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Does the President Have the Power to Remove or Suspend a Democratically Elected Governor of a State? – Ornguga Victor Terkaa

Does the President Have the Power to Remove or Suspend a Democratically Elected Governor of a State? The recent declaration of a state of emergency in Rivers State has sparked a heated constitutional debate, particularly concerning the purported suspension of the Governor, Deputy Governor, and Members of the State House

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Constitutional Issues Bedeviling the ARCON Act 2022 (Part II) – Isah Ibrahim Egya

Part II: Constitutional Issues Bedeviling the ARCON Act 2022 Building on my previous article, this sequel examines three additional constitutional conflicts within the ARCON Act, highlighting the extent of its legal overreach. ARCON Act Vs Fourth Schedule of the 1999 Constitution Part III of the ARCON Act starting from section 8 to section 9 empowers the council to regulate and control advertising, advertisements and marketing communications in all its aspects and ramifications directed at or exposed to the Nigerian market.[2] However, it is a trite principle of Law that the federal government can only legislate on matters contained in the Exclusive and Concurrent lists only. In those two lists, nowhere was advertising ever mentioned,

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Constitutional Issues Bedeviling the ARCON Act 2022 (Part 1) – Isah Ibrahim Egya

Constitutional Issues Bedeviling the ARCON Act 2022 Man’s unending need for goods, services, and other necessities of life has made trading an inevitable venture. While human needs remain constant, innovation has transformed how they are fulfilled. One of these innovations is the practice of advertising and marketing, which became digitized

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