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Good morning, gentlemen of the press. Please permit me to start off this press conference with a quote by Chilean writer Isabel Allende, which goes thus: ”What I fear most is power with impunity. I fear abuse of power, and the power to abuse.” Isabel, a victim of the Pinochet military dictatorship, is not alone. […]

We received  the news of the death of Comrade Bamidele Francis Aturu with utter shock and disbelief. Aturu, until his death, was not only our official lawyer, he was a very resourceful ally of the entire labour movement as a consistent comrade who committed his entire adult life to the struggle for a better society. […]

Earlier today, the Felix Obuah faction of the Rivers State chapter of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) issued a misleading and mischievous statement accusing the Rivers State Government of taking a new loan of 280m USD. The release, which was a tissue of lies, claims that the Rivers State Government tabled a fresh request for […]

…Lessons For Nigeria on Chibok Kidnapping Good afternoon to everyone present with me in this lovely auditorium today and good afternoon to everyone that in one way or the other contributed to the success of this occasion. My name is Rotimi Fabiyi and I am standing in front of you to speak with you on […]

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has rescheduled the second phase of its programme of distribution of Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) and Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) involving 12 states The PVCs will now be distributed at the polling unit level in the affected states from Friday, August 15, 2014 to Sunday, August 17, 2014; instead […]

I as a rule don’t join issues with flippant idle minds. My brand of practice and conducts in and out of the Bar is not media driven. I was trained in Ibadan under the ultra conservative traditional seniors. We hardly reply to any false, half truths and ill motivated write ups except when same is […]

A grievous revelation of the activities of Ahmadu Giade, the Chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) is contained in a petition written by the Chief Superintendent of Narcotics of the agency, Taraba/Adamawa State Commands, Mr. Paul Audu, to President Goodluck Jonathan. The petition which was obtained by www.www.aso.rocks search engine in Lagos […]

 Protocols In o kun o Ekiti kete. Yesterday, Ekiti State decided. Following the gubernatorial elections held in the land of honour, Ekiti State, Nigeria, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has officially returned the candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) as the winner of the election. If indeed this is the will of the Ekiti […]

I have called this World Press Conference today to alert Nigerians and our international friends of the grave threat posed to our democracy and indeed the very survival of our nation by an increasingly-tyrannical Federal Government. Less than 48 hours after I released an open letter to President Goodluck Jonathan, warning him to halt the […]

Newly elected National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, has sent a warning to rival Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the presidency and all other Nigerians related to the governorship election that would hold in Ekiti State on Saturday that APC would not fold its arms and allow rigging to take place […]

PROTOCOLS   About fifteen years ago, our nation found itself at the cross roads of political determination, its stability and progress threatened, and pushed to the limit. Fear, uncertainty and a near total loss of hope took over the minds of our people.  It appeared we were close to losing our way in the struggle […]

A statement by some concerned leaders of ethnic nationalities of Borno South Senatorial District Against the background of denials by high-ranking functionaries of the Muslim establishment in Nigeria that the Boko Haram insurgency is not a Muslim agenda, we owe it to ourselves and the world to set the record straight. In 2012, in a […]