CHILDREN DO NOT BELONG TO PARENTS BY CONFIDENCE ARIBIBIA
This statement offends many people but in law, it is correct. Parents do not own children. They are custodians. That difference is the reason the court can step into a…
This statement offends many people but in law, it is correct. Parents do not own children. They are custodians. That difference is the reason the court can step into a…
I was a Superintendent of Police and staff officer to the Inspector-General of Police That fateful day I arrived at work quite early as usual and began to draft memos…
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When President Bola Tinubu announced the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway, the criticisms came fast and furious. The attacks were not just swift. They were relentless. Many questioned the timing, the cost,…
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He was born in a village called Obosi. But he walked the halls of Buckingham Palace, the United Nations, and the Commonwealth Secretariat with the quiet authority of a man…