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Falana faults Govs’, Ministers’  power to demolish houses without court order 

Tunde Opalana 3 November 2025 0

A senior advocate and human rights lawyer,  Femi Falana  has queried the legal right of state governors or ministers to demolish individual or corporate buildings without court order.  This is as he condemned the spate  of house demolitions in Abuja and Lagos on the order of state

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Falana to Tinubu: You can’t place INEC Chairman on terminal leave

Tunde Opalana 28 September 2025 0

A senior advocate and human rights defender, Femi Falana (SAN) said that President Bola Tinubu dies not have any power under the law of the country to place the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, on terminal leave before the end of his tenure. Yakubu’s second term tenure will elapse […]

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“Charge political parties to court for early campaign” – Falana tells INEC

Awwal Owolabi 15 September 2025 0

Femi Falana, human rights lawyer, has challenged the independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to charge political parties to court for early campaign. Falana made this call on Sunday during a virtual session with Channels TV’s Seun Okinbaloye, describing campaigns ahead of the 2027 elections as abnormal. The Senior Advocate of Nigeria noted the sheer disregard […]

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Falana backs NUPENG, demands FG to caution Dangote

Awwal Owolabi 8 September 2025 0

Femi Falana, SAN, a human rights lawyer, has warned that Dangote refinery’s alleged anti-union policy violates both Nigerian law and international labour conventions. Speaking in a statement issued on Sunday, Falana condemned reports that the Dangote Refinery was compelling newly recruited CNG tanker drivers to sign contracts preventing them from joining recognised unions

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‘It’s unconstitutional’ — Falana condemns Lagos LCDAs over street renaming

Awwal Owolabi 28 July 2025 0

Femi Falana, a human rights lawyer, has condemned the recent renaming of streets and bus stops by some Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) in Lagos, describing the action as unconstitutional. His comment follows the decision by Kolade David, the outgoing chairman of Bariga LCDA, who renamed several streets and bus stops in his jurisdiction to […]

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Senators, Reps must account for constituency budgets- Femi Falana

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By Andrew Oota Human rights lawyer, Mr Femi Falana (SAN), has urged Nigerians to demand accountability from their leaders. He decried the prevailing “rule of rulers” instead of the rule of law. Falana stated this at the 4th Anniversary of the late Yinka Odumakin Lecture, organised by the Oluyinka Odumakin Foundation. The lecture’s theme was […]

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Falana writes IGP over arrest, assault on NLC president Joe Ajaero

Ihesiulo Grace 2 November 2023 0

Renowned Human Rights Activist, Femi Falana, has addressed the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, in a statement over the assault and alleged arrest of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) President, Joe Ajaero. Naija News reported earlier that there was outrage on Wednesday after Ajaero was attacked, brutalized and whisked away from the NLC’s […]

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Why no work, no pay doctrine is not applicable to ASUU -Falana

Ihesiulo Grace 6 November 2022 0

By Doosuur Iwambe Femi Falana, a senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN), has given reasons why no work, no pay doctrine is not applicable to memebers of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU. Falana in a statement on Sunday said, it is totally inapplicable as students who were not taught during the strike are currently […]

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FG should start acting on intelligence from security agencies – Falana

Ihesiulo Grace 7 June 2022 0

A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Femi Falana, on Monday asked the Federal Government to start acting on intelligence from security agencies, especially the Department of State Services following a recent attack on a church in Ondo State. Gunmen had attacked St Francis Catholic Church in Owo, the headquarters of Owo Local Government Area of […]

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Int’l anti-corruption day: Falana, HEDA knock Buhari, APC over anti-graft war

Ihesiulo Grace 10 December 2021 0

Success Nwogu Human rights activist, Mr. Femi Falana, SAN, and the Executive Chairman, Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA Resource Centre), Mr. Olanrewaju Suraju, have said the avowed anti-corruption of President Muhammadu Buhari and his ruling party, the All Progressives Congress, was futile. They spoke in Lagos on Thursday during the public presentation of

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EndSARS Report: Call Lai Mohammed to order, Falana tells Buhari

Ihesiulo Grace 25 November 2021 0

Human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Mr. Femi Falana, has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to call the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed. He stated this in a statement on Wednesday in reaction to the remarks of the minister on the report of the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry on […]

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Falana faults Buhari’s fresh order on grazing reserves

Ihesiulo Grace 23 August 2021 0

Popular Nigerian lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN) has faulted President Muhammadu Buhari’s order to review 368 grazing reserves in 25 states in the country. Recall that President Buhari had approved the recommendations of a committee to review “with dispatch,” 368 grazing sites, across 25 states in the country, “to determine the levels of encroachment.” According to […]

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Falana tells Buhari to “stop heating up polity” on Twitter ban

Ihesiulo Grace 9 June 2021 0

Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN), has warned President Muhammadu Buhari against heating the polity with his recent comments on insecurity in the South East. Speaking at a security summit in Lagos on Tuesday, Falana blamed President Buhari for being insensitive to the plights of Nigerians, noting that his said tweet was uncalled for. He […]

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Outrage trails FG’s suspension of Twitter operations

Ihesiulo Grace 5 June 2021 0

*Nigeria’s suspension of our operations deeply concerning -Twitter *NBA threatens lawsuit against FG over action Tunde Opalana, Doosuur Iwambe, and Ukpono Ukpong, Abuja The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), two Human Rights groups, Concerned Nigerians and Centre for Liberty, and Lawyer and activist, Femi Falana, SAN, among others, on

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You’re wasting your time if uou expect buhari to act – falana tells southern governors

Ihesiulo Grace 13 May 2021 0

Southern Governors may be wasting their time if they expect President Muhammadu Buhari to act on their resolution, according to human rights lawyer Femi Falana (SAN). Falana praised the governors for banning open grazing in Nigeria’s 17 southern states during an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Wednesday. He urged them, however, to back […]

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Falana to Buhari: Lopsided appointments, failure to curb killer herdsmen created crises

Ihesiulo Grace 30 April 2021 0

Human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Femi Falana, has slammed the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government, saying its failure to check insecurity as well as its many lopsided appointments is what is fuelling secessionist agitations in the country. Falana added that the socio-economic and security challenges confronting the country could be traced

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2023: Falana, others set to form mega movement

Ihesiulo Grace 1 April 2021 0

Femi Falana (SAN), a well-known human rights lawyer, and other influential Nigerians have created a mega movement ahead of the 2023 general elections. The Peoples Alternative Political Movement, according to the Daily Times, is preparing to run against the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the upcoming election.

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Government intends to sell fuel at N500 per liter before December — Falana

Ihesiulo Grace 29 March 2021 0

Femi Falana, a human rights lawyer, has expressed concern about President Muhammadu Buhari’s government’s alleged plans to sell a litre of fuel for N500 before the end of the year. Falana delivered the keynote address at the People’s Alternative Political Parties Summit in Abuja over the weekend, titled “A New Nigeria Is Possible.” The keynote

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“President Buhari only nominates service chiefs and did not appoint them” -Femi Falana clears air

Ihesiulo Grace 28 January 2021 0

Human Rights Lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN), has declared President Muhammadu Buhari’s appointment of new service chiefs as illegal and unconstitutional. Buhari appointed new service chiefs on Tuesday following the resignation of the former officers. But Falana, in a statement he personally signed on Wednesday, quoted a 2013 judgment which described such appointments without

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Gov Akeredolu’s order for Fulani to leave Ondo Forests is constitutional says Femi Falana

Ihesiulo Grace 25 January 2021 0

Popular Nigerian lawyer and human rights activist, Femi Falana (SAN) has weighed in on Governor’s Akeredolu’s order to Fulani herdsmen to leave Ondo forests. According to Falana, Governor Akeredolu’s order is constitutional and valid under the law. In a statement released to Sahara Reporters, Falani said that the order was in line with Section 42(1) […]