Femi Falana
20 Nov
Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN, has called on federal and state governments to implement the Child Rights Law, by providing free education to pupils from primary to junior secondary schools in the country.
19 Nov
Human rights lawyer, Mr Femi Falana (SAN), has called on the Federal and State governments to implement the Child Rights Law to provide free education to pupils from primary to Junior secondary school in the country. He also condemned the failure of the 34 State government and Federal Capital Territory to access the N135 billion…
15 Nov
Justice Mathias Dawodu of a Lagos High Court, Ikeja, has set January 23, 2025, for hearing preliminary objections in the defamation suit filed by human rights lawyer Mr Femi Falana (SAN), and his artist son, Folarin Falana, known as Falz
12 Nov
Last week, President Bola Tinubu ordered the immediate termination of the treason charge against 119 protesters standing trial for treason arising from the August 1-8, 2024 protests against bad governance and hardship in the country.
23 Oct
Amid the widespread violence and offences typical of elections nationwide, the enabling culture of impunity continues to fester with no perpetrator brought to book as deterrence.
16 Oct
Justice Matthias Dawodu of a Lagos High Court, Ikeja has restrained the controversial online activist, Vincent Otse, popularly known as Very Dark Man (VDM), from further releasing or publishing defamatory contents against a Senior Advocate of Nigeria
12 Oct
The Nigerian Human Rights Community, (NIHRCO), on Friday, urged President Bola Tinubu to order the security agencies to fish out those responsible for the death threats issued to a daughter of prominent human rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana.
10 Oct
Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN), has called on African governments to uphold and ensure full respect for human, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights within their domestic legal systems.
9 Oct
Human rights lawyer, Mr Femi Falana (SAN), has called on African governments to uphold and ensure full respect for all human rights, civil, political, economic, social, and cultural rights within their domestic legal systems. Falana said it is time for African governments to end the artificial dichotomy between political and civil rights and socio-economic rights,…
3 Oct
In a poverty-inducing economy crying for government intervention in many areas, calls are expectedly rife for the government to cut governing costs.
17 Sep
Human rights crusader, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN), has called on the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) to stop the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL) from exercising monopolistic control over the Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) produced by Dangote Refinery. The lawyer argued that the exclusive purchase of petrol from Dangote Refinery by NNPCL…
9 Sep
The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has reportedly invited the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero, and the Secretary-General, Emmanuel Ugboaja, for questioning on Monday, September 30. Human rights lawyer Femi Falana, SAN, who represents NLC, confirmed to Punch that the police invitation was related to the petitions by AirPeace and not terrorism…
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