Author: Sonnie Ekwowusi
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The Balogun Market imbroglio – By Sonnie Ekwowusi
To assert that we are presently witnessing the summit of the steady and progressive deterioration of all that we hold dear in Nigeria is an understatement. Never in the past had our country been so challenged on practically all fronts-politically, socially, culturally, rule of law, governance, intellectually and morally than now. While terrorists and bandits…
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“Re: Legalization of abortion in Lagos State”: A Rebuttal – By Sonnie Ekwowusi
I would like to thank the Nigerian Feminist Forum (NFF) for joining issues with me in its very thoughtful and illuminating rejoinder entitled: “Re: Legalization of abortion in Lagos State”. For the avoidance of doubt and for the benefit of those who have not been following the recent development in the abortion debate in our…
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Legalization of abortion in Lagos State – By Sonnie Ekwowusi
The abortion directives issued last week by the Lagos State Governor Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu to the effect that Lagosians can now “safely” kill their unborn babies without any qualms are illegal and therefore null and void. Frankly speaking I don’t know why Mr. Sanwo-Olu has allowed himself to be drafted into the simmering, highly-sensitive political,…
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Legal aspects of organ trafficking – By Sonnie Ekwowusi
The unproven charges relating to organ and human trafficking preferred against the immediate former Deputy-Senate President Ike Ekweremadu and his wife at the Uxbridge Magistrates’ Court, United Kingdom, in my view, provide a window of opportunity to examine the legal aspects of organ trafficking and organ harvesting in Nigeria. The National Organ and Transplant Act…
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Beyond banning pornography – By Sonnie Ekwowusi
In a rather dramatic twist last week, the Federal government gave online interactive platforms such as Twitter, WhatsApp, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and others 24 hours deadline to remove, pull down or disable, block access to all pornography on their platforms which include full or partial nudity, sexual acts or content that exposed a person’s private…
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Military, lawyers and security challenges – By Sonnie Ekwowusi
For the first time probably since the Cold War, millions of people across the world are not just uncertain about their future or concerned about their children’s future, they are deeply worried about their safety and the safety of their property. If anything, the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war has heightened this anxiety. What President Putin of…
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Buhari, APC and freedom for the abductees – By Sonnie Ekwowusi
It is obvious that securing the freedom of the abductees of the Abuja-Kaduna bombed-train is not the priority of the APC ruling party. Neither is it a priority of President Buhari nor former Transportation Minister Rotimi Amaechi nor the APC Presidential aspirants. The only priority of President Buhari, the APC ruling party and APC Presidential…
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Deborah: The rule of law must triumph – By Sonnie Ekwowusi
The rule of law must be allowed to triumph in the matter of the barbaric murder of Deborah Samuel no matter whose ox is gored. Therefore the Sokoto State police, State security agents and the authorities must not succumb to the cheap blackmail and intimidation of some Islamic fanatics and extremists who are now sponsoring…
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Justice for the street fighter – By Sonnie Ekwowusi
Last week the Federal High Court, Abuja, per Justice Inyang Ekwo, ordered the Chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) Danladi Umar to appear before the Senate in a probe on the petition that he was caught fighting in public. Justice Ekwo issued the aforesaid order while delivering judgment in a suit filed by…
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Death on a Friday – By Sonnie Ekwowusi
This week is marked in Christendom as the Holy Week. The Holy Week reaches its apogee on Good Friday when Jesus Christ is crucified to death on the Cross, and was buried but on the third day he rose from death.