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August 31, 2013

I only made abortion available to those who need it – Okorocha

by ‘Jola Sotubo Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo has clarified that the bill currently before the state House of Assembly is not for the legalization of abortion. He was reacting to reports that his administration has legalized abortion. He said that the bill is instead meant to eliminate violence in private and public life, prohibit... Read More

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August 28, 2013

Chidi Odinkalu: Time to behead the monster of prejudice

by Chidi Odinkalu All over our laws, being poor is criminalized. The law establishing the Abuja Environmental Protection Board describes hardworking women selling agricultural produce or seeking other legitimate livelihood in daytime as “solid waste” and renders them liable to arbitrary arrest. Prejudice has become profitable in Nigeria. It’s boom season for ethnic entrepreneurs and,... Read More

Abuja, Chidi Odinkalu, commission, human rights, law, market, opinion, poor, Prejudice, ynaija

August 24, 2013

2 brothers charged to court for stabbing friend to death in a fight

by ‘Jola Sotubo Trouble befell 32 year old Quadri Busari when he decided to go head to head with two brothers who were supposedly his friends. Nurudeen Dada, 38, and Wasiu Dada, 41, of Isheri-Oke, Ijegun, Lagos are accused of stabbing Mr. Busari to death and have subsequently been remanded today by an Igbosere Magistrate... Read More

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August 18, 2013

Debo Adejugbe: Much ado about constitution amendment (Y! Politico)

by Debo Adejugbe Rather than wasting our collective time on a process that the next regime will seek to amend, just like the regimes before it, we should embark on the process of evolving a new constitution entirely. As expected, the present constitution amendment process embarked upon by the National Assembly is generating a lot... Read More

#ChildNotBride, Ahmed Sani Yerima, Constitution amendment, Debo Adejugbe, House of Representatives, law, nigeria, olusegun obasanjo, tenure elongation, Umar Musa Yar'Adua, Y! Politico

August 16, 2013

Sex in the city: Zurich approves new law to protect prostitutes

The Swiss city of Zurich on Thursday unveiled a sex drive-in which local authorities say will enable them to keep closer tabs on prostitution, a year after voters backed the plan. Due to be opened officially in a ceremony on August 26, the nine so-called “sex boxes” are located in a former industrial zone in... Read More

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August 11, 2013

Femi Aribisala: Running away from God’s prophecies

by Femi Aribisala When God gives a prophecy, he does not depend on man to fulfil it. He fulfils it himself. But when God gives us a vision and tells us to run, he intends that we should run away from it. When I started editing my book, “Doctor Strangelove” in 2005, I had over... Read More

Femi Aribisala, Habakkuk, Jeremiah, law, Lord, Moses, opinion, parable, prophecies, Samuel, ynaija

Opinion: Why INEC should reject APC’s application for registration

by Faruq Abbas In view of the above, I respectfully implore INEC as a law abiding body to refuse the registration of the All Progressive Congress as to do otherwise would amount to ridiculing the judiciary and it would also run contrary to the settled doctrine of lis pendens. Introduction The Independent National Electoral Commission... Read More

APC, application, Electoral Act, INEC, Jega, law, PDP, political parties

Opinion: The cradle snatching debate – What are we really fighting for?

by Deoye Falade Senator Yerima simply pointed out that in Islam, once a woman is married, she is automatically of age to make all adult decisions, including the right to divorce and renunciation of citizenship, this is as obtains in Nigeria’s constitution. So we’ve done the right thing in the fight against child marriage; protested... Read More

#ChildNotBride, child, Constitution, Customary Law, defective constitution, Deoye Falade, Egyptian, immoral, law, lawyer, Marriage, Media, newspapers, nigeria, petition, Senator Yerima, senators, Sharia

Opinion: The Child-Not-Bride campaign – A representation of our collective ignorance

by Habeeb Kolade The Child-Not-Bride campaign was uncalled for and insightfully a representation of our collective ignorance of the law binding the Nigerian society… The hullabaloo created by the recent retention of a sub section of the Nigerian constitution was deafening. And once again, Nigerians expressed how much their sentiments have overridden their sense of... Read More

Egghead Odewale: Child marriage – Let’s elevate this discussion

by Egghead Odewale I dare say that in the face of the multitudes of adversity confronting Nigerians daily and the pervasive discontent within the polity, a good number of Nigerians, given the free chance, would renounce their citizenship well ahead of this age whether or not it is a wise decision to make. Senator Ike... Read More

#ChildNotBride, Child rights, citizenship, Constitution, Egghead Odewale, law, nigeria, Politics, Sani Ahmed Yerima, senate

Simon Kolawole: Immunity is obviously not the problem

by Simon Kolawole We seem to have two sets of laws and two justice systems. One for the poor, the other for the powerful. A common man will be sentenced to death for murder; the big man will walk away free, to the embrace of an exuberant, ululating crowd. Was I surprised? No, I wasn’t.... Read More

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Opinion: Now that your 10-year-old girl is of marriageable age…

by Ayo Sogunro What the law tries to do is simple: it tries to give a woman who finds herself in an early marriage the same rights and freedom as a person of “full age”. This is possibly, so that she does not lose both ways… Fighting the Good Fight Mass hysteria is a wonderful... Read More

#ChildNotBride, Ayo Sogunro, child marriage, law, nigeria, Sani Ahmed Yerima, senate

Myne Whitman: Child marriage – Where we ALL got it wrong!

by Myne Whitman It is said that a large number of Nigerians don’t really know the law or their rights, and I think the lawmakers fall into this category. Those who pushed to delete section 29(4)(b) did it on the grounds that it infringes the right of a child by allowing early marriage but I think otherwise. If... Read More

#ChildNotBride, child marriage, citizenship, Constitution, Google Play, law, Myne Whitman, nigeria, Sani Ahmed Yerima

Femi Fani-Kayode: A nation of depraved perverts and paedophiles

by Femi Fani-Kayode …Every single member of the Nigerian Senate that voted with Yerima on that day and that supported his filthy agenda should bow their heads in utter shame and they should be compelled to offer their own infant and under age daughters to strangers for marriage. The Nigerian Senate includes some of the brightest minds in... Read More

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29-year-old man arraigned for raping woman twice his age in Lagos

by Akan Ido Adedeji Michael, 29, has been arraigned before the Ebute-Metta Magistrayte’s Court for allegedly raping a 48-year-old mother of six, Alice Essient. Adedeji was reported to have broken into the victim’s home in the company of an accomplice, who is currently at large, to commit the despicable act. Reports say the two suspects followed... Read More

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Femi Aribisala: Apostle Paul, the man of lawlessness

by Femi Aribisala Christians need to ask where Paul gets his doctrine from. Nowhere in scripture does God say the law will be abrogated. The transition from the old to the new covenant does not imply a change of the law. Jesus says the false prophet will be a Christian. He will be a wolf... Read More

bible, Christians, Femi Aribisala, galatians, God, Jesus Christ, law, Moses, Nebuchadnezzar, paul

Simon Kolawole: In Nigeria, impunity is the name of the game

by Simon Kolawole One of the reasons many self-respecting companies avoid doing serious business with Nigeria is the fear that a government official can, with a stroke of the pen, invalidate an agreement without justification. You should have seen me battling with tears. My aunt was narrating how my teenage cousin – a student of... Read More

FAAN, impunity, kaduna, law, nigeria, Osun, simon kolawole, SITA

Collins Uma: Legislators should leave God out of the anti-gay bill

by Collins Uma Two reasons put forward by supporters of the bill are that homosexuality is not part of our culture and that it is a sin against God. No sillier reasons have been given for the passage of a an unnecessary bill which, technically, isn’t different from attempting to legislate on anal sex. A lot... Read More

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#FirstWorldProblems: Naturists fear new anti-social behaviour laws could prevent them from stripping in public (Viewer Discretion)

Naturists fear they will be forced to cover up under new laws designed to crack-down on yobs. It is claimed new measures designed to curb anti-social behaviour could be used by police and the courts to stop them stripping off in public. Nudist beaches in particular could become a thing of the past if magistrates... Read More

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Indecent exposure: Woman arrested for ‘displaying certain body parts’ in thong bikini (PICTURED)

A 22-year-old woman was arrested and charged with indecent exposure for wearing a thong bathing suit in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina on Friday morning. Tiara Monique Garness of High Point, North Carolina, was arrested at 5 a.m. Friday in the 1700 block of Ocean Boulevard, the arrest report said. Police charged Garness with the misdemeanor... Read More

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Joachim MacEbong: I am not a Muslim, but Lagos state is wrong on Hijabs

by Joachim MacEbong Trying to fit everyone in the same box is not education. Neither is it fairness. Babatunde Fashola needs to reverse this decision immediately. Perhaps the key problem with balancing the various interests in a multi-religious, multi-ethnic country is trying to be ‘fair’ to everybody. This ‘fairness’ manifests itself in concepts like ‘zoning’, ‘rotation’,... Read More

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Mfon Ekpo: Rent control legislation and the challenge of enforcement – Part 1 (Y! Policy Hub)

by Mfon Ekpo …it is unlawful and criminal for a landlord or his agent, to demand or receive from a sitting tenant, rent in excess of six months in respect of any premise… The rule of law simply put, presupposes an environment where every thing is done in accordance with the law thereby excluding any... Read More

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Dame Patience and Turai land tussle – and more, in today’s news roundup with Cheta Nwanze

by Cheta Nwanze “The appearance of law must be upheld, especially when it’s being broken.” – Boss Tweed Oftimes, and a lot to the chagrin of those of us who love this country, our Nigeria, appears to oscillate between developing, underdeveloped, and not even making an effort. As a frustrated observer, I have finally come... Read More

boko haram, Cheta Nwanze, Chibuzo Ukaibe, Dame Patience Jonathan, femi falana, law, Tony Amokeodo, Turai Yaradua

Politics 101: Between dummies and neophytes, contenders and pretenders

by Ayokunle Odekunle On the last issue for determination, going by the above explanations, it is clear here that APC2 are DULY registered under the Law. While the APC2 followed the requirements required by Law, the APC1 engaged in tomfoolery and delusion of grandeur. Going down memory lane, during my sojourn at the famous... Read More

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February 26, 2013

Mind what you tweet – You can be sued!

by Brian Wheeler The law concerning Twitter is clear – if you make a defamatory allegation about someone you can be sued for libel. People who tweeted photos allegedly of child killer Jon Venables are being charged with contempt of court. It’s the latest in a long line of cases that suggest that ordinary social... Read More

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February 6, 2013

Mfon Ekpo: Who shall we blame for Nigeria’s insurance culture deficit? (Y! Policy Hub)

by Mfon Ekpo The blanket excuse that insurance companies are out to defraud one or they are too expensive no longer holds water. It would surprise you how cheap some premiums have become or the variety of insurance options that exists. My phone has multiple cracks on its screen but I carry it around quite... Read More

auto, culture, insurance, law, Mfon Ekpo, nigeria, Travel, Y! Policy Hub

February 1, 2013

Temie Giwa: The case for legal abortion in Nigeria

I, of course, believe that access to abortion is a human right that Nigerian women deserve. Forty years ago, in the district of Colombia, the American Supreme Court passed a law that guarantees the right of American women to legal medical abortion. Roe V. Wade made access to sexual reproductive health a right that cannot... Read More

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December 6, 2012

Opinion: Yes, let’s castrate the rapist

by Abimbola Adelakun And this is why I think castrating the rapist is important, not in the act of mutilation this time but cutting off the rape act where it begins: the mind. Osun State Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Welfare, Mrs. Adetoun Adegboyega, recently denied advocating castration for rapists. She said she was... Read More

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November 29, 2012

Opinion: Let me tell my horror police story… the day I became a ‘Yahoo boy’

by ‘Yomi Kazeem Any young person with any semblance of wealth/income was targeted by these guys. They had almost caught up with Honda Accord car when Mr. Detective realized there was little room in our vehicle. ‘You no go settle us make we go catch another person?’. Saturday mornings are quite a breeze. I usually... Read More

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November 10, 2012

Frank Ugo: The incredible ALUU 4 (30 Days, 30 Voices)

Granted, there’s nothing that brings out the beast in man than finding out that he had been robbed or his property forcefully taken from him. It makes him feel inadequate and therefore, angry. Not many Nigerians knew about the existence of Aluu community in Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers state in Nigeria. This is... Read More

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