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 A Social Democracy Party (SDP) Presidential Aspirant, Prince Adewale Adebayo, says access to justice was paramount to peace and development of Nigeria. Adebayo disclosed this at a meeting with the delegates of the Hague Institute for Innovation of Law (HiiL) in Abuja on Tuesday. According to him, the country needed help in ensuring that there was justice for all. Adebayo stated that if it pleased God and the Nigerians to give him the mandate to govern the country, he would work to make Nigeria the most just country in the world. “The ingredients of doing justice starts from those who have access to state authority knowing that it is an agency and you are doing this work for the people. “My measurement of how a country is doing is what happened to the ordinary people. “There is a need to give people a new thought regarding justice. “We need help in our access to justice not because we do not have the best lawyers but because the lowest people in my society do not have access to jus...

 Nigeria’s fundamental problems can be solved by good, pragmatic leadership. While this sounds cliché and quite repetitive, it in no way diminishes the absolute truth it holds. For the record, Nigeria has had 16 different leaders, some as military head of states and some as democratically elected Presidents starting from Alh. Abubakar Tafawa Balewa in 1960 to President Muhammadu Buhari, elected in 2015. We are witnesses to what they promised to achieve and what was after they had received the mantle of leadership. This opinion does not attempt to mask the fact that in the bulk of our experience with politicians as ordinary Nigerians, it typically feels impossible to internalise the possibility of having a leader who is free of preconceived notions, sentiments and biases, since we are products of our cultural socialisation. However, it would be overly conclusive to dismiss the fact that we can find that person who recognises and acknowledges these human limitations and, has over the...

The presidential candidate for social democratic party,  Prince Adewole Adebayo has expressed sadness over the tragic incident that has taking many lives and injured others. He disclosed this via his Twitter on Tuesday that he had frequented the rail route in the past month, noting that the attack is “painful” and “revolting” to his soul. According to him, “In the last one month, I have traveled on the Abuja-Kaduna rail repeatedly morning and night in the company of my friends and associates. The tragic bombing of that railway and train with loss of lives and limbs and kidnappings is painful, tragic, and revolting to my soul. I mourn,’ he tweeted

 Omooba Adewole Adebayo cannot be missed in a horde. The immensity of his numerous aptitudes and the effervescence of his charm stands him out at every gathering. One can hardly meets a more confident man, an individual who cherishes the life of the mind, invests in its cultivation and continually stand out for his application brain, lucidity and logic. He easily ranks among the most educated and able Nigerians in any field, and certainly one of the very best yet to hold public office, and one of the most committed to the public good through his philanthropy gestures in Africa and beyond. Adebayo’s talents are strengthened by a tough character built on the old values that are anchored on hard work, honesty and resilience. This awesome talent was nurtured in Ondo kingdom and he has devoted his adult life to making it better for all. A direct descendant of Osemawe Odunola, grandson of Osemawe Lamele and direct descendant of Alaafin Onigbogi and Alaafin Sango of Oyo Ile and Elempe, Et...

 A federal High Court sitting in Abuja has dismissed the application by the Governors’ Forum seeking to be included as a party to the suit regarding the controversial Paris Club Refund. This newspaper gathered that the federal government is owing some consultants and contractors for services rendered during negotiations for the refund to the tune of $418m. While the office of the Attorney-General of the Federation had approved that the owed sum be paid, the Nigeria Governors' Forum (NGF) headed by Ekiti state Governor, Kayode Fayemi kicked against the decision. So, in a suit filed by Linas International Ltd and other contractors against the Federal Government, the Attorney General of the Federation, Minister of Finance and the Accountant General of the Federation; the Governors sought to be joined as an interested party. In the suit with no FHC/ABJ/130/2013, the Governors’ Forum had sought the leave of the court to be joined in the suit, among other prayers. The applicant (Governor...