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FG committed to friendly, rule of law guided police – Buhari

Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari has reiterated the administration’s commitment to bequeath the nation a police force that is citizens’ centered and rule of law guided. The president gave the assurance while declaring open the 12th biennial police games in Awka at the weekend. Buhari, who was represented by the Minister of Police Affairs, Mohammed Dingyadi, also […]

Sanwo-Olu vows to uphold sanctity, independence of judiciary

LASAA

Lagos state Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Wednesday said his administration will strive hard to preserve the sanctity of the judiciary for it to be independent and uphold the rule of law. The governor stated this when he hosted the delegation of justices of the Court of Appeal led by the President, Zainab Bulkachuwa, at the […]

PDP to use ‘including civil disobedience’ to defend rule of law

Zamfara- daily times

Abuja – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has assured Nigerians that it would continue to protect and defend democracy and its institutions just as it assured Nigerians that the party through all available constitutional means including civil disobedience will insist on respect of the rule of law. The party gave the assurance in a communiqué […]

Ain’t The ‘Rule Of Law’ A Bitch? (II)

I have attempted to use the rules of ‘International Humanitarian Law’ and those of ‘Diplomatic And Consular Law’ to illustrate the fragility of that all-important principle called the ‘rule of law’ -especially when weighed against the exigencies of ‘national security’, or the less hideous term ‘public interest’, or even the more omnibus one, ‘national interest’. […]

NBA rejects Presidency’s stance to subject rule of law to national security

…Says rule of law central to a democracy The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has disagreed with the Presidency on the supremacy of the nation’s security and national interest over the rule of law. NBA said on Friday that it rejects the presidential statement on Sunday subordinating the rule of law to national security, adding that […]

Akufo-Addo urges African leaders on accountability

The president of Ghana, Nana Akufo-Addo has charged African leaders to embrace the principles of accountability, rule of law, human rights, individual liberty and freedom, which he acknowledged are crucial to Africa’s development and individual prosperity. He made the call Monday, at the 58th Annual General Meeting of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) in Abuja, […]

Untried Pro Biafra Detainees Must Not Die In Nigeria’s Government Captivity -Intersociety

(Onitsha Nigeria, 10th February 2018)-Int’l Society for Civil Liberties & the Rule of Law is calling on Nigeria’s central Government of Retired Major Gen Muhammadu Buhari to ensure that 87 pro Biafra detainees held untried in various prisons and detention facilities in Southeast and South-south Nigeria including those of its secret police do not die […]

Rule of Law, core to our growth strategy, says Obaseki

Obaseki

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has said that his administration’s growth strategy designed to deliver institutional reform and economic revolution, rests squarely on the Rule of Law. Obaseki stated this when he received the executive members of the National Industrial Court led by the President, Hon. Justice Babatunde Adejumo, who paid a courtesy visit […]