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  • Nigeria: Why the 1999 Constitution Must Be Suspended [analysis] 10 Oct 2008 12:51 GMT
    ... legal profession, including the doyen of the Nigerian Bar, the late Chief F.R.A. Williams (SAN), ... of the 1999 constitution. Vanguard Law and Human Rights recalls that Chief Williams (SAN) did not ...

  • Nigeria: EFCC Docks Rivers Chief of Staff 10 Oct 2008 12:02 GMT
    ... Wike had, Wednesday gone before the Rivers state high court to enforce his fundamental human rights against the anti-graft agency. He had succeeded to procure an interim order through the ...

  • Nigeria: EFCC Arraigns Gov's Aide Over N5 Billion Scam 10 Oct 2008 12:02 GMT
    ... apply for the enforcement of his fundamental human rights. He also pleaded not guilty to all ... of Abiola versus the Federal Republic of Nigeria gives this court the impetus to hear ...

  • Nigeria: CLO Petitions IG Over Police Invasion 10 Oct 2008 12:02 GMT
    ... to two pharmaceutical companies in Kano. The human rights group, in the petition signed by its ... that he committed any offence known to Nigerian law. ...

  • Why the 1999 Constitution Must Be Suspended 10 Oct 2008 11:38 GMT
    ... legal profession, including the doyen of the Nigerian Bar, the late Chief F.R.A. Williams (SAN), ... of the 1999 constitution. Vanguard Law and Human Rights recalls that Chief Williams (SAN) did not ...

  • Nigeria: Saro-Wiwa Family Relieved at Shell Trial 10 Oct 2008 11:35 GMT
    ... of Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC), the Nigerian arm of the company, were unwilling to ... and all those who have had their human rights abused in resource bearing communities are humbled ...

  • Nigeria: Saro-Wiwa's Family - Shell's Trial, a Relief 10 Oct 2008 10:35 GMT
    ... of Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC), the Nigerian arm of the company, were unwilling to ... and all those who have had their human rights abused in resource bearing communities are humbled ...

  • Africa: Liberation, Information, and the Pan-Africanist Press [opinion] 10 Oct 2008 04:33 GMT
    ... salvo in the African American struggle for human rights but one of the most forthright. By ... of Namdi Azikwe, the first president of Nigeria and the founder of the West African ...

  • French Novelist Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clezio Wins Nobel Prize 10 Oct 2008 04:32 GMT
    ... which he and his parents moved to Nigeria when Le Clezio was eight years old. ... monk Thich Quang Do or to Russian human rights lawyer Lidia Yusupova. These icons link to ...

  • Protests trail reconstituted Reps Committees 10 Oct 2008 03:44 GMT
    ... named deputy chairman of the Committee on Human Rights while Hembe also got the deputy position ... united in the last 10 months with Nigeria as their agenda,” he noted. Meanwhile, the ...

  • Process and Content Issues in Civil Society Strategies for Constitutional Reform 10 Oct 2008 02:23 GMT
    ... major civil society groups and organizations in Nigeria must clearly and comprehensively state their stands ... these issues. * Okoye is Executive Director, Human Rights Monitor and Member Electoral Reform Committee. Please ...

  • Why the 1999 constitution must be suspendedEnahoro, others 10 Oct 2008 02:23 GMT
    ... legal profession, including the doyen of the Nigerian Bar, the late Chief F.R.A. Williams (SAN), ... of the 1999 constitution. Vanguard Law and Human Rights recalls that Chief Williams (SAN) did not ...

  • Path to national progress 10 Oct 2008 00:47 GMT
    ... solemn, soul-searching independence celebration is good for Nigeria, for its leadership and for everyone who ... true and timeless values as respect for human rights, for freedom and justice, for equity and ...

  • The Mugabe-Tsvangirai rotten alliance 9 Oct 2008 22:28 GMT
    ... witnessed in Kenya and as advocated by Nigeria's Umar Yar'Adua). This is coming at a ... UK's pro-sanction vote shows no concern for human rights. The historic record of the two countries ...

  • Nigeria: A Touchstone Called FOI Bill [opinion] 9 Oct 2008 21:44 GMT
    ... great caution. -David Mark, Senate President of Nigeria (in September, 2008) The dramatics triggered in ... declare to leaders of civil society and human rights groups promoting the Bill that the House ...

  • Opportunity knocks 9 Oct 2008 20:43 GMT
    ... the main news stories around Africa. In Nigeria, its most populous country, the insurgency in ... the whole, poor and its respect for human rights patchy (see map). These are still the ...

  • Nigeria: Creating Ministry Will Not Solve Niger Delta Crisis - Ogunade [interview] 9 Oct 2008 20:40 GMT
    ... October 2008 Mr. Wale Ogunade is a human rights lawyer and the president of Voters' Awareness ... on other issues. Mbeki's resignation to many Nigerians is a boost to democracy and a ...

  • Experts examine role of ethics in medical research 9 Oct 2008 20:34 GMT
    ... one day seminar organised recently by the Nigeria Institute of Medical Research, (NIMR) Yaba in ... protection. There is also the convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine and Biomedical research. Also important ...

  • Nigeria: Soldier Slams N100m Suit On Army Chief, AGF 9 Oct 2008 18:55 GMT
    ... A Master Warrant Officer (MWO) of the Nigerian Army, Mr. Stephen Aigbe, facing a mutiny ... which allowed him to enforce his fundamental human rights, the embattled army officer said, in 2007, ...

  • Nigeria: Shell to Face Trial in U.S. Over Human Rights Abuses 9 Oct 2008 18:51 GMT
    ... February 9, 2009 for alleged complicity in human rights abuses in the Niger Delta, THISDAY has ... act of state doctrines as well as Nigerian law on corporate liability. They also argued ...


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