Law & Human Rights

Judicial Reform: NBA’s unheeded proposal to restructure NJC

Judicial Reform: NBA’s unheeded proposal to restructure NJC

By Ikechukwu Nnochiri About two and a half years ago, precisely in April 2024, the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) proposed a bold reform to remove the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, as the statutory chairman of the National Judicial Council, NJC. The NBA, as the umbrella body of legal practitioners in the country, faulted the […]
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Why NBC’s threat to revoke AIT, 52 others’ licences is unconstitutional—Stakeholders

Why NBC’s threat to revoke AIT, 52 others’ licences is unconstitutional—Stakeholders

BY ISE-OLUWA IGE In this report, Ise-Oluwa Ige interrogates the provisions of Section 39 (1) (2) of the 1999 Constitution as they affect ownership of broadcast media in Nigeria; examines the facts that premised the decision by the National Broadcasting Commission, NBC to threaten a mass revocation of operating licences of 53 broadcast stations; harvests […]