Taofik Abdulkareem

Without discipline, you'll always achieve far less than your potential.

One of the signs that you have a good heart is that you are genuinely pleased when you learn about the success of people you know.

The opposition just gifted Tinubu another 4 years.

Last Saturday, I presented a paper at the 8th Adebayo Adelodun & Co. Quarterly Roundtable on the automation of court processes in Nigeria. My core point was simple: the argument about whether Nigerian courts should automate is largely settled. The harder questions are: What should be automated? What must remain human? How do we avoid expensive failure?

The full paper and slides are available below. I would especially welcome thoughtful feedback from lawyers, judges, court administrators, and those who have built or used court technology systems in Nigeria. Full paper: doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.… Slides: platgroupng.com/papers/court_a…

I am grateful to the founder and team of Adebayo Adelodun & Co. for creating a roundtable where ideas are not merely applauded but tested. The quality of engagement in the room showed that this is a conversation worth having seriously.

Nigeria’s 2024 EGDI score of 0.4815, placing the country 144th out of 193, tells an important story. Digital justice is no longer premature. But Nigeria also cannot simply copy highly digitised systems from elsewhere. The sensible path is phased reform built around real bottlenecks and real infrastructure conditions. Not launch ceremonies. Not fantasy timetables. Not imported systems that do not fit Nigerian realities.

A third point, and perhaps the most uncomfortable one: Not all resistance to court automation comes from technophobia. Manual systems create chokepoints. Chokepoints create leverage. And in some cases, that leverage is monetised. That is why a digital audit trail is not just an efficiency tool. It is also a transparency tool. It will make some actors uncomfortable. It should.

A second point: what we often call adjournment culture is, in many cases, an administrative problem before it becomes a legal one. A matter is delayed because: the file has not arrived, proceedings have not been transcribed, service has not been confirmed, or scheduling still runs on habit.

Lawyers see the legal effect. Technologists see the workflow defect underneath. That distinction matters because workflow problems need workflow solutions. Electronic case management is part of that solution.

If we do not define the problem properly, we will keep applying the wrong remedy. Court delay is not only a legal problem. In many cases, it is also an information and workflow problem.

Most discussions about court delay focus on caseload and judicial manpower. Those issues matter. But from a technology perspective, many Nigerian courts still operate in what I described as a high-latency, low-integrity information environment. High latency means information moves too slowly among counsel, the registry and the judge. Low integrity means the reliability of the record depends too heavily on manual handling. A page goes missing. A date is entered wrongly. A notice does not go out.

@AMusa_PhD Congratulations.

I'm honoured to receive the Best Researcher Award (2025) at KWASU’s 66th Senate Meeting, my second time in a row. I'm grateful for the recognition and the support system behind the work.

US Embassy launches public-private partnership with Ilorin Innovation Hub @IlorinHub dailypost.ng/2026/04/23/us-…

Multitasking is often glamorised, but it quietly sabotages progress. There is a cognitive tax paid when we switch from one task to another. Attention scatters, momentum weakens, and quality suffers. Do one thing well. Then do the next. That is how one thing becomes many things.

Has he chickened out yet?

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Envy no one...

No easy choices.

@IlorinInfo Quite unexpected.

Last rain of the year or beginning of the rainy season in Ilorin? Looks like the former. What do you think?