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The British gave up their last colonies in Africa half a century ago. But they left their wigs behind. Not just any wigs . They are the long , white, horsehair locks worn by high court judges ( and King George III) . They are so old - fashioned and so uncomfortable , that even British barristers have stopped wearing them . But in former British colonies — Kenya , Zimbabwe , Ghana, Malawi and others — they live on , worn by judges and lawyers . Now , a new generation of African jurists is asking : Why are the continent ’ s most prominent legal minds still wearing the trappings of the colonizers ? It’ s not just a question of aesthetics . The wigs and robes are perhaps the most glaring symbol of colonial inheritance at a time when that history is being dredged up in all sorts of ways . The relics of colonialism are scattered across the continent . There are the queen ’s namesakes: Victoria Falls north of Zimbabwe ; Lake Victoria, bordering three countries in eastern Africa ; Victor...

Authorities of the Lagos State University have issued a directive banning dismissed workers from entering the premises . A statement by the Acting Public Relations Officer of LASU , Mr . Ademola Adekoya , announcing the ban also warned colleagues of the dismissed workers of being at risk if they show sympathy . It would be recalled that the institution ’s Chairman of Academic Staff Union of Universities , LASU chapter , Dr. Isaac Oyewunmi, and 14 other academic staff were dismissed , while two others were demoted recently over offences bordering on fraud. It was gathered that their sacking had generated debates among workers and students of the university. While some faulted the processes employed in their dismissal , others said banning them from entering the university campus would portray them as criminals. Some staff of the university insisted that the ASUU chairman was dismissed because of his hard stance against the management in the appointment of some principal officers ...

The 1 st Vice- President of the Nigeria Football Federation , Seyi Akinwumi , has assured fans that the Super Eagles will defeat Zambia in the return leg of their 2018 World Cup qualifier in Uyo in October. Akinwumi said the NFF was impressed with the performance of the Eagles in the World Cup qualifying games , which earned the team 10 points from four matches . The NFF chief spoke to reporters on the sidelines of the final of the Ogunjobi Golden Cup to celebrate the 60 th birthday of a former Secretary -General of NFF, Chief Taiwo Ogunjobi , in Osogbo on Saturday . Olorunda FC defeated Yaa Jamiu Isibo from Ede 2 - 0 to emerge as the winners of the championship . Akinwumi said the Eagles had assured the federation that they would play in the World Cup next year . He said Nigeria would not underrate Zambia despite defeating them ( 2- 1) in the first leg in Ndola last year but would work harder for a total victory in the reverse fixture in Uyo . Akinwumi said , “The NFF is impre...

US President Donald Trump makes his debut at the United Nations on Monday, with an address on UN reform as a week of intense diplomacy kicks off, dominated by worries about North Korea, Iran and Myanmar. Trump, who once disparaged the world body as a “club” for “people to get together, talk and have a good time,” will lay out his views on how to improve the United Nations a day before he makes his first address to the General Assembly. About 130 world leaders are attending this year’s global gathering, but all eyes will be on Trump, whose “America First” agenda has alarmed both allies and foes. The UN’s number one financial backer, the United States has threatened deep cuts to UN funding that Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said would create an “unsolvable problem” for the world body. Guterres, who is pushing for an overhaul of the UN bureaucracy, will also address the event at which leaders will sign a pledge of support for reform. France and Russia have r...

China and Russia began naval drills near North Korea on Monday amid continuing tensions over the isolated state’s nuclear ambitions and ahead of a United Nations General Assembly meeting this week, where North Korea is likely to loom large. North Korea launched a missile over Japan last Friday, its second in the past three weeks, and conducted its sixth and by far most powerful nuclear test on Sept. 3, in defiance of international pressure. The official Xinhua news agency said the joint exercises will take place between Peter the Great Bay, just outside of the Russian far eastern port of Vladivostok, not far from the Russia-North Korea border, and into the southern part of the Sea of Okhotsk, to the north of Japan. The drills are the second part of China-Russian naval exercises this year, the first part of which took place in the Baltic in July. The report did not directly link the drills to current tensions over North Korea. According to TASS, Russia and China will deploy 1...