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Activists, Lawyers Paid Glowing Tribute To Aturu At Colloquium
Jamiu Yisa Human right activists, lawyers, jurists, labour leaders, civil society organizations and host of others on Tuesday, paid glowing…
Aturu’s Death: A Tragic Blow To Labour Movement
The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has described the death of human rights lawyer, Bamidele Aturu as tragic blow to the…
Lawyers, Activists Mourn Bamidele Aturu
Kazeem Ugbodaga, Eromosele Ebhomele & Henry Ojelu Family, friends, lawyers and several other sympathizers this morning besieged the Agege home…
CLO, Arewa youth forum, others mourn Aturu
Human Rights Groups including the Civil Liberties Organisation (CLO) Arewa Youth Consultative Forum (AYCF) and the Omnira Yoruba Assembly (OYA)…
Bamidele Aturu is dead
Kazeem Ugbodaga & Eromosele Ebhomele Bamidele Aturu, one of Nigeria’s foremost human rights lawyer is dead. Close friends to Aturu,…
Aturu, others against religious organisations paying taxes
Some prominent lawyers in Lagos on Thursday kicked against the payment of taxes by religious organisations in the country. Delegates…
Crisis of appointment of Chief Justice in Rivers State
By Bamidele Aturu A pall of darkness has suddenly descended on the judiciary in Nigeria. Its genesis is the brouhaha…
Boko Haram: The denial, lamentations, empty vituperations
By Bamidele Aturu The horrendous massacre of children by Boko Haram insurgents and the cluelessness of the security agencies are…
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Suspension of Sanusi Lamido an illegality
Bamidele Aturu News filtering in about the purported suspension of the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Mallam Sanusi…
El-Rufai reports at DSS headquarters
Mallam Nasir el Rufai, former Minister of Federal Capital Territory, FCT on Monday morning reported at the Abuja headquarters of…
Iyayi Was Murdered —Aturu
Human rights lawyer, Bamidele Aturu has declared that former president of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, Prof. Festus…
Declare State Of Emergency In Varsities —Aturu
The Federal Government should shut all universities in Nigeria and declare a state of emergency to avoid a total collapse…
Rivers State Crisis: Issues, Sense And Nonsense
By Bamidele Aturu Rivers State is on fire, literally and otherwise. But that is not really an accurate statement. It…
Coup In Egypt: Nigerian Leaders Warned
As citizens of Egypt continue to celebrate the successful military ousting of their President, Mohammed Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood,…
Governors Forum Heading For Destruction –Aturu
Lagos lawyer, Bamidele Aturu, has described the crisis-ridden Nigerian Governors Forum, NGF, as a distraction and a major problem to…
Corrupt Judges Must Face Criminal Trial –Aturu
Human rights lawyer, Bamidele Aturu, has urged the National Judicial Council, NJC, to ensure that corrupt judges are not only…
Crime And Punishment: Thinking Beyond The Law (2)
By Bamidele Aturu Second, in real terms the state is above the laws as it has the power to alter…
Crime And Punishment: Thinking Beyond The Law
By Bamidele Aturu “The quantity and quality of crime in a given society is inseparable from the prevailing conditions of…
Pardon For Alams: Afenifere, Aturu, Keyamo Slam Jonathan
The Pan Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere, activist, Bamidele Aturu, Festus Keyamo, former Governor of Kaduna State, Balarabe Musa and others…
2015 Presidential Race: Nigerians’ll Decide Jonathan’s Fate
Human rights lawyers, Bamidele Aturu, Balarabe Musa and others have said Nigerians will decide the fate of President Goodluck Jonathan…
Aturu Slams Fashola Over Comment On Lagos Fire
Nigeria’s rights activist and lawyer, Bamidele Aturu, has criticised Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State over his comment purportedly directed…
LagosTraffic Law: Court dismisses motorcyclists suit
Henry Ojelu &Anthonia Ohiero A Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja today dismissed the suit filed by commercial motorcyclists (Okada…
Traffic Law: Police, Aturu Disagree Over Clampdown
There is a disagreement between the Lagos State Police Command and Bamidele Aturu over the ongoing clampdown on commercial motorcycle…
Panel blames PHCN’s CEOs for firm’s inefficiency
A committee set up to look into metering and electricity supply in Nigeria has faulted chief executive officers of PHCN…
Ibru, Epitome Of Courage —Utomi
Prof Pat Utomi, the presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Mega Party (SDMP) in the 2011elections, and human rights lawyer,…
National Honours: Jonathan Slammed Over Achebe
Reactions have continued to trail President Goodluck Jonathan’s negative reaction to the decision by popular writer and novelist, Prof. Chinua…
NDLEA Chained My Legs And Beat Me —Baba Suwe
The last may not have been heard of the arrest , detention and eventual release of ace Yoruba comedian, Babatunde…
Why Nigerians Celebrate Mediocrity -Aturu
Lagos lawyer, Bamidele Aturu, has advised Nigerians to desist from giving undue celebration of political office holders in the country.…