Chief Afe Babalola, Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) says the 1999 Constitution will not guarantee the emergence of credible leaders at the February general elections. “Unless a new Constitution similar to those of 1960 and 1963 Constitutions, with necessary amendments, is put in place, none of the aspirants, and indeed no angel can save Nigeria […]
Renowned legal luminary, Afe Babalola has stated that the country is yet to entrench deep democratic ideals for the benefit of the citizenry. According to him, it was difficult to say that the declaration of June 12 as Democracy Day by the Federal Government has so far yielded meaningful results. Babalola made this call via […]
A legal luminary and founder, Afe Babalola University Ado Ekiti, ABUAD, Aare Afe Babalola, SAN, has called for the drafting of a robust and strong legal framework for the enhancement of the tourism sector in Nigeria. He made this call while receiving the Senior Special Assistant to the Governor of Ekiti State on Tourism Development, […]
Chief Afe Babalola (SAN) has counselled the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN) to go beyond pronouncement and take the six south west governors to court over the inauguration of the joint security network called ‘Operation Amotekun’. Babalola said it would be tantamount to illegality for Malami to constitute […]
Ile-Ife (Osun) – A legal luminary and elder statesman, Afe Babalola, has made a case for Nigeria to return to its 1960/93 constitution and restructuring along the path of true federalism. Babalola was a guest speaker at the 12th Faculty Week of Clinical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife. The forum had as […]
Funding is the greatest scourge devouring the country’s education sector, Aare Afe Babalola, has said. The founder of Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti, who made the declaration during the 6th convocation ceremonies of his university, said many of the states, including federal government budget as low as seven percent to the sector. The legal Icon […]
.. Gets northern youth award Renowned Legal icon, Aare Afe Babalola(SAN), has absolved President Muhammadu Buhari of the orgy of the insurgency, killings bedeviling the nation. Aare Afe Babalola who spoke in his institution, Afe Babaola University, Ado Ekiti(ABUAD) while being honoured by Northern Youth Council of Nigeria(NYCN) on Thursday said Military took over of […]
On June 3, last year, a day after the Federal Government announced the scrapping of the Post UTME as part of the qualifying procedure for admission into Nigerian Universities, I cautioned in a write-up that was published in many Nigerian newspapers that that singular step was nothing but a calamitous mistake. Good enough, the Federal […]