Jonathan v. Amaechi: Abuse of Power, between vested rights and discretionary powers
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- Category: Ephraim Emeka Ugwuonye Esq.
- Published on Sunday, 28 April 2013 10:39
- Written by Emeka Ugwuonye
“The controversial aircraft on the service of Governor Rotimi Amaechi is operating illegally in the country” the NCAA boss stated. With those words, the Government of President Jonathan grounded the aircraft carrying his arch opponent, Governor Amaechi of Rivers State, and the President’s potential adversary, Speaker of the House of
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Press Freedom, Nigerian Style: The Lesson To Learn From Premium Times’ False Reporting
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- Category: Ephraim Emeka Ugwuonye Esq.
- Published on Wednesday, 24 April 2013 09:04
- Written by Emeka Ugwuonye, Esquire
INTRODUCTION: Anybody who has some change can set up a website and start reporting “news” and stories, just like Premium Times and Sahara Reporters. What they have is just a website. Truth is something else. I am so happy you can see from the following that Premium Times left us with such a clear evidence that its story about
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The U. S. Court Decision for Shell Takes the Wind off the Sail of Rights Protection Law
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- Category: Ephraim Emeka Ugwuonye Esq.
- Published on Thursday, 18 April 2013 09:40
- Written by Emeka Ugwuonye, Esquire
The case involved a joint subsidiary of the Royal Dutch Petroleum Company, based in the Netherlands, and the Shell Transport and Trading Company, based in England. The subsidiary, incorporated in Nigeria, was accused of aiding and abetting in atrocities by Nigerian military and police forces against Ogoni villagers. In a country like
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On Embassy of Nigeria vs Emeka Ugwuonye et al
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- Category: Ephraim Emeka Ugwuonye Esq.
- Published on Tuesday, 23 April 2013 23:58
- Written by Emeka Ugwuonye
Statement By Emeka Ugwuonye, Esquire, Regarding an Order of Default Against ECU Associates, PC. at United States District for District of Columbia - Regarding an order of default made against the corporate name, ECU Associates, PC, in the above case, the following statement applies, just for the purpose of clarification of any
An Analysis Of The Due Process Rights Of Cyriacus Njoku
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- Category: Ephraim Emeka Ugwuonye Esq.
- Published on Sunday, 14 April 2013 15:36
- Written by Emeka Ugwuonye
Given the urgency of this matter and the widespread confusion around it, I hereby undertake to provide a summary analysis of the due process rights of Mr. Cyriacus Njoku. I start with a reference to a newspaper report on the case, thus: “Barely two weeks after he challenged the eligibility of President Goodluck Jonathan to stand election in 2015,
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No, Mr. President, No to Amnesty for Boko Haram!
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- Category: Ephraim Emeka Ugwuonye Esq.
- Published on Monday, 22 April 2013 12:36
- Written by Emeka Ugwuonye
Nigerians love peace, but only a lasting peace would be worth it. Nigerians love an end to the bombings, but they love justice more. The amnesty deal the Government offered to Boko Haram lacks the ability to usher in a lasting peace, and it lacks every attribute of justice. Therefore it is not worth it. And in any case, the offer has
My case against Saharareporters
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- Category: Ephraim Emeka Ugwuonye Esq.
- Published on Saturday, 13 April 2013 21:37
- Written by Emeka Ugwuonye
Many people who are just hearing about my case against Saharareporters may not understand what it is all about. Even some of those who have heard about it in the past still may not understand the controversy. Even though such things as 1.5 million dollars of Embassy money may have been mentioned several times, that has little to do
Due Process of the Law: My Unusual Sources of Insight
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- Category: Ephraim Emeka Ugwuonye Esq.
- Published on Sunday, 21 April 2013 17:52
- Written by Emeka Ugwuonye, Esquire
My commitment to due process of the law was not just a matter of my great legal education and scholarship. It has been also a matter of my entire life experience from infancy in a civil war and through my early adolescence and the beginning of adulthood, all spent in Enugu State of Nigeria, mostly in the village. Whether it was a land dispute in
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Statement by Emeka Ugwuonye in Reaction to Saharareporters
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- Category: Ephraim Emeka Ugwuonye Esq.
- Published on Thursday, 11 April 2013 14:06
- Written by Emeka Ugwuonye, Esquire
In my experience, I have come to realize that it is very important to tell the readers the truth all the time. So, I admit that early yesterday morning the Clerk of the court prompted a standard and regular administrative step in my case against Saharareporters, which forces me to respond accordingly. It was an administrative procedure by
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America Fight Terrorists: While Nigeria jokes with Boko Haram
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- Category: Ephraim Emeka Ugwuonye Esq.
- Published on Saturday, 20 April 2013 12:41
- Written by Emeka Ugwuonye, Esquire
In the past three days, America, like Britain in their turn, has demonstrated to the world the decisive and comprehensive manner, in which the totality of a country's law enforcement could be used to bring down a terrorist gang. Today, the two bombers of Boston have not only been identified, one has been killed and the other captured.
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Fighting For Due Process Rights of Children
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- Category: Ephraim Emeka Ugwuonye Esq.
- Published on Friday, 29 March 2013 22:09
- Written by Emeka Ugwuonye
The group, Due Process Advocates (DPA), has been paying attention to human rights and due process in general. It has also focused on the rights of women, the rights prisoners, police brutality, etc. One area that has equally been of vital importance to all of us, the Advocates, has to do with children and due process rights for
