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The Chancellor of Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti, Aare Afe Babalola, SAN, on Thursday, canvassed constitutional amendment in favour of women to have 40 per cent representation in elective positions to engender development. Babalola, while canvassing space higher than the Beijing declaration of…

Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, on Sunday, called on the authorities of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) to compensate the families of victims of a stampede in Lagos State last month. On February 23, 2024, some persons lost their lives in a stampede…

The Pioneer Chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association’s Section on Public Interest and Development Law (NBA-SPIDEL), Joe-Kyari Gadzama, SAN, has called upon the Board of Trustees (BOT) of the NBA, particularly the Chairman, Chief Olisa Agbakoba, SAN, to intervene and resolve the…

A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, says Sunday’s looting of a government warehouse in Abuja reflects the frustration of majority of Nigerians grappling under the economic policies of the President Bola Tinubu’s administration. Adegboruwa, who was on Channels Television’s breakfast show, The Morning…

Legal luminary, Chief Wole Olanipekun (SAN) has said the Senate Building donated to Bamidele Olumilua University of Education, Science and Technology, Ikere-Ekiti (BOUESTI) would be completed by October 2024. Olanipekun, who is the immediate past chairman of the Body of Benchers, had promised…