It is enheartening, indeed uplifting, seeing readers demonstrating alertness on what they read which is not on politics, afterall man shall not live by bread alone…It is refreshing that people are finding time to reflect quietly in their closets what is beyond fleeting pleasure. Since this column’s outing nearly a month ago on Revelation of John, I have been receiving …

The Federal High Court in Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State capital, on Wednesday struck out the defamation suit filed by the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, against activist lawyer, Dele Farotimi, over alleged cybercrime. The case, which stemmed from comments made by Farotimi in an interview about his book, Nigeria and its Criminal Justice System, particularly concerning the founder of …

The recent legal confrontation between esteemed legal luminary, Chief Afe Babalola, and activist lawyer, Mr. Dele Farotimi has cast a revealing light on the intricate interplay between Nigeria’s judiciary and Yoruba cultural tradition. At the heart of this dispute lies an accusation of corruption within the highest echelons of the nation’s legal system, a charge that not only challenges individual …

The founder of Afe Babalola University Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD), Ekiti State, Aare Afe Babalola has accepted to withdraw criminal defamation charges against human rights activist, Mr. Dele Farotimi. This followed the appeal by foremost Yoruba monarchs, including the Ooni of Ife Oba Adeyeye Oguwusi. They pleaded with legal icon to drop the charges during a meeting with him at ABUAD campus. …

And it came to pass, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said unto him, Art thou he that troubleth Israel? And he answered, I have not troubled Israel; but thou, and thy father’s house… 1 Kings 18: 17 – 18. There are occasions when a writer sets out to write one thing but ends up writing another. For me, this is …

Man is born free and everywhere he is in chains. One man thinks himself the master of others but remains more of a slave than they are – Jean-Jacques Rousseau One of the (once-upon-a-time) immovable pillars of our justice system is that a man is presumed innocent until otherwise proven. The man so accused is therefore allowed all his rights …

Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest you be like him yourself. Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit Proverbs 26: 4 – 5 Once again, the media is agog with allegations of assault on freedom of speech. In this age of Citizen Journalism, such an assault, real or imagined, …