Rights activist and lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana has written to Senate President Godswill Akpabio and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Tajudeen Abbas in opposition to the view canvassed by former President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Dr. Olisa Agbakoba on the legal status of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). In a letter dated 17 …

A Lagos High Court has ordered social media critic, Martin Otse (popularly known as VeryDarkMan) to remove defamatory comments and videos about lawyer and rights activist, Mr. Femi Falana, and his son, Folarin Falana (popularly known as Falz). Additionally, the court imposed a N500 million fine for libel. Justice M. O. Idowu delivered the judgement on Tuesday in a case …

Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN, has denied having anything to do with popular crossdresser, Idris Okuneye known as Bobrisky and his alleged bribing of prison officials to serve his prison sentence outside the correctional facility. In a viral video by a blogger, Martins Otse known as VeryDarkMan, some unnamed EFCC officers collected the sum of ₦15 million from Bobrisky …

Human rights lawyer Femi Falana says the “importation scam” around petrol must be investigated. “It is high time the importation scam was investigated”, he said on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics programme. “I am not talking of the joke that is going on in the National Assembly. The media must help, civil society organisations must help to expose the fraud”. There …

Human rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana, on Sunday, urged the Federal Government to put an end to the reprisal attacks by the Nigerian Army on the Okuama community of Ughelli South Local Government Area, Delta State. Some irate youths of the community were said to have ambushed soldiers who were drafted to the community to stop a communal clash in …

There is a viral video where human rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana made allusion to N135 billion given to the 36 states in December 2023. He spoke at a memorial event in honour of Dr. Beko Ransome-Kuti. It is important to state here that Falana has a strong reputation for exaggerations and embellishments. What the Lagos lawyer rendered in that …

Chairman of the Alliance on Surviving Covid-19 and Beyond (ASCAB), Mr Femi Falana, SAN, yesterday, called for an end to what he described as scandalous pensions for some former governors in Nigeria. Falana argued that while some state governors voted themselves large pension payments and allowances, they failed to pay their former workers’ pensions and gratuities during their time in …

Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN, has faulted the nomination of 4 out of 10 persons nominated as Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) last week by President Bola Tinubu. He noted that the constitution prohibits person, or persons who are card carrying members of either the ruling party or any political party. In a statement on Sunday, the Chairman Alliance on …

Human rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana has requested a coroner’s inquest into the circumstances surrounding the passing away of musician Ilerioluwa Aloba (popularly known as MohBad). MohBad died on 12th September, and was laid to rest just a day later. In a formal letter addressed to the Chief Coroner of the High Court of Lagos State in Ikeja, the Senior …

Human rights activist, Mr. Femi Falana has called on Nigerian business owners to transact business with China in Naira as a currency exchange agreement between the Federal Government and China was established in 2018. The Senior Advocate of Nigeria emphasised that the agreement, valued at RMB 16 billion, sought to enhance local currency liquidity for both Nigerian and Chinese industrialists …