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Femi Falana (SAN)

21 Feb
To combat escalating food prices in the country, plans are underway by the Federal Government to release fresh 60,000 tonnes of grains to complement the 42,000 tonnes earlier released from its silos.
28 Jan
Tears flowed yesterday as 12-year-old Sylvester Oromoni Jnr, a student of Dowen College, Lekki, Lagos State, allegedly tortured by some senior students of the college which resulted in his death, was laid to rest at his family's compound in Ogbe-Ijoh, Warri South West Local Council of Delta State.
25 Jan
His stance was completely demonstrated for all to see when he refused to be bullied by the then Government of President Goodluck Jonathan.
22 Jan
Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN) has called on states to abolish pension payment to former governors, noting that Nigeria can no longer afford to pay ‘scandalous’ pension.
28 Dec
Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN), has called on the Federal Government to stop wanton killings in Plateau State. Falana, who expressed sadness over the killing of innocent Nigerians in Plateau State, regretted that the dastardly acts had become the order of the day. In a statement, he said though the Federal Government and the…
20 Dec
There were more flaks than praises for President Bola Tinubu, yesterday, over his intervention in the faceoff between Governor Siminalayi Fubara and his predecessor, Nyesom Wike, and attendant political crisis in Rivers State.
28 Nov
Failure of government at both states and the federal levels to address, in part or fully, the issues of police reform associated with the EndSARS protests across the country three years ago will continue to haunt the nation and present mutual distrust between citizens and government in Nigeria.
22 Nov
As more Nigerians protest the overturning of outcomes of the March 18 governorship elections in Kano and other states where opposition parties won, former President Olusegun Obasanjo has cautioned leaders on the danger that comes with political injustice.
13 Nov
The report recently that one Seyi Tinubu, son of sitting President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, took a plane in the presidential fleet to attend a private function in Kano is sufficiently improper to be condemnable.
30 Oct
Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN), has said it is unconstitutional to appoint political members to be Resident Electoral Commissioners (REC).
27 Jun 2023
The Nigerian Bar Association Section on Public Interest and Development Law (NBA-SPIDEL) has admonished politicians to stop over burdening the judiciary with post-election matters.
25 May 2023
A Lagos Chief Magistrate’s Court sitting in Sabo-Yaba, yesterday, dismissed an application by the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) seeking to arraign the Afrobeat singer, Seun Kuti, for alleged assault on a police officer.

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