Adeyanju
25 Mar
Human rights lawyer and activist, Comrade Deji Adeyanju, has raised an alarm over the killings of personnel and officers of Tantita Security Services Ltd, a private security firm dedicated to safeguarding Nigeria's vital oil pipelines and critical infrastructure. Adeyanju, who reacted to the development on Monday in Abuja, noted that the heinous acts not only…
21 Feb
Rights lawyer and activist, Deji Adeyanju, has threatened to petition various embassies to consider placing visa bans on Senator Godswill Akpabio, President of the Senate, over the alleged harassment of female lawmakers in the red chamber. Adeyanju, reacting to the incident on the Senate floor on Thursday, regretted that under the Senate President's watch, female…
21 Feb
Comrade Obiora Omeje has commended Barrister Deji Adeyanju for his dedication and commitment to the cause of the downtrodden in Nigeria, just as he has taken time to congratulate Raphael Adebayor on his latest appointment. Omeje, also known as Zigma, who himself is a senior fellow of THE ABUJA SCHOOL OF SOCIAL AND POLITICAL THOUGHTS…
5 Feb
Human rights activist and lawyer, Deji Adeyanju, has accused the Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO), Muyiwa Adejobi, of suppressing free speech and using his position to intimidate citizens, including unlawfully detaining individuals who criticise the police. In a viral video released on Wednesday, Adeyanju claimed that Adejobi had turned his role into a tool of…
16 Jan
Activist and human rights lawyer, Deji Adeyanju, has called on the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Olanipekun Olukoyede, to name the EFCC officers who were dismissed for misconduct and prosecute them immediately to serve as a deterrent to others. Adeyanju, who made this demand on Thursday in Abuja, regretted that there…
7 Dec
Lawyer and human rights activist, Deji Adeyanju, has apologized to the acting National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Umar Damagun and the acting National Secretary, Samuel Anyanwu following his alleged defamatory statements against them. Adeyanju during a podcast interview accused Damagun of serving tea and Anyanwu of serving ‘Kilishi’ in the house of…
5 Dec
Umar Damagun, the Acting National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has threatened to sue Deji Adeyanju, a lawyer and a rights activist, over allegations bordering on defamation. Also, Sen. Samuel Anyanwu, the Acting National Secretary of PDP, threatened to drag Adeyanju to court on civil and criminal litigations over the alleged defamatory remarks.…
4 Dec
A lawyer to Nigerian musician Darlington Okoye, known as Speed Darlington, has demanded that his client be granted bail after spending one week in police detention. Darlington's lawyer, Stan Alieke, made the demand on Wednesday in a post he shared on his official Instagram account, adding that his client is entitled to bail. “Today marks…
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