Rule of Law in Nigeria
The judicial system in Nigeria continues the process of creating a rule of law. How would your students evaluate the progress? What evidence would they look for in the future to further evaluate the state of the "rule of law" in Nigeria?Nigeria governor sacking reversed
"An appeal court in Nigeria's central Plateau State has reversed last November's impeachment of its state governor, Joshua Dariye...
"He was accused of embezzling nearly $9m in public funds...
"Mr Dariye was sacked by eight of Plateau State's 24-member state house of assembly in a process that the court said was illegal.
"President Olusegun Obasanjo has been criticised for using his powers to target political opponents in a tough anti-corruption campaign."
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Nigeria VP challenges poll list
"Nigeria's vice-president is challenging the electoral commission's decision to bar him from standing as a candidate in next month's presidential elections.
"Electoral officials say graft charges against Atiku Abubakar would have to be dropped for him to be eligible.
"His lawyers have been granted an accelerated hearing at the Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday...
"But the BBC's Sola Odunfa in Lagos says a final decision is unlikely to be delivered before early April because the parties will fight all the way to the Supreme Court.
"Our correspondent says if Mr Abubukar wins, Inec would have to postpone the poll in order to print and distribute ballots papers - which would have to carry his name, photograph and party emblem - for some 60m registered voters...
"Last week a high court ruling ruled Inec could not disqualify candidates, but electoral officials chose to interpret the constitution differently on Thursday.
"It omitted Mr Abubakar from its list of 24 presidential candidates eligible to run, saying that as he has been indicted for corruption he was disqualified.
"'Once you have been indicted, Inec cannot do anything about it,' Inec Chairman Maurice Iwu said..."
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