Tag: Afe Babalola

Babalola: Court grants Dele Farotimi bail

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Dele Farotimi bail

…Case adjourned Human rights lawyer, Dele Farotimi, has been granted bail by the Ekiti State High Court. The court granted Farotimi bail in the sum of N50 million, with a surety of the same amount. The court ruled that the surety must possess a landed property and adjourned the matter to January 29, 2025, for further proceedings. Farotimi was taken to court by Chief Afe Babalola, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, after being arrested by operatives of the Ekiti State Police Command.Babalola, 95, accused Farotimi of defaming him in a…

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‘Politics is the only thriving industry in Nigeria’ – Afe Babalola

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Founder of Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD), Afe Babalola, has said that he believes that the only lucrative industry in Nigeria these days is politics. The legal icon, who bemoaned the progressive marginalisation of education in favour of politics, made his lamentations during the 11th convocation ceremony of Afe Babalola University on Saturday, t. The founder of ABUAD related his encounter with a first-class graduate who declined to pursue graduate studies after earning a master’s degree because he witnessed a classmate from secondary school who forwent higher education succeed financially in politics.…

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“Govs. have hijacked LG revenue allocations from the Federation account” -Afe Babalola

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Founder of Afe Babalola University Ado-Ekiti, (ABUAD), Afe Babalola, (SAN), has tasked President Bola Tinubu to ensure that local government areas in the country receive their allocations directly from the Federation Account, to revive agriculture and boost the economy. He lamented that the local councils have remained ineffective over the years in bringing development to the people, due to the activities of the governors who allegedly hijacked their allocations. Babalola spoke on Thursday, while declaring open the eighth edition of the Afe Babalola Agricultural Expo, ABAEX, an annual gathering of…

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Presidential Poll: “Highest spender will win, not best candidate” — Afe Babalola

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Renowned legal icon and educator, Afe Babalola said Nigeria’s forthcoming presidential election, slated for February 25, will be won by the highest spender and not the best candidates among the contenders. Babalola, who stated this at a media briefing in Ado Ekiti, Ondo state, yesterday, expressed worry that the 2023 general elections will be conducted under the 1999 Constitution against his advice, saying the poll will only reproduce those, who have brought Nigeria to a sordid state. He said, “It is not who can make a difference that will win…

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“1999 Constitution won’t guarantee credible leaders’ emergence” – Afe Babalola

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…Says Nigeria’ll continue to recycle failed leaders, unless… Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Chief Afe Babalola, has said the 1999 Constitution will not guarantee the emergence of credible leaders at the February general elections. The proprietor of Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti, made the declaration on Wednesday at the Ekiti capital at a news conference, said, “Unless a new Constitution similar to those of 1960 and 1963 Constitutions, with necessary amendments, is put in place, none of the aspirants, and indeed no angel can save Nigeria from total collapse’’. He was…

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‘Install interim government after Buhari’s tenure’ – Afe Babalola

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Legal icon and elder statesman, Afe Babalola, says an interim government should replace the current administration at the expiration of President Muhammadu Buhari’s tenure in 2023. Babalola, at a news conference in Ado-Ekiti, yesterday, said the interim government should be in office for six months to chart a new course for Nigeria. He stressed that the 2023 elections should be suspended until Nigeria has “a new-look peoples’ Constitution, which should provide for part-time legislators and non-executive president”. Babalola said that members of the interim government should be drawn from all…

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‘Without a new Constitution, Nigerians will elect failed leaders again in 2023’ – Afe Babalola

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The founder of Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti, (ABUAD), Afe Babalola, has disclosed that the only way for citizens not to elect another set of failed leaders in the 2023 General Election is for the country to have a new federal Constitution. Babalola, who delivered a paper on Monday, during the 5th Ife Summer Institute of Advanced Studies, at Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, in Osun State, noted that aside the new Constitution, the country should turn to the parliamentary system of government, which he said would be less expensive and ensure…

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