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COVID-19: Falana urges enforcement of Quarantine Act

Ihesiulo Grace 26 March 2020 0

Lawyer and human rights crusader, Femi Falana on Thursday called on the federal government to enforce the Quarantine Act to check the spread of the coronavirus. Falana made the call in a statement in Lagos. He said that the declaration of a state of emergency would provide the basis for the

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Insecurity: Presidency lacks power to stop protests – Falana

Ihesiulo Grace 17 February 2020 0

Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN) said on Sunday, the Presidency lacked the power to stop people from protesting alleged poor handling of the country’s security challenges by the military. The Presidency had on Saturday accused some opposition politicians of mobilising Nigerians to hold protests against the service chiefs over growing insecurity in the land. […]

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In memory of Mrs Bosede Folasade Ransome-Kuti by Femi Falana

Ihesiulo Grace 14 January 2020 0

The late Dr Bekololari Ransome-Kuti had lived a life of activism. As a young medical doctor in the 1980s, he was in the forefront of the campaign of the Nigerian Medical Association for quality health care for the Nigerian people.  He was also involved in the pro-democracy struggle under the defunct military junta. When Miss […]

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Dasuki/Sowore: You lack powers to order release out of mercy, Falana tells Malami

Ihesiulo Grace 30 December 2019 0

Human Rights lawyer, Femi Falana has reacted to the statement made by Abubakar Malami, minister of justice and attorney-general of the federation, saying that he lacks powers to order the release of any detainee out of mercy. Falana said this while responding to Malami’s claim that he ordered the release of Omoyele Sowore, convener of […]

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Garba Shehu blasts Femi Falana, says he is seeking personal media attention

Ihesiulo Grace 24 December 2019 0

Garba Shehu, presidential spokesman, has blasted human rights lawyer Femi Falana, saying that ‘he has boarded the free-publicity train, full of those seeking personal media attention in claiming the president is planning a third term in office, Garba Shehu in a statement on Monday night said: ‘The popularly acclaimed human rights lawyer and formerly for […]

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DSS fishing for evidence to nail Sowore – Femi Falana

Ihesiulo Grace 13 December 2019 0

The lawyer to #RevolutioNow protest convener, Omoyele Sowore, human rights lawyer, Femi Falana has said that Department of State Services (DSS) which he calls the SSS is currently fishing for evidence to nail Sowore. In spite of the directive of the AGF to take over the case the sss subjected Sowore to a 4-hour interrogation […]

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DSS apologises to Justice Ojukwu over court invasion ― Falana

Ihesiulo Grace 8 December 2019 0

Human Rights lawyer Mr. Femi Falana (SAN) has revealed that the team leader of the Department of State Services, (DSS) apologised to Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu for disrupting court proceedings at the Federal High Court, Abuja last week. Falana told journalists that the DSS operatives were unable to defend their conduct, hence their subsequent apology to […]

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How DSS operatives re-arrested Sowore, Bakare

Ihesiulo Grace 6 December 2019 0

Abuja – Operatives of the Department of State Service (DSS), on Friday, re-arrested Omoyele Sowore, Convener, #RevolutionNow Protest, and his co-defendant, Olawale Bakare. Sowore and Bakare had resisted being rearrested by the officers of the security outfit shortly after Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu adjourned the day’s proceeding till Feb. 11, Feb. 12 and Feb. 13, 2020

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Falana drums support for FG’s war against corruption

Ihesiulo Grace 27 October 2019 0

Rights activist, Femi Falana (SAN) has urged religious leaders and all Nigerians to join the federal government in ridding the country of corruption. He also called for total and equal justice for all Nigerians, saying such will ensure peace and national integration in the country. Falana, who noted that government alone cannot win the war […]

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Buhari’s N10.33 trn budget not enough – Falana

Ihesiulo Grace 14 October 2019 0

Lagos – Human Rights lawyer Femi Falana (SAN) has told the Federal Government to embark on a drive to recover Nigeria’s looted wealth to garner resources to fund the 2020 budget. Falana made the assertion in an interview at Imota, near Abeokuta on Sunday. He said the Nigerian Government must urgently seek other means of […]

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Falana absent as Sowore appears before court

Ihesiulo Grace 30 September 2019 0

Counsel to the convener of the #revolutionNow protest, Femi Falana SAN, is absent at the ongoing hearing of Mr Sowore Omoyele in Abuja court. Vanguard reports that Sowore and his co-defendant, Mr Olawale Bakare are being arraigned by the Federal Government on seven charges bordering on an alleged conspiracy to commit treason, money laundering, and […]

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Just in: Court Grants Sowore Bail

Ihesiulo Grace 24 September 2019 0

The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Tuesday, has granted bail to Omoyele Sowore, Publisher of Sahara Reporters and convener of #RevolutionNow protest. According to Politics Nigeria, Sowore, who is the Former presidential Candidate of the African Action Congress, is also to submit his International passport. In his ruling, Justice Taiwo Taiwo said the […]

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BREAKING: Court dismisses DSS Application to Detain Sowore

Ihesiulo Grace 24 September 2019 0

The court on Tuesday has dismissed the application by the Department of Social Security (DSS) to detain the publisher of SaharaReporters and convener of RevolutionNow, Omoyele Sowore. Recall that Sowore is being arraigned as a result of charges of Treasonable Felony and conspiring to topple the Government of President Muhammadu Buhari. The counsel to Sowore, […]

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Falana to Buhari, other ECOWAS Leaders: Obey Court orders

Ihesiulo Grace 29 November 2018 0

Human Rights Lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN), on Wednesday, called on President Muhammadu Buhari and other leaders of the member states of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to obey Court orders. He said it is important the leaders “comply with judgments and orders of municipal courts and regional tribunals in the interest […]

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Falana faults Buhari for giving national security precedence over rule of law

Ihesiulo Grace 6 September 2018 0

Legal luminary and human rights activist, Mr Femi Falana (SAN), has flayed President Muhammadu Buhari for saying that national security takes precedence over the rule of law, saying that the development can lead to a state of anarchy in the country. Falana stated this in Lagos on Wednesday while delivering the 19th Mike Okonkwo annual […]

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121 Nigerians killed in S’Africa in 18 months, Falana cries out

Ihesiulo Grace 30 July 2018 0

…Criminal activity among our own people responsible for killings – Ramaphosa A senior lawyer and human rights activist, Mr Femi Falana (SAN) has raised the alarm over the killings of about 121 Nigerians South Africa and criticised the federal government for “not taking steps to end the extrajudicial killing of Nigerians in South Africa.” Falana […]

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June 12: Nigerians unite in commending Buhari, but demand restructuring, better governance

Ihesiulo Grace 13 June 2018 0

Nigerians from all works of life yesterday reignited the June 12, 1993 spirit, when almost everyone voted with one purpose in mind, the building of a new Nigeria, as even yesterday they came out to commend President Muhammadu Buhari for the honour done the winner of that election and some key participants at the election, […]

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June 12 annulment: Buhari heals old wounds, apologizes to Abiola’s family

Ihesiulo Grace 13 June 2018 0

…Soyinka wants FG to name, shame enemy of democracy …You’ve declared result of June 12 elections, Falana tells President …We’ve opened a new chapter in political history – SGF In a move to finally bury the wounds of June 12 annulment of the 1993 general election won by a business mogul, Chief Moshood Kashimawo Abiola, […]

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Western countries more corrupt than African countries – Falana

Ihesiulo Grace 22 May 2018 0

Human rights lawyer Femi Falana SAN has said that “Western countries are more corrupt than African countries”, adding “There has been a massive and accelerated transfer of much of the wealth from the developing world into developed economies around the world, much of which was looted from various Treasuries across Africa and in the rest […]

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Beware of Obasanjo – Soyinka and Falana tells Nigerians

Ihesiulo Grace 23 April 2018 0

On Sunday, Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka and activist-lawyer Femi Falana (SAN) warned Nigerians to be wary of a coalition formed by former President Olusegun Obasanjo, purportedly to rescue Nigeria.   They said Nigeria was in danger when politicians like Obasanjo, who supervised the sacking of democratic governments’ in Oyo and Anambra states, pretend to be the […]