Chief Emeka Anyaoku, former Commonwealth Secretary-General, has warned that Nigeria’s continued adherence to the 1999 Constitution will prevent the country from achieving meaningful development. He argued...
A former Secretary-General of the Commonwealth, Emeka Anyaoku, said on Saturday the 1999 Constitution would not adequately address the country’s economic predicaments and other challenges. Anyaoku...
The Senate Committee on the Review of the 1999 Constitution will complete the process in 24 months. The Chairman of the Committee, Barau Jibrin, said this...
The Senate on Wednesday constituted the 1999 Constitution Amendment Committee. The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, announced the composition of the committee at the plenary in Abuja....
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Afe Babalola, on Wednesday renewed the call for a new constitution for the country. Babalola, who addressed journalists at a media...
A renowned Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) Robert Clarke has slammed the existence of the 1999 Constitution as the cause of the issues bedevilling the country....
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria and founder, Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti, Afe Babalola, has warned against conducting future elections under the current 1999 Constitution. Babalola...
The apex Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere has urged political stakeholders to ensure a return to the 1963 Constitution while jettisoning the current 1999 Constitution in order...
[responsivevoice_button voice=”UK English Female” buttontext=”Listen to Post”] The House of Representatives on Thursday declared its readiness to complete the amendment of the 1999 Constitution before the...
The Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, on Monday described as unrealistic the calls for a new Nigerian constitution. Bello, who delivered a keynote address at the...
The apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has intensified calls for the restructuring of Nigeria to prevent the disintegration of the country. The group’s President-General, Prof...
Chief Afe Babalola (SAN) on Wednesday, charged the National Assembly to find ways to reactivate and reenact the 1963 Constitution, as against the 1999 Constitution being...
The Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria on Saturday demanded a new constitution for the country. In a statement signed by its President, Bishop Wale Oke, PFN described...
Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday ordered the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu to release a Facebook user, Mubarak Bala,...
Leaders from ethnic groups in the South-East, South-South, South-West and Middle Belt regions have issued the Nigerian government a 90-day ultimatum to raise a panel on...
The Senate Ad-Hoc Committee on the Review of the 1999 Constitution has extended the deadline for submission of memoranda by two weeks. The Special Adviser on...
Pan-Yoruba Summit Group (YSG), has kicked against the planned review of the 1999 constitution set to be embarked upon by the Nigerian Senate. They said; “there...
The Northern Elders’ Forum (NEF) on Sunday faulted the Senate’s move to alter some provisions of the 1999 Constitution. At a press briefing in Abuja, the...
The new political group, National Consultative Front on Monday lamented that Nigerians were victims of misrule and rot in the country. In a statement issued by...
The National President of the National Union of Local Government Employees, Ibrahim Khaleel, said the state governments had come up with another means of taking money...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday said the 1999 Constitution is fair to all segments of the country for giving a small state like Bayelsa three senators...
The National Democratic Coalition (NADECO) on Monday urged President Muhammadu Buhari to consider the restoration of the Concurrent Lists of the 1960 Constitution to enable states...
The Jigawa State House of Assembly has passed nine out of the fifteen constitutional bills, including the Not Too Young to Run Bill, transmitted to it...
The 36 State Houses of Assembly will begin work on the proposed amendment to the 1999 Constitution any moment from now, The Nation gathered yesterday. They...
Former interim national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Bisi Akande, has said that the 1999 Constitution is too flawed and is beyond redemption,...
Feelers from the just concluded retreat of the joint committee of the National Assembly on the review of the 1999 Constitution, which held weekend in Lagos,...
A leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and its former national chairman, Chief Adebisi Akande, has ascribed the agitation for self-determination like the demand...
By Tony Ogunlowo…The recent alleged antics of the Ekiti state governor, Ayo Fayoe, and others have again brought the spotlight on the infamous Section 308 of...
