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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

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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) […]

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#EndSARS: Falana, nine others sued over independent panel

Ihesiulo Grace 11 January 2021 0

Doosuur Iwambe, Abuja A human rights lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN), and nine others have been dragged before a Federal High Court in Abuja, over the set up of an independent panel to probe killings during the #EndSARS protests that rocked the country for three weeks in October last year. The plaintiff, Lucky Odigie through his […]

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Falana petitions ACHPR over death sentence of Kano singer

Ihesiulo Grace 13 September 2020 0

Popular human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, has petitioned the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights in The Gambia over the death sentence handed down to Yahaya Sharif-Aminu, a musician in Kano state. Recall that Daily Times Nigeria reported Sharif-Aminu was sentenced to death in August after a Shari’a court in Kano found him guilty […]

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Policemen should be made to pay for rights violation — Falana

Ihesiulo Grace 31 August 2020 0

Mr Femi Falana, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), has said that police officers responsible for human rights abuses should be made to pay the court for personal damages. Falana said the reason human rights abuses remained prevalent was because when victims of rights violation got court judgments, it was the Nigeria Police Force, and […]

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Femi Falana condemns new CAMA Act

Ihesiulo Grace 20 August 2020 0

Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana, has taken a dig at the revised Company and Allied Matters Act (CAMA), which lodges power to the supervising minister to remove the board of trustees of churches without authorization from the court. Falana made aired his view on a thread on Friends of TheNEWS WhatsApp platform.He said: “I […]

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Falana reacts to Obasanjo’s statement on Kashamu

Ihesiulo Grace 13 August 2020 0

Recall that Daily Times gathered the news of Kashamu’s death was announced on Saturday after he succumbed to COVID-19 complications, according to former colleague Senator Ben Murray-Bruce. Since his death a lot of politicians, friends and associates had one thing or another to say among them are Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, Femi Falana and so […]

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Edo, Ondo elections: Falana calls for maximum security to douse tension

Ihesiulo Grace 4 June 2020 0

Human Rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Mr Femi Falana, has called for maximum security in Edo and Ondo states. Falana made this call on Wednesday during the Citizens’ Townhall on Voting Amidst COVID-19 ahead of the September 19 governorship elections in the two states. He noted that the move is necessary in […]