Tag: Constitution
Blasphemy and the Constitution
The extremists laid siege to the palace of Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubabkar. Sultan became a target because he…
Bongo: Gabon amends constitution
The ailment of President Ali Bongo of Gabon has forced the constitutional court to intervene to avert a political crisis.…
Governors urge NASS to harmonise positions on review of constitution
The Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF) on Wednesday night, called on the National Assembly to harmonise its positions on the review…
Gani Adams wants constitution amended to solve Nigeria’s problems
The National Coordinator of Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC), Chief Gani Adams, has urged the National Assembly to amend the constitution…
Kirike Town Inaugurates Caretaker, Constitution Drafting Committees
Kirike Town in Rivers on Sunday inaugurated a seven-man interim caretaker committee of its Council of Chiefs to administer the…
You can now upload 1999 Constitution on Facebook
Ms Ebele Okobi, the Public Policy Director, Facebook, Africa, says Nigerians are free to upload the country’s 1999 constitution on…
Remove immunity clause from constitution, says Labaran Maku
Former Information Minister Labaran Maku on Sunday called for the removal of immunity clause for elected executive officers from the…
Don’t vote a Muslim as US President – Ben Carson
AP – Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson says Islam is antithetical to the Constitution, and he doesn’t believe that a…
Nigerian Judiciary And 2015 Elections
As the 2015 general elections approach, the input of the Nigerian Judiciary in ensuring that the polls are credible is…
Reps approve 71 amendments to Nigerian constitution
The House of Representatives on Wednesday in Abuja voted to effect 71 amendments to sections of the 1999 constitution, NAN…
Confab: Land Tenure report adopted after 7 weeks
The National Conference has adopted report of Committee on Land Tenure and Boundary Matters, seven weeks after the report was…
Delegates want confab subjected to referendum
Senator Femi Okunrounmu, representing South West at the National Conference, has supported suggestions that the outcome of the conference should…
Confab: Delegates want new Nigerian constitution
Some delegates to the National Conference on Monday called for the outcome of the conference to be subjected to a…
Beyond The Making Of A Constitution
By Akido Agenro With the National Constitutional Conference under the leadership of Justice Idris Legbo Kutigi that was inaugurated 17…
Nigeria’s Senate denies approving marriage of minors
Senator Akin Odunsi (ACN-Ogun) said on Monday in Abuja that the the Nigerian Senate did not at any time vote…
Boko Haram:Tambuwal urges FG to embrace peace
JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin To put an end to the incessant killings of innocent Nigerians, the Speaker of House of Representatives, Aminu…
Wanted: A Real People’s Constitution
For the second time in two years, Nigeria’s constitution is about to be amended. And in the course of the…
Constitution Review: More Local Governments, Not States —Fashola3
A one-day public hearing on the review of the 1999 Constitution puts Lagos at the forefront of calls for concentration…
DEATH PENALTY: CJN, NBA Uphold Law
The Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Dahiru Musdapher on Tuesday stated that death penalty remains part of Nigeria’s laws…
Lawyers Condemn Salami’s Promotion
Legal practitioners have been reacting to the recent promotion of the President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Isa Ayo…
President Jonathan Assents To Amended Constitution
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan today made history by giving assent to the first and second amendments (2010) of the 1999…
Ekiti LG Saga: Let The Aggrieved Go To Court
The dissolution of Ekiti councils should not have degenerated into crisis. Government acted according to the Constitution and aggrieved party…