When the state turns the law against dissent under Tinubu’s watch
By KOLAWOLE OLANIYAN It is happening again. Under President Bola Tinubu, Nigerians are facing an increasingly repressive political and legal environment. Like the Muhammadu Buhari government before it, the Tinubu administration is making an utter mockery of Nigeria’s constitutional and international obligations to respect human rights and uphold the rule of law. There is something […]
A Day With The Gay Community By Reuben Abati
I was invited to deliver the keynote address at this year’s special event on “Human Rights, Sexuality and the Law”, an annual symposium organized to promote awareness on issues relating to the plight of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and/or Intersex (LGBTQI) Community in Nigeria. When this was announced on social media by the organizers, The Initiative For Equal Rights (TIERS) and @YNaija, hell practically broke loose within the LGBTQI community.
Obaseki: New agenda for a better Edo
FOR three days –Thursday December 8 to Saturday, December 10, Governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki, gathered stakeholders – administrators, permanent secretaries, politicians, policy makers, members of the civil society organisations, traditional rulers, religious leaders and former and serving officials of the state government to a strategy dialogue with the theme “Setting the Agenda for the new administration”.
There was once a Bench
CHIEF Justice, I am glad you gave that judgment, because I want you to feel free, If I commit a crime or do wrong in your opinion, to say so……if I am brought before you, send me to your jail—this is the way I want the judiciary to perform. You will never waver from the truth”.
Futility of one-way assets declaration
FOR three days –Thursday December 8 to Saturday, December 10, Governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki, gathered stakeholders – administrators, permanent secretaries, politicians, policy makers, members of the civil society organisations, traditional rulers, religious leaders and former and serving officials of the state government to a strategy dialogue with the theme “Setting the Agenda for the new administration”.
Preparing Amnesty Programme for safe landing
AS the end of year approaches, it naturally lends itself for reflection. A stocktaking which in a sense, is the circle of life itself; a constant process of inevitable change which ensures that there is a progression towards desired goals.
The Presidential Amnesty Programme which began in 2009 is an effective strategy for Conflict Resolution.
