Author: TheScrutinyNG

By Prof Mike Ozekhome, SAN, CON, OFR Many Nigerians and non-Nigerians alike have repeatedly asked me if the Supreme Court was not wrong in its interpretation of section 162(3), (4), (5) and (6) of the 1999 Constitution and what happens to the allegedly wrong judgement. They want to know if the judgment is superior to the said “clear” provisions of the Constitution and if it is ENFORCEABLE or capable of being enforced. They also want to know how,in the event that I say it is enforceable.My simple answers to both questions are yes, yes and yes. Let’s take them one…

The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has suspended an Assistant Superintendent of Immigration II (ASI II) for allegedly soliciting financial gratification from a traveller. NIS’s Comptroller General, Kemi Nandap, made this known in a statement issued by the Service Public Relations Officer, Mr Kenneth Udo, on Thursday in Abuja. According to Nandap, the officer’s conduct, captured in a video circulating on social media, does not reflect the values and ethics of professionalism upheld by the NIS. She condemned the alleged misconduct in the strongest terms, saying that it undermined the ongoing reforms aimed at enhancing service standards. She, however, assured that…

By Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, SAN Against all odds, the organisers of the #EndBadGovernance protests made good their threats on August 1, 2024, when they trooped out with other Nigerians to protest against hunger, hardship and the suffocating economic policies of the administration of President Bola Tinubu. All over Nigeria from Lagos to Abuja, Kano, Port-Harcourt, Benin, Aba and Abeokuta, they spoke with one voice to the government that people are hungry and they are suffering. The prelude to the protest was that a declaration was made for the commencement of protests on August 1. The response of the government to the…

By Richard Akinnola When the Dangote refinery controversy blew up, naturally as someone wired to support anyone l perceive to be oppressed, this time, Dangote, l lined up in support of the richest man in Africa. I perceived he was being unduly treated by the Downstream and Midstream regulators, the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA). For days, l had heated arguments with people with opposing views on this matter. However, Ademola Adigun, one person l respect on this app, cautioned that people should not be too emotive on this matter but seek knowledge. I took that as…

Normalcy has returned to the Gani Fawehunmi Park Ojota in Lagos State after five days of protests against hardship by some groups, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. A correspondent of NAN, who was at park on Tuesday, observed that protesters had left the place and that more than 40 vehicles belonging to security agencies were seen stationed at the park. The vehicles parked at the front gate of the park included those of the police, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Department of State Service and Lagos State Neighbourhood Safety Agency and the military. NAN also observed that…

The Chairman, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Brigadier General Buba Marwa (retd.) has said recent training of the agency’s Marine Command officers in diving would discourage large shipments of cocaine to Nigeria. Marwa stated this while receiving a report of the training from the Agency’s Director of Seaports Operations, Deputy Commander General of Narcotics, Omolade Faboyede. This is contained in a statement by the Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi, on Tuesday in Abuja. He said the new capability would send a strong message to international drug cartels that they have no place to hide their illicit consignments…

The Naira on Monday appreciated at the official market, trading at N1,607.15 to the dollar. Data from the official trading platform of the FMDQ Exchange, a platform that oversees the Nigerian Autonomous Foreign Exchange Market, showed that the Naira gained N9.93. This represents a 0.61 per cent gain when compared to the previous trading date on August 2 when it exchanged at N1,617.08 to a dollar. However, the total daily turnover reduced to 77.09 million dollars on Monday, down from 131.55 million dollars recorded on August 2. Meanwhile, at the Investor’s and Exporter’s window, the Naira traded between N1,620.50 and…

A Lagos-based lawyer and human rights activist, Richard Akinnola has urged the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Christopher Musa to face his job as a soldier and stop meddling in political matters. In a post on his Facebook page on Monday, the veteran journalist says the statement by Musa that President Bols Tinubu has only spent one year in office and therefore can’t solve all Nigeria’s problems is a misnomer. Akinnola also condemned the warning by the CDS to media houses not to cover the protests, saying it is not his responsibility to direct the media on what to…

Operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) arrested Michael Lenin, a leader of the Endbadgovernance protests, early Monday morning at his residence in the Apo area of the Federal Capital Territory. Damilare Adenola, Director of Mobilisation for the Take It Back Movement, reported that Lenin’s house was raided by the DSS at around 2 am. Adenola claimed that Lenin was assaulted during the arrest and called for his immediate and unconditional release. Adenola said, “Lenin has been arrested by the DSS. He was picked up during a raid on his house around 2 am. He was arrested and tortured…

Doyin Odebowale, the former Senior Special Assistant on Special Duties and Strategy to late Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu on Sunday said the federal government should try Nnamdi Kanu for the destruction of properties that took place during the #EndSARS protest in 2020. Kanu, the detained Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, is currently in the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS). He is being tried for treason charges by the Federal Government. In a Facebook post on Sunday, Odebowale also condemned the address by President Bola Tinubu on the #EndBadGovernance Protest saying it fell short…