Report Ranks Nigeria With Lowest Respect For Rule of Law

Nigeria has been ranked as one of the countries with the lowest respect for the rule of law in the world.

The World Justice Project (WJP) in its 2014 Rule of Law Index released last Thursday, ranked 99 countries out of which Nigeria placed 93 close to war ravaged Afghanistan and insurgent-prone Pakistan, which ranked 98 and 96 respectively.

Botswana and Ghana were  among African counties ranked better in the index, standing at 25 and 37 respectively.

Apart from the overall ranking where Nigeria placed 93, the country did not fare well under the eight individual factors which were used as parameters for the overall ranking.

Nigerian Author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Writes On The Anti-Gay Law

Article written by award winning writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie titled 'Why can’t he just be like everyone else?'  Find it below...

I will call him Sochukwuma. A thin, smiling boy who liked to play with us girls at the university primary school in Nsukka. We were young. We knew he was different, we said, ‘he’s not like the other boys.’ But his was a benign and unquestioned difference; it was simply what it was. We did not have a name for him. We did not know the word ‘gay.’ He was Sochukwuma and he was friendly and he played oga so well that his side always won.

In secondary school, some boys in his class tried to throw Sochukwuma off a second floor balcony. They were strapping teenagers who had learned to notice, and fear, difference. They had a name for him. Homo. They mocked him because his hips swayed when he walked and his hands fluttered when he spoke. He brushed away their taunts, silently, sometimes grinning an uncomfortable grin. He must have wished that he could be what they wanted him to be. I imagine now how helplessly lonely he must have felt. The boys often asked, “Why can’t he just be like everyone else?”

Comedian Ali Baba Blasts Celebrities Over New Anti-Gay Law In Nigeria

The recently signed anti-gay bill by President Goodluck Jonathan has led to tongue wagging in both local and foreign scenes and many of the Nigerian celebrities have expressed their thoughts on the various social media platforms. The bill, which contains penalties of up to 14 years in prison, bans every gay marriage, same-sex “amorous relationships” and membership of gay rights groups.

YOU ARE A CELEBRITY, CLAIMING TO SUPPORT GAY RIGHTS. THATS GOOD FOR YOU, BUT IF EVERYONE NO BORN, WHO GO BUY YOUR PRODUCTS FOR MARKET?
— ALI BABA AKPOROBOME (@ALIBABAGCFR) January 16, 2014

IF YOUR PARENTS WERE GAY, WOULD YOU BE HERE FIGHTING FOR THE NON EXISTENCE OF THE PEOPLE THAT SHOULD COME AFTER YOU? NONSENSE
— ALI BABA AKPOROBOME (@ALIBABAGCFR) January 16, 2014

Top Comedian, Ali Baba took to twitter to air his views on the matter. Ali Baba declared his support for the law, stressing, “anyone who supports gay practice is mocking God’s existence.”
He further dissed the celebrities that wrote against the law. 
See his tweets below:


Fight Breaks Out At House Of Reps As Baraje-led PDP Faction Meets Lawmakers

A meeting between the seven governors of the new Peoples Democratic Party faction, and members of the House of Representatives has ended after fighting broke out. The governors, alongside the chairman of the faction, Abubakar Baraje, met first with senate president, David Mark. A follow up meeting at the House of Representatives with Speaker Aminu Tambuwal, and members of the House, degenerated into chaos with supporters of the Bamanga Tukur-led PDP jeering at remarks made by Mr Baraje.

Nigerian Police Charge Man For Taking ‘Offensive Photograph’

The Nigerian Police in Lagos on Monday charged Abraham Oshoko, 33, before an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court for allegedly taking “offensive“ photographs.

Oshoko, who lives in Idimu, a suburb of Lagos, was accused to have unlawfully taken the photographs of policemen and Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) officials who were performing their ‘legal’ duties.

According to the prosecutor, ASP. Barth Nwaokenye, the accused is facing a two-count charge of taking unlawful picture and causing a breach of the peace.

Nwaokenye said that Oshoko had on 31 August, at Dopemu Round About, Agege, took an offensive photograph of the officers who were performing their lawful duties.

[Video] Child Marriage Law: Nigerians Speak....

What is the right age for a girl child to be given in marriage? This debate rocked the senate constitutional review committee, but what has the average Nigerian on the street have to say about this? Video after the jump:

Nigerian Law Makers, Highest Paid In The World

The huge and large amount being paid as salary to the country’s legislators, which is ranked the highest in the world, according to a new study, has attracted criticisms from Nigerians across the country, including economists and lawyers. The Economist magazine revealed that Nigerian federal legislators with a basic salary of $189,500 per annum (N30.6m) were the highest paid lawmakers in the world.

Report gave that; the basic salary (which excludes allowances) of a Nigerian lawmaker is 116 times the country’s GDP per person of $1,600. The $189,500 earned annually by each Nigerian legislator is estimated to be 52 per cent higher than what Kenya legislators, who are the second highest paid lawmakers, earned.