Foremost human rights lawyer and pro-democracy campaigner, Femi Falana (SAN) has reacted to President Muhammadu Buhari’s recognition of June 12 as the new Democracy Day in the country. Buhari had made the announcement in a statement he personally signed and…
A human rights lawyer, Mr Femi Falana (SAN), has warned against politicizing the case of the suspects arrested in connection with the recent dastardly Offa, Kwara State, bank robberies, where many people were killed. Rather, he said the state must…
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, has declared that it has no obligation to respond to the Freedom of Information, FoI, request made by human rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana(SAN), on fuel importation and sundry matters. In a letter by…
A human rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN); a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Chief Mike Ozekhome; and legal practitioner, Dr. Konyinsola Ajayi, have disagreed on an order by the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, for the transfer of suspects…
Human rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana, SAN, has faulted the arraignment of Senator Dino Melaye on a stretcher, saying it is unacceptable in a civilized society. In a statement, Mr. Falana said Melaye’s case provides an opportunity to reform the country’s criminal justice system.…
The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Ibe Kachikwu, has ordered the Group Managing Director, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Maikanti Baru; the Director, Department of Petroleum Resources, Modecai Ladan; and Executive Secretary, Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency, Saidu Abdulkadir, to…
Immediate past chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Attahiru Jega, and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana, have told the Senate it has no power to alter the order of election for 2019. Jega made his position…
Activist lawyer Femi Falana (SAN) has accused National Security Adviser (NSA) Babagana Monguno of “acting illegally” in the deportation of 52 naturalized Nigerians to Cameroon two weeks ago. He said yesterday in a statement that under the National Security Agencies…
Human rights activist, Femi Falana, on Friday blamed former President Olusegun Obasanjo for Nigeria’s problems. He accused Obasanjo of being the originator of all problems listed in his statement to President Muhammadu Buhari, adding that he brought shame to the…
Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN, has said that immediate disarming of the herdsmen by the federal government is the first step to ending the incessant clashes between farmers and the herdsmen across the country. He also suggested that “the…