It is simple. Rather than listing Secret Society among others. Let us put it this way. Any assembly you know that want to carry out a purpose or carry themselves in a manner that will bring panic or cause the neighborhood to fear in order to disturb the peace , they are unlawful assembly. Moreover, […]
Yes. In the case of Alhaji Abubakar Rimi v. Peoples Redemption Party[1], the court stated that the provisions of the constitution in this respect applies to “individual, corporate and incorporate bodies, and enables them to come together voluntarily under a political banner or leave the association as they please”. [1] (1981) 2NCLR 734 HC
The freedom to form and join trade union is covered under right to peaceful assembly and association. Section 1(1) of the Trade Union Act provides that a trade union means: …any combination of workers or employers, whether temporary or permanent, the purpose of which is to regulate the terms and conditions of employment of workers, […]
Introduction Freedom of expression and the press is very important and fundamental to the development of a civilized society. Freedom of expression has been seen as a pre-condition to the realization of other rights, the violation of which are made known by expression. The importance of this right is provided for in many international, regional […]
This freedom belongs to the prospective proprietor of the press. Private Citizen can desire to own a Television station; radio and Newspapers but must meet the requirements of government approval before he/she can be licensed to operate such medium.
Though the word press is not expressly mentioned in the grant of the freedom of expression, but is written in the marginal notes which has been said not to form part of the provisions, but are merely for convenience of reference[1]. Such right without extension to freedom of the Press would however be meaningless. The […]
The term press freedom embraces also an unrestrained right of newsmen to gather information as it is incidental to the freedom of the press as a result of their constitutional rights to receive ideas without interference. Interestingly, this issue has been contested in the court. The court held in the case of Oyegbemi and Others […]
The proprietors and journalists including bloggers have the right to impart information gathered to members of the public. This freedom ‘to impart’ is expressly enshrined under section 39 of the constitution.
The freedom of the press to impart information would be useless without a corresponding right of the members of the public to receive such information. People have a right to information from the generally accessible sources like the radio, newspapers, television, online media, museums, libraries and so on.
As fundamental as the right to freedom of expression, it is not and cannot be absolute. The limitations have been listed below: State Privilege This is said to be “the right of the state through its agents or functionaries to withhold evidence which it considers could, if revealed in open court, adversely affect the public […]
