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 …

Human rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana, on Sunday, demanded the immediate release of the detained Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Abdulrasheed Bawa. In a statement in Lagos, the Senior Advocate of Nigeria said the remand order for Bawa had expired hence the Department of State Services (DSS) had no legal grounds to continue to detain …

Human rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana has called on the Authority of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) not to attack the Niger Republic as a whole but impose sanctions on the military junta. According to the Senior Advocate of Nigeria, “apart from suspending Niger from ECOWAS, the leaders of the sub-regional body should refrain from attending international …

The Federal Government has insisted that the planned industrial action by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) is illegal. In a letter dated 28th July 2023, Sam Ogala of Falana’s Chamber stated that the right to peaceful protest has not been removed from the constitution In a letter on Monday, the Solicitor-General of the Federation and Permanent Secretary of the Federal …

Human rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana has condemned the National Assembly over the decision to allocate N70 billion as palliatives for its members. In a press statement released on Sunday, the Senior Advocate of Nigeria said the move is illegal and contemptuous. The allocation of N70 billion, disbursed among 306 newly elected members, in addition to N40 billion set aside …

Lagos lawyer and human rights activist, Mr. Femi Falana has called on President Bola Tinubu to lead the anti-corruption campaign. At the celebration of 60 years of Aare Afe Babalola at the bar on Monday at Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti, the Senior Advocate of Nigeria said that the nation was yet to be free from the tenterhooks of corruption as indicted …

Human rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana has lamented that “plutocracy has replaced democracy in Nigeria”, the effect of which is that “people have lost confidence in the democratic process”. Falana, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, stated this in a keynote address, titled: ‘General Elections in Nigeria 2023: A Review of the Nation’s Political Culture and Electoral Integrity’, and delivered at …