A senior lawyer and human rights activist, Mr Femi Falana (SAN), has said that there is no provision for mace in 1999 Constitution, saying that it is not mandatory for either the Senate and the House of Representatives to have a mace before sitting for plenary. Incidentally, the mace is the
Human right activist and constitutional lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana, SAN, has thrown his weight behind the third force movement of former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, known as Coalition for Nigeria (CN). The constitutional lawyer said the third force by Obasanjo should be a party of the working class that would protect the interest of Nigerians. […]
Femi Falana, the lawyer for the leaders of a Cameroonian secessionist movement who are being held in custody in Nigeria asked for their immediate release, saying the activists can’t be returned to Cameroon because the two countries don’t have an extradition treaty. The leaders were arrested in Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, on Jan. 6 by the […]
A senior lawyer, Mr Femi Falana (SAN) has said that Maikanti Baru, group managing director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), and Ibe Kachikwu, minister of state for petroleum, deceived Nigerians by saying there was enough fuel to supply consumers. In a statement on Monday, Falana said despite the assurance given by the duo, […]
Human rights lawyer Femi Falana, SAN has called on the Speaker of the House of Representatives Yakubu Dogara to “immediately drop the draft bill aiming to regulate and monitor the activities of all civil society organizations and labour unions in the country as the bill unequivocally threatens the very existence of a free and independent […]
Human rights activist, Femi Falana (SAN), has lamented that President Muhammadu Buhari was slow in handling Nigeria’s affairs. Speaking on the status of the Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen, whose acting tenure expires in less than two weeks, Falana described the situation as worrisome. “The Buhari administration claims the delay is occasioned […]
Social media is indeed intriguing in many ways and at the same token exciting. Social media is like an open school whereby the good, the bad and the ugly hibernate and cohabit with each competing to outdo each other in mischief and virtues. For contemporary Nigerians the social media has become one forum whereby persons […]
Last Sunday, Oba Rilwan Akiolu was reported to have threatened to deal ruthlessly with the Igbo people in Lagos state if they fail to vote for the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Mr. Akinwumi Ambode in the governorship election slated for Saturday, April 11, 2015. The diversionary threat should not be condoned in a […]
It seems harmless enough: “a person shall not remove tissue, blood or blood product from the body of another living person for any purpose …” Then the clincher: the above provision may be waived “for medical investigations and treatment in emergency cases.” The above are among the provisions of the National Health Bill signed into […]