AMID calls for a review of the 1999 Constitution, a group made up of some leaders of the National Democratic Coalition, NADECO, has rejected the document and demanded in its place a regional constitution.

…says death no relief to dictators By Emmanuel Aziken ABUJA -The late Chief Gani Fawehinmi was a standard to which pioneering members of the civil society movement looked up to at the commencement of the advocacy for civil rights, Mr. Clement Nwankwo co-founder of the Civil Liberties Organisation (CLO) has said. Lauding the roles of […]

By Anayo Okoli ABAKALIKI – FORMER Senate President, Anyim Pius Anyim is worried that there might not be a replacement for the late lawyer and human right activist, Chief Gani Fawehinmi, soon. According to Senator Anyim, Gani’s death has robbed the country of a citizen’s advocate, whose life was committed to finding a perfect freedom […]

By Chidi Nkwopara OWERRI-Imo State Police Command in  a swift counter attack, has rescued a 12-year old boy, Bethel Onyekwere, who was kidnapped and locked up by armed hoodlums for nine days. The Command also smashed another dare devil gang, whose specialty is snatching people’s cars at gunpoint, reshaping them and selling them to unsuspecting […]

Port Harcourt—As the funeral of Lagos lawyer, Chief Gani Fawehinmi progresses, the African Renaissance Party (ARP) has appealed to the Federal Government to immortalize him by naming any national edifice after the social crusader, or possibly earmark a work-free day in his honour.