By Ukpono Ukpong Prominent rights lawyer, Femi Falana, has come under intense fire as the FCT Minister’s Spokesperson, Lere Olayinka, had questioned Falana’s professional track record and mocked his elevation to the rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN). Olayinka in a statement issued yesterday described Falana as a self-appointed activist whose contributions to the […]
Group chaired by human rights lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN), has revealed that the late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua nullified the controversial sale of the Port Harcourt Refinery to a consortium led by Dangote Oil, after finding out that the deal was not in the nation’s best interest. The Alliance on Surviving Covid-19 and Beyond (ASCAB), […]
Legal counsel for the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Femi Falana, has urged the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), Lateef Fagbemi, to instruct security forces to ensure the safety of individuals participating in the upcoming nationwide mass protest organized by the congress. Naija News reports that the NLC announced a two-day nationwide mass protest scheduled for […]
By Doosuur Iwambe Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana, has faulted the move by the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, to facilitate the payment of withheld salaries of some lecturers at the Nnamdi Azikiwe University (UNIZIK), Awka. Following the eight-month nationwide industrial action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) last year, […]
BY ORIAKU IJELE Foremost human rights activist, Femi Falana has requested that a thorough investigation be done into the alleged N2 billion naira enticement that followed the contentious proclamation of the winner of the Adamawa State by-election on Sunday. Falana spke during an interview on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily where he maintained that Binani’s denial […]
Human rights advocate, Femi Falana, on Monday, said the spate of attacks on the offices of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) could affect the conduct of the 2023 general election. In a statement on Monday, he said security agencies need to step up efforts to subdue the attacks and charge the perpetrators to court. […]
Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, has said President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration has brought depression and hardship. Falana stated this while speaking at the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) protest in Lagos on Tuesday. He also made reference to Buhari’s remarks that he is eager to leave office. “The living standards of our people are getting worse […]
The Lagos State Police Command has been asked by Falana & Falana Chambers to invite investigative journalist, Kemi Olunloyo to explain the allegation she made against the late 12-year-old student of Dowen College, Sylvester Oromoni. The family who hired the firm of human rights lawyer and activist to prosecute the case against the school accused […]
Femi Falana, a human rights lawyer and a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, has slammed Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai for ordering the arrest of Ayuba Wabba, President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), and other union leaders. On Monday, the NLC staged a protest and strike to press their demand for the mass dismissal of […]
Tunde Opalana, Abuja Human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mr. Femi Falana, labour activists, and other leftist progressives across Nigeria have resolved to form a new mass workers and labouring masses party. The new group named The Peoples’s Alternative Political Movement will be driven by a socialist ideology tailored to transform the neo-colonial […]
Femi Falana, a senior advocate of Nigeria, has asked Osagie Ehanire, minister of health, to publish the full report of the investigation into the recent deaths in Kano. On April 22, 2020, at the presidential task force on COVID-19 briefing in Abuja, Ehanire announced that a special medical team had been deployed to investigate the deaths in […]
Legal luminary, Mr. Femi Falana SAN has said that the Federal Government has said that anyone who has up to N200,000 in their bank account will not be entitled to the cash transfer of N20,000 which is a stimuli the government plans to help the citizenry as the COVID-19 pandemic ravages the world. Falana in […]
Debate about whether President Muhammadu Buhari should seek the approval of the National Assembly before declaring lockdown in some parts of the country to prevent the spread of coronavirus has been described as unrealistic in the prevailing circumstance. Salihu Lukman, Director General of the Progressive Governors Forum who proved this assertion wrong, said, even the […]
“The Zulum example is an indictment of those who are currently busy counting the thousands of Nigerian citizens that have been brutally killed and abducted by the satanic Boko Haram insurgents along religious divide,” Mr. Femi Falana has said. The human rights lawyer said that Governor Babagana Zulum’s reaction to an Igbo woman has been […]
‘In view of the foregoing, we call on President Muhammadu Buhari to stop members of his family from using any of the aircraft in the presidential fleet “with a view to cutting down on waste’ Senior Advocate of Nigeria Mr. Femi Falana, has said Falana reacting to the use of Presidential jet by Hanan Buhari, the president’s […]
Human right lawyer Mr. Femi Falana (SAN) has enjoined President Muhammadu Buhari to make sure that all new appointments he will be making in 2020 should reflect federal character in line with the provisions of the Constitution” Falana in a statement on Wednesday reacting to President Buhari’s New Year massage hailed the President for declaring […]
The lawyer to the convener of ‘RevolutionNow’ protest, Omoyele Sowore, has written a letter to the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr Abubakar Malami (SAN), seeking the release of his client from the custody of the Department of State Services. Human Right, Femi Falana, SAN in a letter, titled, ‘Request for the […]
Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, (SAN) has questioned the federal government’s disobedience valid court orders in Nigeria and obedience to Britaish court orders. The Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami, SAN had said a $200 million bond deposit has been made following the approval by President Muhammadu Buhari. Nigeria has succeeded in securing variation of the UK […]
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent an open letter to Mrs Soyata Maiga, Chairperson of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights and the commission’s members requesting them: “to urgently intervene and put pressure on the Nigerian authorities and their agents to immediately end the intimidation and harassment of detained journalist and activist Omoyele Sowore and Olawale Bakare, their sureties and lawyers, particularly Femi Falana, SAN simply for defending their clients’ rights.”
Lagos – Human Rights lawyer, Mr Femi Falana (SAN), on Thursday urged the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) to report any lawyer who committed traffic offence to disciplinary committee of Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) in their jurisdictions. Falana said this at the sideline of the FRSC 4th Quarter 2019 Retreat themed, ‘FRSC Operations in Public […]