Femi Falana

A legal luminary and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mr Femi Falana, on Thursday called for a well-structured mechanism for state police to ensure effectiveness. Falana warned that without it,  state police could be abused and used as a tool…
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Chair of the Alliance on Surviving COVID-19 and Beyond (ASCAB), Femi Falana SAN, has called for an immediate suspension of political campaigns in the country, citing the need for elected officials to focus on governance. In a statement,…
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WikkiTimes has announced the launch of the Femi Falana Legal Defenders Fellowship, a year-long pilot programme aimed at strengthening legal defence for journalists and civic actors facing increasing legal intimidation across Nigeria. The…
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Human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Mr Femi Falana, has clarified that the Supreme Court did not endorse the dissolution of democratic institutions in any state of the federation during emergency rule, contrary to…
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Contrary to the narrative in some quarters, the Supreme Court verdict on the appeal by the Rivers State governor Siminalayi Fubara against Martin Amaewhule-led House of Assembly does not have anything to do with who is the authentic…
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The absence of the 11th Defense counsel, John Baiyeshea SAN, on Tuesday, stalled the hearing of a suit seeking to stop statutory allocations to the 44 Local Government Councils of Kano State. SolaceBase reports that the plaintiffs are…
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A human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, says late President Umaru Yar’Adua rejected the sale of the Port Harcourt and Kaduna refineries to a consortium led by Dangote Oil because his predecessor, Olusegun Obasanjo, did not follow due process…
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A human rights lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN) has criticised Nyesom Wike, minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), for gifting houses to judges. Recalls that in September, the minister flagged off the construction of 40 houses for…
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A human rights activist, Femi Falana has revealed threats made against him and his family regarding the saga involving social critic, Martins Vincent Otse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan, and Crossdresser, Okuneye Idris aka Bobrisky. …
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The Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Ibrahim Adamu Lamuwa, has been accused of sexual harassment by a married staff of the ministry, Simisola Fajemirokun Ajayi. The ministry has sent the case to…
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