THE CLASS ACT OF THE 8TH BENUE ASSEMBLY AND THE VAPP LAW
By Jerome Uneje “Hmmm…Torkwase my sister, so it’s true that everything about the domestication of the Violence Against Persons...
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- Apr 15, 2019
- 3 min
PETTY OFFENCES; THE NIGERIAN CONTEXT
By Roseline Oghenebrume, Director Programs, Lawyers Alert Dawn sets in the suburbs of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Nigeria....
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- Mar 25, 2019
- 3 min
DISCRIMINATION AGAINST PERSONS LIVING WITH DISABILITIES (PROHIBITION) ACT 2018: WAY FORWARD
By Ifeyinwa Onochie The National Population Commission of Nigeria (NPC) has estimated that no fewer than 19 million Nigerians are living...
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- Nov 26, 2018
- 4 min
2019 ELECTIONS: As the Clock Ticks …
By Laz Ahangba The loud music blares out in the quiet night. Tarkule, a middle aged Man of about 43 is awakened from his hard narrow bed....
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- Nov 7, 2018
- 4 min
Election Primaries through the Lenses of the Law
Compiled by Mr Lazarus M.A, Miss Jerum Uneje, R.A. Hwande Esq and S.P. Oobulu Esq Nigeria’s democracy is nascent and oscillates on a...
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- Nov 5, 2018
- 4 min
Women Participation in Politics: 2018 Primaries in Focus
Compiled by Mr Lazarus M.A, Miss Jerum Uneje, R.A. Hwande Esq and S.P. Oobulu Esq. Women are an integral part of the political process...
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- Nov 2, 2018
- 4 min
Concluded Party Primaries: A Perspective and Matters Arising
Compiled by: Mr Lazarus m., Miss Jerume Uneje, R.A. Hwande Esq and S.P. Ozobulu Esq. If democracy is the government of the people for...
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- Apr 28, 2018
- 1 min
LAWYERS ALERT RELEASES REPORT ON MILITARY INVASION OF NAKA, BENUE STATE, NIGERIA.
Following the invasion and razing down of the Naka, a town in Benue state by the Nigeria military on the 19th day of April, 2018, Lawyers...
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- Mar 28, 2018
- 4 min
Increase State Resource Allocation on HIV efforts: Lawyers Alert Tells the National Assembly at the
The Nigeria Budget Proposals, or better properly called “The 2018 Appropriation Bill” which encapsulates what and how the federal...
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- Mar 9, 2018
- 6 min
Women and the Benue Killings
By Jerome Mary Uneje The sound of the whistle pierces through the quiet dark night in the neighbourhood of Ityo Gbenda, a suburb of...
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- Feb 23, 2017
- 1 min
Nigeria Civil Society Advocacy Points on the 2017 Budget Proposals
*Ministries, Departments and Agencies5Create a health basket fund from bilateral and multilateral funding for the health sector within...
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- Oct 12, 2015
- 8 min
THE EVOLUTION OF BOKO HARAM AND THE ROLE OF CITIZENS
BY ROMMY MOM Beginnings of Boko Haram It is widely believed that the movement started out as a pious and strict way of Islam intended to...
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- Oct 5, 2015
- 2 min
Behind the arrest of a Nigerian ex-minister in London is a maturing Nigerian president
Written by Yinka Adegoke For some Nigerians, there’s an inevitable feeling of deja-vu about their country’s former petroleum minister,...
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- Sep 9, 2015
- 12 min
THE MEDIA IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF NIGERIA OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY CONTENT DEVELOPMENT ACT, 2010
A PAPER PRESENTED BY THE FORMER MINISTER OF LANDS, HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, RT. HON. NDUESE ESSIEN, TO MEMBERS OF THE NIGERIA UNION...
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- Sep 7, 2015
- 2 min
Civil society, media call for stiffer punishment for violation of Local Content Act
Civil society groups and the media have called on the Nigerian government to impose stiffer punishment on multinational oil firms, which...
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- Sep 4, 2015
- 5 min
THE LOCAL CONTENT ACT 2010 AND THE NIGERIA OIL AND GAS SECTOR, BEING A PAPER PRESENTED BY OREBIYI TE
PREAMBLE This paper is not an academic discourse, it is basically to tease out the content of the law, its genesis and also an attempt at...
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- Sep 4, 2015
- 3 min
OIL AND GAS SECTOR:COMMUNIQUE ISSUED AT THE END OF A ONE DAY MEETING OF THE CSOs/MEDIA WORKING GROUP
A joint Civil Society Organizations, CSOs, and Media meeting held today the 3rd Day of September 2015 at Ajuji Hotel Abuja with regard to...
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- Aug 16, 2015
- 6 min
Is Agip Above The Law?
August 16, 2015Premium Times I am not a fan of any of the multi-national oil companies operating in the country. The reason for my...
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- Aug 12, 2015
- 4 min
THE BUHARI ADMINISTRATION AND POLICY CHANGE
By Dr. Otive Igbuzor Executive Director, African Centre for Leadership, Strategy & Development (Centre LSD) The President Muhammadu...
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- Aug 12, 2015
- 4 min
Nigerians, Government And The Right To Know!
By Osilama Okuofu Sixteen unbroken years into our present democratic experience and Nigerians are none better than what transpired under...
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