Femi Falana: Access to information and transparency

by Femi Falana, SAN Under the Money Laundering Act 2004, it is a criminal offence for lawyers not to disclose information obtained from their clients in respect of certain suspicious. The law has destroyed the age long lawyer/client confidentiality. It would be recalled that the colonial regime did not recognise the fundamental rights of Nigerians... Read More

criminal offence, femi falana, FOI, information, lawyers, Military, official secrets, transparency

July 29, 2013

Enyinnaya Abaribe: The Senate did not vote on marriage age

by Enyinnaya Abaribe At no time was marriage as a section of the constitution discussed or voted for. The Senate last week voted on the report of its constitutional review committee and at the end of it all, it once again achieved a milestone in altering the 1999 constitution to bring the document in line... Read More

1999 Constitution, Abaribe, information, Marriage Age, senate

July 1, 2013

10 ways to know who is really into you

from Times of India He/she likes to draw you into a argument, but not a serious fight, then that’s the perfect way to hold your attention. Here’s how you can figure out if someone’s interested in you. 1. Stealing glances and then looking away: The nazrein milana nazrein churana that Bollywood films have made famous is a common... Read More

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June 23, 2013

Data leak: Facebook admits accidentally releasing phone numbers and email addresses of 6 MILLION users

Facebook has admitted accidentally giving out the phone numbers and email addresses of six million users in a data breach which has been going on for around a year. The social networking site blamed the data leak on a technical glitch in its massive archive of contact information collected from its 1.1 billion users worldwide. As... Read More

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June 12, 2013

Don’t tell him: 7 things he doesn’t need to know about you yet

by Paul Carrick Brunson Keep those moments private until you know you’re with someone who is going to be around longer than a season. Be Smart Ladies One of my mentors once told me that disclosure is the first step to transparency, and a lack of transparency results in distrust and a deep sense of... Read More

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June 10, 2013

Desperate measures: PDP forces its workers to take oath of secrecy

by Rachel Ogbu In a recent move by the Peoples Democratic Party to control the flow of information in and outside the party, an oath of secrecy has been administered to its members of staff. On Thursday, many workers were reported shocked by the move which was supervised by the Acting National Secretary of the party,... Read More

Bamanga Tukur, information, oath of secrecy, Peoples Democratic Party, Politics, President Goodluck Jonathan

April 8, 2013

“Wrong information sounds more sexy” – Ngozi Okonjo-Iwela speaks at The Future Awards Symposium

by Isi Esene The second day of the Future Awards Symposium which took place on April 7 at the Ikogosi Warm Springs, Ekiti state was an opportunity for constructive discussion. The panel which featured several discussants including Salihu Tanko Yakasai and Dada Olusegun of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC); Atom Lim; Ife Adebayo a... Read More

Ekiti, Finance, Ikogosi Warm Springs, information, Kayode Fayemi, ngozi okonjo iweala, nigeria, olusegun obasanjo, SURE-P, The Future Project

February 11, 2013

Opinion: The men around Mr. President only make it worse

by ‘Demilade Olaosun We have the Senior Special Assistant for Public Affairs, the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, the Special Assistant on New Media, the Honorable Minister for Information and a number of other guys that come up once in a while, speak for the Presidency and then withdraw again. The President and Commander-in-... Read More

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June 2, 2012

Report: Freedom of Information Act remains a myth after one year – Confab

by Chi Ibe It’s been a year since the Freedom of Information Act was signed into law in Nigeria. But, there is no evidence that any request for ‘classified information’ made to any government body has been granted to any media house. According to The Punch, this was the high point of a digital video... Read More

foi bill, information, Media

Femi Falana: Access to information and transparency

Enyinnaya Abaribe: The Senate did not vote on marriage age

10 ways to know who is really into you

Data leak: Facebook admits accidentally releasing phone numbers and email addresses of 6 MILLION users

Don’t tell him: 7 things he doesn’t need to know about you yet

Desperate measures: PDP forces its workers to take oath of secrecy

“Wrong information sounds more sexy” – Ngozi Okonjo-Iwela speaks at The Future Awards Symposium

Opinion: The men around Mr. President only make it worse

Report: Freedom of Information Act remains a myth after one year – Confab

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