By Onyema Omenuwa If Lagos pro-democracy, constitutionaland human rights law group, the Human Rights Law Service (HURILAWS) has its way, the National Assembly will cease to make rules of procedure for courts in respect of election matters. Really, the group has embarked on a quest to achieve this feat, which promises to alter political equations […]

President of the West African Bar Association (WABA), Femi Falana has said that there was no political will to pursue the present anti-corruption campaign in Nigeria, adding that the rule of law policy of the government was also slowing down the war against corruption. Falana who spoke at a roundtable on ‘Corruption and Public Service […]

By Hessington Okolo According to the Black’s Law Dictionary sixth edition, Amnesty means ‘a sovereign act of forgiveness for past acts, granted by a government to all persons ( or to certain class of persons) who have been guilty of crime or delict, generally political offenses- treason, sedition, rebellion, draft evasion, and often conditioned upon […]

By Awa Kalu In a short while, the election calendar will be activated having regard to the fact that the Anambra state gubernatorial elections will be held next year. By the time that election is concluded, politicking and election campaigns would be hotting up in all parts of the country in preparation for legislative, gubernatorial […]

Emmanuel Majebi, Vanguard Law and Human Rights contributor, recently had a sour taste of Lagos robbers, when he was attacked at the Central Business District, Alausa. He recount his experience in this piece. A few months back the Lagos State Government launched the onslaught on insecurity that pervaded Lagos with much fanfare. Corporate bodies fell […]