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Kayode Oladele

Kayode Oladele is an outstanding and highly experienced international law attorney, development journalist and motivational speaker. His areas of practice include international law, general Federal Litigation and appellate Practice. He is one of the few lawyers in the United States who are handling major international human rights violation cases in U.S Federal District Courts and have contributed immensely to American jurisprudence in this area of the law. As a development journalist, Oladele focuses on the endemic problems of the society, the needs of the people and emphasizes effective participation of people in development planning alongside with the government.

Guided by the relationship between Journalism and Development Initiative and journalistic principles of ensuring nation-building, national unity and social cohesion, Oladele propounds action-oriented approach to help overcome challenges like poverty, illiteracy, democracy, rule of law and socio-economic problems in developing countries. Kayode Oladele was a founding member of several non-governmental human rights and pro-democracy organizations in Nigeria including the National Consultative Forum, Campaign for Democracy, National Association of Democratic Lawyers, Committee for the Defense of Human Rights and Movement for Social and Economic Justice of which he was the executive director from 1995 to 1997.

He is currently on the Board of American-Nigerian Economic Council (ANEC) and serves as advisor to numerous non-profit organizations and religious bodies. He was the managing editor of the Nigerian Monitor from 1998 to 1999. Oladele holds an LLB (Hons) degree in Law from University of Lagos, LLM degree from Wayne State Law School, Detroit, Michigan and BL from the Nigerian Law School, Lagos. He also attended the Nigerian Institute of Journalism, Lagos where he studied public relations. He is an attorney and counselor -at- Law of the Supreme Courts of the U.S and Nigeria.

» NIGERIA MUST ADOPT PIPELINES SAFETY REGULATIONS

By Kayode Oladele | Published 12/27/2006 | Technology and Science , Kayode Oladele | Rating:

Hundreds of were killed and several injured with various degrees of burns in an oil pipeline blast in Lagos on Tuesday December 26, 2006, following an attempt by residents to scoop fuel from a vandalized pipeline. Just in May this year, not less than one hundred and fifty people lost their lives in a similar incident in Lagos and between 1998 and now, the country has lost close to two thousand victims of pipeline explosion.

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» Chief Bayo Ojo, Attorney-General of Nigeria uses his opinions to justify actions already illegally performed

By CAA Interview | Published 11/8/2006 | Nigerian Affairs , Kayode Oladele , Interview | Rating:

Kayode Oladele is by no means an international attorney and public affairs commentator whose opinions on political and legal issues are well regarded by the international community. In this interview with Sahara Reporters, Oladele discusses the Court of appeals decision that voided the impeachment of Oyo State Governor, Senator Ladoja

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» Politicians inflame the wave of political violence in Nigeria — Oladele

By CAA Interview | Published 10/29/2006 | Interview , Kayode Oladele | Unrated

Interview by Kayode Matthew (The VAnguard)

US based International Human Rights Attorney, Kayode Oladele, is one of the few lawyers in the United States who are handling major international human rights violation cases in U.S courts and have contributed immensely to American jurisprudence in this area of law. In this interview, he bares his mind on the current trend of political violence in Nigeria, an issue that has caught his attention in recent times and proffers the way forward.

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