SIR: If the 1999 Constitution of Federal Republic of Nigeria was to be a wife in a polygamous marriage, it would have rebelled and bitten the husband in frustration. The constitution has been ...

In fact, General Abdulsalami Abubakar who was involved in foisting that forgery upon Nigerians wrote a statement on 5th May 1999 saying that the 1999 Constitution is a Schedule of a Military Decree as ...

“Even before gaining its charter, the [Royal Niger] Company signed treaties with local leaders which granted it broad Sovereign powers. One 1885 treaty read: Although indigenous peoples of Nigeria ...

THE National Assembly is warming up to begin the epic debate that will probably culminate in the fourth alteration of the 1999 Constitution. Heightened activities at the Senate and House of ...

History teaches us that once upon a time in Nigeria, there were four constitutions –the Federal, Western, Eastern, and Northern constitutions. Every region was represented in London by an ambassador ...

Following a National Constitution Dialogue hosted by a think-thank group known as The Patriots, stakeholders have recommended the adoption of the 2014 National Confab Report and 1963 Republican ...

Bayelsa State governor, Senator Douye Diri, has openly criticised Nigeria’s repeated attempts to amend the 1999 Constitution, describing the ongoing review process as a “waste of public resources, ...

The 1999 Constitution, as we all know, is essentially the same as that of 1979, which ushered in the Second Republic. Surely, Attah must be aware that that Constitution emerged through a national ...

A former President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Dr Olisa Agbakoba (SAN), has said the 1999 Constitution is irredeemable. He also cautioned that the 2027 election will be Nigeria’s last ...

Bid by Ilana Omo Oodua to stop the June 18 gubernatorial election in Ekiti State and invalidate the 1999 constitution suffered a sat back on Tuesday, as the Federal High Court Sitting in Ado-Ekiti ...

Former Commonwealth Secretary-General, Chief Emeka Anyaoku, has called on the federal government to adopt the 2014 report of the national conference, adding that the 1999 constitution as amended, ...

A senior lawyer, Mike Ozekhome (SAN), has said that the present Nigeria’s constitution, no matter the amendments, cannot take the country forward. According to him, the 1999 Constitution is a bad ...