My Oga At The Top: a true Nigeria Nightmare: how to help Obafaiye Shem
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- Saturday, 16 March 2013
- By Emeka Ugwuonye
The story of Mr. Obafaiye Shame, and his infamous interview with Channel TV is a Nigerian thriller and nightmare combined. It is a uniquely Nigerian story. It thrills, it rivets, it shocks and it entertains all at once. It marks a new awareness of the power of the media as an instrument of democracy - true people's power to check power. The
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Atrocity without Responsibility: A Nigerian Peculiarity
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- Friday, 08 March 2013
- By Emeka Ugwuonye
Friends, brothers and sisters: I thank you for inviting me to this meeting. Though it was a short notice, it gives me so much pleasure to be with you this afternoon. No country, no people, no nation can develop without justice, due process and rule of law. There is no other way more important for us to save our country and our people other than
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EFCC’s Passive Aggressive Mischief: An Egregious Abuse of Power
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- Sunday, 24 February 2013
- By Ephraim Emeka Ugwuonye, Esquire
The offices of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) are filled with files of various pending cases. The standard procedure is that the EFCC would arrest a person, detain him for a period ranging from two weeks to eight months, and then release him on administrative bail. The person is usually asked to report to the EFCC’s office
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Nigerian Society - Too Dangerous and Too Unsafe: Some Recommendations
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- Tuesday, 05 March 2013
- By Emeka Ugwuonye
Too dangerous and too unsafe would be appropriate in describing the Nigerian streets, towns and cities. Ironically, a major source of this danger and lack of safety is the Nigerian police force. Poorly trained, poorly equipped, poorly motivated and totally lacking in discipline, our police force has turned into a menace to the society. Many who had
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An Open Letter To The Attorney-General Of Nigeria on Ezu River Killings
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- Friday, 22 February 2013
- By Emeka Ugwuonye Esquire
Crimes Against Humanity: The Case Of Bodies Discovered In Ezu River, Anambra State; Extra-Judicial Killings Of Suspects By Members Of The Nigerian Police Force – The Cases Of: (1) Obinna Offor And Two Others, (2) Members Of Massob, (3) Other Suspects Either Disappeared Or Executed While In Police Custody.
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Statement of Emeka Ugwuonye after an encounter with Nigeria’s Secret Police
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- Saturday, 02 March 2013
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Today, upon arrival at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos, the SSS identified me as the Emeka Ugwuonye. They seized my passport and set me apart from other travelers. The SSS officers informed me that some information on their computers directed that I be intercepted at every port of entry into Nigeria. I inquired
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Ezu River killings: why we petitioned the International Criminal Court - Ugwuonye
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- Tuesday, 19 February 2013
- By Emeka Ugwuonye, Esquire
Since the past two weeks, we have found ourselves in the unenviable position of filing a petition and a complaint against some elements of the Nigerian security forces for crimes against humanity, committed in violation of Article 7 of the Rome Statute for the International Criminal Court (the “Rome Statute” and the “ICC”). When on
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Selling a Dummy as Proposal for Constitutional Amendment: a Rejoinder to Festus Keyamo’s Proposal
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- Tuesday, 26 February 2013
- By Emeka Ugwuonye
I read to my astonishment Barrister Festus Keyamo’s so-called proposal to the National Assembly. This was termed a proposal for constitutional amendment on how to speed up criminal trials for the benefit (not of the ordinary folks) but of the state. I could not imagine any proposal more dubious, more self-serving and dishonest than
48 Nigerian Youths to Die in Foreign Land: Nigerian Leaders Have Failed the Citizens of Nigeria
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- Monday, 18 February 2013
- By Emeka Ugwuonye
That Nigerian leaders have failed the people is the only conclusion that comes to mind upon reading an article in Punch Online that started with the following words: “48 Nigerians remain on Indonesia death row; - There are indications that respite may not come the way of 48 Nigerians reportedly on death row for drug-related offences
Moving forward on the question of Ezu River and the failure of the Nigerian State
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- Monday, 25 February 2013
- By Ephraim Emeka Ugwuonye, Esquire
An Address to the Nigeria Youth; February 25, 2013 - It is with a deep sense of commitment and humility that I address the youth of Nigeria today, wherever they may be all over the world. I am pleased to do this while standing on Nigerian soil. I believe that we have found one common uniting factor that brings all of us together
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Another Big Corruption Scandal: Where is the EFCC?
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- Saturday, 16 February 2013
- By Emeka Ugwuonye
Have no doubt about it: Alhaji Abdulrasheed Maina, the current head of pensions, is not a yahoo-yahoo boy. So EFCC no fit talk. He is also beyond the reach of the Nigerian police. Even the Nigerian Senators don’t know what else to do about it. Man pass men! Or, money pass men! Less than one month ago – actually on January 28, 2013 –
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- Ezu River Atrocities - Obinna Offor’s Case: Anambra Police Command Implicated and More?
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- EFCC: The Story Behind the Story: “Ex-Kogi Senatorial Candidate to be Arraigned for Impersonation”.
