Human rights activist and lawyer, Dele Farotimi, has said that despite the withdrawal of criminal charges against him, he was still weighing options over his 21-day incarceration and legal battles. Speaking on The Duke Rants podcast published to YouTube weekend, Farotimi was asked what he would say if he met Chief Afe Babalola today. He said: “Like a good Yoruba …

Those who insist that 16-year-olds are old enough to qualify for admission into our institutions of higher learning — if they satisfy other criteria — may have won the battle for now, but the controversy over this very sensitive issue is far from being over! Not only are the arguments against 16 years unassailable, the law, as it is, is …

It is enheartening, indeed uplifting, seeing readers demonstrating alertness on what they read which is not on politics, afterall man shall not live by bread alone…It is refreshing that people are finding time to reflect quietly in their closets what is beyond fleeting pleasure. Since this column’s outing nearly a month ago on Revelation of John, I have been receiving …

The Federal High Court in Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State capital, on Wednesday struck out the defamation suit filed by the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, against activist lawyer, Dele Farotimi, over alleged cybercrime. The case, which stemmed from comments made by Farotimi in an interview about his book, Nigeria and its Criminal Justice System, particularly concerning the founder of …

The recent legal confrontation between esteemed legal luminary, Chief Afe Babalola, and activist lawyer, Mr. Dele Farotimi has cast a revealing light on the intricate interplay between Nigeria’s judiciary and Yoruba cultural tradition. At the heart of this dispute lies an accusation of corruption within the highest echelons of the nation’s legal system, a charge that not only challenges individual …

The founder of Afe Babalola University Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD), Ekiti State, Aare Afe Babalola has accepted to withdraw criminal defamation charges against human rights activist, Mr. Dele Farotimi. This followed the appeal by foremost Yoruba monarchs, including the Ooni of Ife Oba Adeyeye Oguwusi. They pleaded with legal icon to drop the charges during a meeting with him at ABUAD campus. …

The Federal Government, through the Ministry of Justice, has paid approximately N1.1 billion as professional fees to prominent Nigerian lawyers, Chief Afe Babalola, SAN, Wole Olanipekun, SAN, and 23 other law firms over a period of three years. This revelation emerged from an analysis of data provided by GovSpend, a civic tech platform that tracks and analyses the Federal Government’s …

Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Biodun Oyebanji, has expressed excitement over the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) approval of the Ekiti Agro-Allied International Cargo Airport. The governor disclosed that following the NCAA’s approval, the Ekiti Airport will from January be open to landing by private jets. The governor spoke on Wednesday when he paid a thank-you visit to elder statesman and …

Human rights lawyer and activist, Mr. Dele Farotimi has said that he did not ask anyone to plead with Aare Afe Babalola, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, who took him to court for defamation. Farotimi is currently standing trial in Ekiti State following a petition by Babalola regarding his book, Nigeria and Its Criminal Justice System. The 2023 presidential candidate …

Man is born free and everywhere he is in chains. One man thinks himself the master of others but remains more of a slave than they are – Jean-Jacques Rousseau One of the (once-upon-a-time) immovable pillars of our justice system is that a man is presumed innocent until otherwise proven. The man so accused is therefore allowed all his rights …