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Falana faults Buhari’s fresh order on grazing reserves

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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2023: Falana, others set to form mega movement

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

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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Femi Falana condemns new CAMA Act

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

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 […]