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In them days, I had a buddy; a great guy. You know the kind of guy who knew where all the parties were happening or will shele in campus. Invited or not, to every party he donated himself and his correct paddies. He was a lightening rod, with raunchy jokes and, of course, he had his guitar in case the lights went off, so he kept the groove rolling. The girls loved him too.<br><br><br>He had a jalopy, a beat Beetle with creaky doors that flew open at top speed, sweeping round a bend. One had to hold tight to seats, for he was a daredevil driver, crushing the speed pedal to the floor. Paddy was one tough bugger who loved fights. He wore a deep gash on the right cheek of his handsome face like a trophy. I am not quite sure what the girls loved more about him: his good looks or his riotous recklessness. Perhaps it was the constant air of unpredictable tension. He drank all comers under the table and he was brilliant - an ‘A’ student.<br><br><br>But he had a chronic weakness. He was a dyed in the wool romantic. No matter the flocks of beauties giving him the eye and with whom he flirted, it was only Julie he loved. Well, Julie knew it, that my paddy would run through a concrete wall for her. But Julie, pretty, petite and pesky, could not stand the open adoration from the other girls and hated his flirting.<br><br><br>Julie’s face was like the clouds, silvery and shinning with summer sunshine this minute, then dark and pregnant with thunder rumblings the next minute. We watched her heart shaped face like weathermen and took the cue to check out once the rumbles began. You never got into their fights. Damn!!! Screams, curses, threats that often crash, pretty suddenly, into coos, tears, kisses and rush off for make-ups. All of us, their friends were mystified. But that’s how they rolled.<br><br><br>A few times, the fights didn’t end all dovey-dovey. Their cold wars could take days or even weeks. We always waited for them to make up. Nobody interfered, because it’s no use. They fought and made up. By themselves and at their own time. But their cold wars affected everything for as the tiff raged, my paddy goes to pieces, becomes an emotional wreck. No parties, no lectures, no bathing, a silent gnome nursing a bottle of brandy, with a misty lost look, sitting up on his bed in his junk filled room. We didn’t need to enter his room to know he was in melancholy, that our week was ruined.<br><br><br>There was some little pattern to the madness. Once we heard the music of Don Williams wafting from his room, we knew it was bad news. My paddy was cooked. If the song was: "Some Broken Hearts Never Mend", then the cold war will take a day, two but not more than a week. Just like rain you never know when it will stop. He would play that song again and again, all day and all week:<br><br><br>"Coffee black, cigarettes<br>Start this day, like all the rest<br>First thing every morning that I do<br>Is start missing you<br><br><br>"Some broken hearts never mend<br>Some memories never heal<br>Some tears would never dry<br>My love for you will never die."<br><br><br>If however the Don Williams song was: I’ll Never Be In Love Again", then the cold war would go beyond a long week. There was a nerve wracking one, in which we pleaded with my paddy to eat, everyday for the two weeks that song belted on repeatedly like a cracked record:<br><br><br>"You can write your own ticket now<br>I’ll get by without you somehow<br>Don’t worry about what I"ll do<br>I’ll be fine without you<br><br><br>"I’ll never be in love again<br>My poor ‘ol heart will never mend<br>Oh, I’ll find someone to hold now and then<br>But I’ll never be in love again."<br><br><br>The plaintive cry from the ghostly prairie of the Americas, weaving heart wrenching country lyrics up, in and around the weepy twang of the guitar stirred the soul and plunged my paddy into depths so deep, only the enchanting presence of his Siren would make him break surface. The best our cajoling got from him in these low moments was: "I just wan mellow with Julie."<br><br><br>And she did come when she felt my paddy had suffered long enough. Then everything returned to normal - the parties, booze, ride in the flappy Beetle for which we contributed money for fuel and oil, the guffaws and sunshine fun. That was until the rainbow appeared again on the horizon and Don Williams sang in my paddy’s room.<br><br><br>One day, my paddy with a wistful look, suddenly said to me:<br><br>"I have given out all my Don Williams music cassettes."<br><br><br>"But why?"<br><br>"That dude wan kill your guy, I swear. As I dey listen to his songs na melancholy and depression wan finish me. The man lyrics dey drive me to madness. I love the paddy to pieces but I no wan hear am again."<br><br><br>I knew something was in the offing.<br><br>"So what if Julie reggae for you again?"<br><br><br>"Julie don waka" he said simply.<br><br>Then he added: "O’boy, leave matter. I beg make we go shack."<br><br><br>Well, good night Don Williams. I doubt you truly understood the full power of your impact on us, on our psyche, in them days. It was megaton.
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The vice president of Nigeria, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo (SAN) has charged senior lawyers to adopt self-regulation mechanism in order to tackle recurring qualified misconduct amongst members.<br><br><br>The vice president mentioned when that is done, the profession and the administration of justice system would survive the assault occasioned by all manner of misconduct prevalent in the system.<br><br><br>Osibanjo, in his remark at the maiden annual dinner of the Body of Senior Advocate of Nigeria (BOSAN) at the weekend in Lagos, stated developing and preserving effective disciplinary structures and rules amongst lawyers seem to be a large challenge as self-regulation is non-existent.<br><br><br>"There is no forum for calling out a poor egg. There is a have to have for a consensus on how to ensure that the greatest deed that we have received, deed which is of a respected profession is not destroyed in our own time. It is a consensus that would be built only on sacrifice. Sacrifice in ethnic and other parochial loyalties, exactly where our profession is threatened and generating a system of discipline that definitely neither fears buddies nor folks.<br><br><br>"One is not advocating some mere moral reawakening because virtually all of us have taken advantage in one particular way or the other from a technique where there is no consequence for misbehaviour.<br><br><br>It is our duty as professionals especially these of us of the inner bar to guarantee that our profession and the administration of justice method survives the assault of it by all manner of misconduct," he stated.<br><br><br>According to him, the legal profession in Nigeria and the method of administration of justice is maybe one of the oldest of the professions. "It has created reputation, dynasty, massive wealth and modest livelihood for generations, but its integrity, credibility and relevance are gravely threatened and have been so for so numerous years.<br><br><br>"It seems that those of us who are senior lawyers perpetrate some of the greatest acts of malfeasance," he charged and congratulated the new silks and wished them a lot higher accomplishment in the years to come.<br><br><br>The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Walter Onnoghen, who was represented by Justice John Inyang Okoro commended BOSAN for its recent defence of judges as they have stood as the sole voice of the law in Nigeria.<br><br><br>He added that lawyers should really return to fundamentals and make optimistic contributions to Nigeria’s development by making certain that justice is appropriately served at all instances.<br><br><br>"The identical code of conduct that binds the judge, apply to the senior advocates, hence there need to be induction of persons selected to be senior advocates," he advised.<br><br><br>He said SAN must not use delay tactics to slow down justice and advised SANs to be fair in their conducts.<br><br><br>Former Nigerian Higher Commissioner to the United Kingdom, Dr. Christopher Kolade, mentioned leadership is an influence of connection involving leaders and followers hence both leaders and followers should pursue the identical purpose.<br><br><br>He added that there really should be powerful communication involving leaders and followers, stressing, "communicating correctly does not necessarily mean talking to individuals efficiently but listening to individuals effectively".<br><br><br>According to Folake Solanke, the 1st female SAN, senior advocates should have constructive influence on younger lawyers. It is an aberration, she stated, for a lawyer to be rude to a judge. She advised young lawyers to always address judges as ‘my lord’ as a mark of professionalism.

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The vice president of Nigeria, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo (SAN) has charged senior lawyers to adopt self-regulation mechanism in order to tackle recurring qualified misconduct amongst members.


The vice president mentioned when that is done, the profession and the administration of justice system would survive the assault occasioned by all manner of misconduct prevalent in the system.


Osibanjo, in his remark at the maiden annual dinner of the Body of Senior Advocate of Nigeria (BOSAN) at the weekend in Lagos, stated developing and preserving effective disciplinary structures and rules amongst lawyers seem to be a large challenge as self-regulation is non-existent.


"There is no forum for calling out a poor egg. There is a have to have for a consensus on how to ensure that the greatest deed that we have received, deed which is of a respected profession is not destroyed in our own time. It is a consensus that would be built only on sacrifice. Sacrifice in ethnic and other parochial loyalties, exactly where our profession is threatened and generating a system of discipline that definitely neither fears buddies nor folks.


"One is not advocating some mere moral reawakening because virtually all of us have taken advantage in one particular way or the other from a technique where there is no consequence for misbehaviour.


It is our duty as professionals especially these of us of the inner bar to guarantee that our profession and the administration of justice method survives the assault of it by all manner of misconduct," he stated.


According to him, the legal profession in Nigeria and the method of administration of justice is maybe one of the oldest of the professions. "It has created reputation, dynasty, massive wealth and modest livelihood for generations, but its integrity, credibility and relevance are gravely threatened and have been so for so numerous years.


"It seems that those of us who are senior lawyers perpetrate some of the greatest acts of malfeasance," he charged and congratulated the new silks and wished them a lot higher accomplishment in the years to come.


The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Walter Onnoghen, who was represented by Justice John Inyang Okoro commended BOSAN for its recent defence of judges as they have stood as the sole voice of the law in Nigeria.


He added that lawyers should really return to fundamentals and make optimistic contributions to Nigeria’s development by making certain that justice is appropriately served at all instances.


"The identical code of conduct that binds the judge, apply to the senior advocates, hence there need to be induction of persons selected to be senior advocates," he advised.


He said SAN must not use delay tactics to slow down justice and advised SANs to be fair in their conducts.


Former Nigerian Higher Commissioner to the United Kingdom, Dr. Christopher Kolade, mentioned leadership is an influence of connection involving leaders and followers hence both leaders and followers should pursue the identical purpose.


He added that there really should be powerful communication involving leaders and followers, stressing, "communicating correctly does not necessarily mean talking to individuals efficiently but listening to individuals effectively".


According to Folake Solanke, the 1st female SAN, senior advocates should have constructive influence on younger lawyers. It is an aberration, she stated, for a lawyer to be rude to a judge. She advised young lawyers to always address judges as ‘my lord’ as a mark of professionalism.

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