Lillian Okenwa

Lawyer, Arbitrator, Author, Journalist, Documentary film maker...

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*THE IGWE FILE (Part III): The State, the Bakassi boys and the politics of fear*
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Twenty-four years after Barnabas Igwe and his wife returned from the NBA conference in Ibadan, the questions surrounding their deaths are still waiting for an answer.

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Echoes of Trauma: The escape we don’t see

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Some people are not looking for pleasure. They are looking for a way to make the pain stop.

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THE IGWE FILE: They returned from the NBA's Annual General Conference. They never returned to their lives.

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Some murder cases fade into history. Others become a mirror in which a nation confronts the strength—or weakness—of its institutions.

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Echoes of Trauma: When hope refuses to leave
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The disappointment may be deep. The waiting may have gone much longer than anyone imagined. The future may still be uncertain.
And somehow, hope remains capable of asking one more question.
What if?

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Kasunmu’s passing leaves Folake Solanke as the last giant of Nigeria’s old bar
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She is carrying the memory of a generation that transformed advocacy through a career spanning more than six decades.

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*Professor A.B. Kasunmu, SAN, foremost lawyer and scholar, dies at 92*
Former Dean of University of Lagos Law Faculty and Attorney-General of Lagos State remembered for scholarship, advocacy and decades of influence on Nigeria’s legal profession
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THE LAST HIGH (Final Part) | Beyond Arrests and Seizures: Can Nigeria rescue a generation before addiction wins?*
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Echoes of Trauma: When nobody is listening
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Most people can remember the first time they realised they were not being heard. Few can remember the moment they stopped expecting to be.

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THE EL-RUFAI FILES (Part II): The Evidence Test — Inside the Kaduna probe, the courtroom battle and the politics of accountability
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*ENDGAME (FINAL): The Constitution cannot defend itself*
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For years, Nigerian lawyers have defended the Constitution against politicians and military rulers.
This report asks whether the profession has done enough to defend it against terrorism.

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Echoes of Trauma: When the journey begins again
Sometimes the hardest battle is not surviving the first storm. It is finding the strength to begin again after believing it had finally passed.
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From a Saudi Prince to Nigerian Streets: Why addiction is consuming rich and poor alike*
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*Dissenting Judgment: The lonely voices in the wilderness |An excerpt from the Full Chapter, By Pastor Hezekiah Deboboye Olujobi, CRJ*
Whenever I enter a court registry, my heart is stirred.
Each file contains a life.
Each register contains a story.

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At Sixty, Some Lives Speak Louder Than Their Titles: Celebrating Ezinwa Nwanyieze Okoroafor—A lawyer who has chosen stewardship over spotlight

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Echoes of Trauma: Beneath the scars
Perhaps the gentlest gift we can offer one another is the grace of remembering that survival often leaves marks no eye can detect.
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*European broadcasters move to end sexualised coverage of female athletes*
New guidelines seek to protect women from objectifying camera angles after athletes recount online abuse, mental health impact
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*THE DAY AFTER THE RESCUE (Part IV D): Whether Oriire becomes a turning point depends on what Nigeria does next*
History will ask whether those who planned and executed the abduction were successfully prosecuted...
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*THE ₦8 BILLION QUESTION: Churches, Mosques… and a nation in crisis*
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Every naira appropriated to one purpose is a naira unavailable for another. It is the health centre that remains unequipped because funds were directed elsewhere...

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Publication of Names of Voters in NBA's National Elections: ECNBA has taken a bold step. But full electoral transparency has become necessary

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*From a Family of Trailblazers to the NBA Presidency: Can Oyinkansola Badejo-Okusanya redefine leadership at the Nigerian Bar?*
Every "first" carries the burden of proving that it represents more than symbolism.
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