Tag: Rule of Law
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Shettima urges judiciary to uphold integrity, rule of law
Vice President, Kashim Shettima on Wednesday in Abuja, put the judiciary to task on the need to resist external pressure and sustain its integrity in upholding the rule of law and justice delivery.
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2025, year to advance rule of law – NBA president
President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Mazi Afam Osigwe (SAN), on Wednesday, said that he will intensify advocacy for preservation of the rule of law and human rights, in 2025.
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In pursuit of justice, productivity, under the rule of law – By Wole Soyinka
Concerning governance, there is never any moment too early, nor demand too drastic in calling for the overhaul of security agencies where their activities intrude on the fundamental rights of the citizen. The practice of citizen detention at the whim of either religious blackmail
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2023: I will respect rule of law if elected president – Peter Obi
The Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr Peter Obi, has promised that his administration will respect the rule of law if he is voted into power.
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Godwin Emefiele: AFBA urges DSS to respect rule of law
The Human and Constitutional Rights Committee of the African Bar Association has registered their displeasure over the ongoing drama between the Department of State Security (DSS) and the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria concerning sundry issues allegedly bothering on State security, Corruption and politics.
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Rule of law bedrock of every democratic society – Rtd Justice Adekeye
Retired Justice Olufunlola Adekeye of the Supreme Court says rule of law is the bedrock of every democratic society. Adekeye made this known in Abuja at a-two-day forum organised by the National Human Rights (NHRC) for the Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) on civil liberties and rule of law. “It is a concept that suggests that…
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Championing rule of law at home and criminality abroad – By Owei Lakemfa
Only a quarter of the eight million Palestinian people live in the Palestine; one million in Gaza, 750,000 in the occupied West Bank and 250,000 inside Israel. The rest, or over six million, are forced to live outside with at least three million of them classified as stateless persons with no legal rights. Yet these…
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China advocates rule of law to tackle substandard products in Africa
Wu Peng, Director-General of the Department of African Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China, has stressed the need for the Rule of Law to tackle issues about substandard products in Africa. Wu said this at his interactive session with African Journalists under auspices of the China Africa Press Centre (CAPC) Programme 2022,…
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Deborah: The rule of law must triumph – By Sonnie Ekwowusi
The rule of law must be allowed to triumph in the matter of the barbaric murder of Deborah Samuel no matter whose ox is gored. Therefore the Sokoto State police, State security agents and the authorities must not succumb to the cheap blackmail and intimidation of some Islamic fanatics and extremists who are now sponsoring…
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