June 26, 2023

Prof. Nze & KOK (MFR) Illuminating the Media Law Landscape

Prof. Nze & KOK (MFR): Illuminating the Media Law Landscape

If there’s something the entire world should be looking to make peace with right now, it is the realisation that there is a relationship between the field of media and that of law that is held together by freedom of speech. When that realisation completely sets in, it could mark the turning point of most of the issues the world is currently bedeviled with.

Imagine the ease there would be in life when there is a provision for free speech, a chance for everyone to freely, without fear or favour, air their opinion in various aspects of life. This …

Wagner Rebellion And The Exposure Of Putin’s Underbelly

Wagner Rebellion And The Exposure Of Putin’s Underbelly

It is generally believed that most dictators who start wars do so because they often need external enemies to enable them to exert some internal control over their own people. This is the situation in Russia, which many did not understand until last week, when, for the first time since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Moscow was placed under a state of emergency.

What was even more shocking was that it was not the Ukrainian army, which had recently begun to demonstrate clear signs of its ability to hurt Russia, that was responsible for that move; rather, …

African Music Genres Deserve To Be Celebrated By The Grammys

African Music Genres Deserve To Be Celebrated By The Grammys

Since its establishment in 1959, the Grammys has evolved from being just an American music award show to becoming one of the biggest recognition and award shows in the global music industry. The Grammy’s is now the first point of reference for lovers of music throughout Europe, America, Africa, Asia, and Latin America, becoming a universal body that gives honour to deserving musicians throughout the world.

It isn’t surprising that the Grammys has achieved such dominance, considering the strength of the US market, which dominates the world in the aspect of global music sales.

Despite its respected position, the hard …

The Rabble-Rouser Called Asari Dokubo And State Failure

The Rabble-Rouser Called Asari Dokubo And State Failure

In every society, there exists a group of individuals who have inadvertently sworn to be nuisances. Rather than contribute to the growth and betterment of their immediate environment, they chose to become rabble-rousers and painfully stupid people in their thoughts and actions.

For many years, the self-promoting Niger Delta militant, notoriously known by Nigerians as Asari Dokubo, has remained a nuisance to Nigerian society. Besides his nuisance value, no sane person takes him seriously. Many years ago, he rode on the genuine sentiments of the people of the Niger Delta, whose lands were being decimated by the activities of …