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No provision for mace in 1999 Constitution – Falana

Ihesiulo Grace 23 April 2018 0

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

Politics

Why I am in support of Obasanjo’s third force coalition, by Falana

Ihesiulo Grace 2 March 2018 0

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. […]

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Femi Falana demands release of Cameroon secessionist leaders

Ihesiulo Grace 12 January 2018 0

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 […]

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Falana faults Kachikwu, Baru over fuel scarcity

Ihesiulo Grace 26 December 2017 0

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, […]

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‘NGO Bill threatens a free and independent civil society and must be dropped’, Falana tells Dogara

Ihesiulo Grace 14 December 2017 0

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 […]

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Buhari slow in handling Nigeria’s affairs – Falana

Ihesiulo Grace 30 January 2017 0

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 […]

Opinion

Can Jonathan Sign off as a Hero?

Ihesiulo Grace 1 May 2015 0

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 […]

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Apologize To The Igbo Community In Lagos, Femi Falana Tells Oba Akiolu

Ihesiulo Grace 7 April 2015 0

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 […]

Features

Uproar over new Health law

Ihesiulo Grace 21 March 2015 0

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 […]