The NPA Six And Nigeria’s Two-Prison System

Shareby Reuben Abati
WHY won’t the NPA Six who were convicted by Justice Bunmi Oyewole’s court, a court of competent jurisdiction, and who have since been kept in prison not wear prison uniform? The only explanation that can be gleaned from reports in yesterday’s newspapers is that Nigeria runs a two-prison system: one for the rich [...]

November 1, 2009  Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,   Posted in: Reuben Abati  Comments

Constitution on Trial at Appeal Court

Shareby Simon Kolawole
I don’t know much about Chief Andy Uba. He had always run his life away from the limelight, until he dived into the “murky waters” of politics. I have met him only once – at the THISDAY summit tagged “Nigeria Meets the World”, held in New York two years ago. He was in [...]

November 1, 2009  Tags: , , , , , , , , ,   Posted in: Simon Kolawole  Comments

The NPA Six and other offenders

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by Reuben Abati

“MI’LORD has caught a big one. In fact not one, five. It is a wonderful day for Nigeria”.

“You always like to jubilate when someone falls on bad times. What’s the matter with you?”

“Why shouldn’t we jubilate? No, tell me, why shouldn’t we roll on the floor with laughter from rib to rib? When [...]

October 30, 2009  Tags: , , , , , , , , , ,   Posted in: Reuben Abati  Comments

A Lagos Boy passes through Kirikiri

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by Femi Adesina

Did our futurologists miss it in their crystal balls? Or were they as blind as bats in the daytime? How come they never told us that a Lagos Boy would pass through Kirikiri prison this year? Yes, perhaps the greatest ripple in the political waters this year so far is Monday’s conviction [...]

October 30, 2009  Tags: , , , , ,   Posted in: Femi Adesina  Comments


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