hand money rituals story, involving 3 Yahoo Yahoo boys. The culprits narrated how they got involved, made millions of dollars and how life became miserable. Read the unfortunate story. Three Ghanaian guys made shocking confessions on what they have involve themselves in just to be wealthy. In an interview with the Daily Graphic, they opened up about their wealth and the source of it. They said they have millions of dollars in the bank, some of which they have used to buy the latest cars, build costly mansions and acquire many good things of life. However, they confessed that their lives are characterised by pain and sorrow because of ritual sacrifices they have to perform every month. One of them, Abudu, 34, said although he has over $2 million dollars in his account and a six-bedroom mansion at Kasoa in the Central Region, his life is miserable, because every five weeks, the spiritualist who made him wealthy orders him

The attention of Kwara Must Change has been drawn to an attempt by the Senate president, Dr. Bukola Saraki to thwart the cause of justice over the gruesome killings of innocent youths in Lafiagi town, Kwara State. Information reaching Kwara Must Change indicates that the Senate President has been alleged to be using his office to ensure no action is taken against the Senator representing Kwara North, Shaaba Lafiagi who reportedly ordered the shooting of protesting youths on 17th November 2017. As at the time of writing this report, Sen. Lafiagi and his political aides have intensified plan to thwart justice through sabotage. Reports have it that this morning (Sunday, 10th December 2017), they arranged 16 buses to convey more than 200 indigenes of Lafiagi to have a meeting with the Senate President in Ilorin, the state capital. We reliably gathered that the meeting is to orchestrate how these compromised people would mislead the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) and

For a moment, take a glass of water. Not chilled water, but just an ordinary one. Breadth in and out and free your mind from every previous perception. Then, let's talk about a controversial topic, which is circled around whether or not, Ilorin is the problem of Kwara. For a very long time, we at Kwara Must Change has had the intention of talking about this topic that is often being used to divide the people of Kwara, particularly the youths, but for one reason or the other, we couldn't. I therefore find it necessary to address the topic today, in an effort to encourage us all to relate with each other on the basis of equity and fairness,not pointing accusing fingers based on imaginary perception. Few months ago, I had the privilege of attending a social gathering in Abuja with some respectable Kwarans and in the course of our discussion, the same accusation about Ilorin being the problem of Kwara was raised. While I attempted to correct the highly respectable e

KWARA POLY NEEDS HELP Kwara Must Change has properly investigated the issue of school fee increment in the Kwara State polytechnic and the confusion generated by the unfolding drama. In the course of our investigation, we were able to establish that indeed, the Kwara State Polytechnic increased it fees and this increment was done with the full approval of the Kwara State government. Kwara Must Change was also able to establish that, the purported reduction of N5000 as directed by the government was never implemented, it was actually not meant to be implemented. While the said N5000 was indeed removed from the student portal; it was added at the point of payment. Additionally, contrary to the back and forth denial and blame game being orchestrated by the state government to confuse the general public, Kwara Must Change would like to state as follows: 1. In the past 6 years, Kwara State Polytechnic has not received one naira from government has subvention. Government doesn’t

Being a text of speech prepared to be delivered by Abdulrazaq O Hamzat at the National Convention of National Open University of Nigeria Alumni Association (NOUNAA) on 2nd December 2017 held at the Public Service Institute, Abuja. Honorable ladies and respected gentlemen, all protocols dully observed. Permit me to state that, I acknowledge that this platform is provided as the last avenue for presidential candidates seeking office in our noble association to present their agenda for final scrutiny before the election. However, the need for such campaign became secondary for me, having seen the methods of canvassing support by some individuals during the build up to the congress. To a significant extent, most aspirants and their caucuses campaigned first and foremost on the basis of regional interest, then for the interest of the association. But I find this practice unbefitting of an association like ours, which should be a breeding ground for nationalism in this 21st century.

Without corruption, there won't be anything called Nigerian police.This is the basic truth we can't run away from because our police is strictly run by corrupt money,which is taken forcefully from citizens. As sad and cruel this may seems, any day the police stop collecting bribe forcefully from their victims,the police institution as a whole will collapse within 2 months. Let me tell you why. In 2017, police submitted a budget of about N1.2 trillion to the National Assembly. Bit guess how much they got in the budget? N36billion. From N1.2 trillion, to N36billion. They got less than 4% of what they needed to work. So, where will the remaining money come from? Extortion and Corruption In the budget proposal, police stated that they have about 14000 vehicles and to fuel them, they require N26billion. Yet,their budget for the year is just N36billion. How will they run the police without corruption? Until we answer this question,we can't find solution to police brut

“When discussing corruption, the nexus of its relationship with peace should also take center stage”. Between 21st-24th November 2017, Kent Law School, Kent University in partnership with several other organizations such as MacArthur Foundation, Global Witness, Human and Environmental Development Agenda and others held an anti corruption program here in Nigeria. The event was split into two and they both took place in Lagos and Abuja respectively. In the Abuja program, which took place on 23rd November 2017 at Rock View Hotel, I represented our organization, Foundation for Peace Professionals, Co-Convener at the Citizens Action To Take Back Nigeria (CATBAN). The conference, themed Tracking Noxious Funds was basically aimed at educating participants, not just about how financial crimes are being perpetrated by public officers and looted out of the country, it is also aimed at unraveling how illicit funds are being laundered through hitherto legitimate organizations, most especiall