Author: Femi Adeniyi

A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, Mr Femi Falana has shared his view on the decision of the Independent National electoral commission,INEC to deregister 74 political parties. The human right activist and lawyer said the Nigerian constitution empowers the INEC to deregister political parties under certain conditions. Falana who described the action of the electoral body as constitutional pointed out Section 225A of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (with the First, Second, Third and Fourth Alterations), which empowered INEC to deregister political parties for various reasons. The SAN explained that the constitution was amended in 2017…

In further attempts to fight terrorism to a standstill, The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) through the Air Task Force (ATF) of Operation LAFIYA DOLE had destroyed compounds housing Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists in Kaza, Ngala Local Government, Borno. NAF Public Relations and information, Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola disclosed this in a statement made available to newsmen in Abuja. He said that the air strike was executed on Feb. 5 following intelligence reports that some ISWAP members who relocated from nearby Tongule have settled in the area. Lafiya Dole According to him, the reports show that some…