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GOCOP conference: Agbakoba urges media to test right to announce election results

Daily Dispatch October 9, 2026

Chairman of the 10th Annual Conference of the Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP), Dr Olisa Agbakoba, SAN, has urged the media to test in court the extent of its constitutional right to obtain and disseminate information during elections. Agbakoba, a former President of the Nigerian

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Olisa Agbakoba to chair GOCOP 2026 conference in Lagos

Daily Dispatch July 20, 2026

Former President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Dr. Olisa Agbakoba, SAN, has accepted to chair the 10th Annual Conference of the Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP), scheduled for Thursday, October 8, 2026, in Lagos. Chairman of the 2026 Conference Planning Committee, Olumide Iyanda, announced this in a statement issued on Monday through the […]

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Agbakoba Urges FG to Shield State Police, Key Institutions from Executive Control

Daily Dispatch June 30, 2026

Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Dr. Olisa Agbakoba, has called on the Federal Government to go beyond the proposed establishment of state police by introducing constitutional safeguards that would insulate critical public institutions from executive interference. In a letter addressed to the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Dr. George Akume, Agbakoba

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2023: Col Umar, Agbakoba, Falana, Ezekwesili, Utomi, Others Launch Political Movement

Daily Dispatch July 1, 2020

Prominent statesmen and civil society leaders, including former military governor of Kaduna State, Col. Dangiwa Umar (rtd), Olisa Agbakoba, Femi Falana, Oby Ezekwesili, Mailafia Obadiah, among others, have launched a new political movement to save the country from its current trajectory. The new group was announced in a communique issued by the founders on Wednesday. […]