Yearly Archives: 2020

PROFESSOR BANJI AKINTOYE, THE WORLD-WIDE LEADER OF ILANA OMO OODUA, THE YORUBA GLOBAL MOVEMENT AND EMERITUS PROFESSOR EMMANUEL NWANZE, OF UNIVERSITY OF BENIN, HEAD CALL FOR YORUBA AND IGBO TO SPEAK WITH ONE VOICE

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Noting: the history of Yoruba and Igbo relations and the current sorry state of the political and economic situation in Nigeria which is in part caused by the breakdown of…

Continue ReadingPROFESSOR BANJI AKINTOYE, THE WORLD-WIDE LEADER OF ILANA OMO OODUA, THE YORUBA GLOBAL MOVEMENT AND EMERITUS PROFESSOR EMMANUEL NWANZE, OF UNIVERSITY OF BENIN, HEAD CALL FOR YORUBA AND IGBO TO SPEAK WITH ONE VOICE
STATEMENT ON AGF ABUBAKAR MALAMI’S PURPORTED AMENDMENT TO THE RULES OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT OF THE NIGERIAN BAR ASSOCIATION

STATEMENT ON AGF ABUBAKAR MALAMI’S PURPORTED AMENDMENT TO THE RULES OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT OF THE NIGERIAN BAR ASSOCIATION

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Background The practice of law in Nigeria is regulated by the Legal Practitioners Act 1990. The Nigerian Bar Association is the professional association of legal practitioners in Nigeria with a…

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A STATEMENT ON THE PROPOSED NATIONAL WATER RESOURCES BILL

A STATEMENT ON THE PROPOSED NATIONAL WATER RESOURCES BILL

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Background The National Water Resources Bill is a proposed Act of the Nigerian National Assembly the stated purpose of which is to “provide for the equitable, beneficial, efficient and sustainable development, management, use and conservation of Nigeria’s surface and groundwater resources . . . and other matters connected thereto”. To this end it introduces the following regime: “All surface water and ground water, wherever it occurs, is a resource common to all people”. (section 2(1)) “the right to use, manage and control all surface water and groundwater affecting more than one state . . . together with the beds and banks thereof, is vested in the Government of the Federation”. (section 2(3)) “the Federal Government is the public trustee of the nation’s water resources”. (section 2(4)) “. . . the use of water shall be subject to licensing provisions” (section 96)

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A STATEMENT ON THE SUPREME COURT’S JUDGMENT ON THE IMO STATE GOVERNORSHIP ELECTIONS AND THE DETERMINATION OF DEMOCRATIC EXERCISES BY TECHNICALITIES OF LAW

A STATEMENT ON THE SUPREME COURT’S JUDGMENT ON THE IMO STATE GOVERNORSHIP ELECTIONS AND THE DETERMINATION OF DEMOCRATIC EXERCISES BY TECHNICALITIES OF LAW

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Statement It is a matter of concern to the Fatherland Group that the Supreme Court, by its decision of 14 January 2020, endorsed an outcome in which the choice of…

Continue ReadingA STATEMENT ON THE SUPREME COURT’S JUDGMENT ON THE IMO STATE GOVERNORSHIP ELECTIONS AND THE DETERMINATION OF DEMOCRATIC EXERCISES BY TECHNICALITIES OF LAW