Legal luminary, Wole Olanipekun (SAN), has said that majority of Nigerians currently live in poverty, stressing that over 70 percent of the citizens were living below the poverty level. Olanipekun, who spoke in his country home in Ikere-Ekiti, pointed out that there was tension, unrest, anxiety, pressure, confusion, hatred, anguish, pain, distress and transferred aggression among many people. According to the legal icon, the situation in Nigeria is much more challenging, coupled with the burden of insecurity that it had faced for over a decade. The poverty level in Nigeria…
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Appointment of judges should be merit-based, says Osinbajo
Vice-President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo (SAN), has again called for the reform of the appointment process for judges, saying it ought to be merit-based. Osinbajo said there was a need for those aspiring to be judges to take a mandatory test to ensure that only competent people end up on the bench. The Vice-President spoke at a webinar with the theme, Developing an Institutional Concept of Justice in Nigeria, organised by the law firm of Chief Wole Olanipekun (SAN). Osinbajo said, We must take a second look at the appointment of…
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