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 …

The allegations – or do we call them the road to prosperity – that human rights activist and legal luminary, Comrade Femi Falana has forcefully pushed into the public domain in the past one or two weeks are too weighty to be ignored by the Bola Tinubu administration. It is like you have a problem and someone says not just …

Human rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana has said that the Department of State Services (DSS) lacks the constitutional power to investigate and prosecute the suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emefiele. The Senior Advocate of Nigeria said in a statement on Sunday that Emefiele should be transferred to the custody of the Economic and Financial …

The legal firm of human rights lawyer, Mr Femi Falana has written to the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Usman Baba requesting information on the brutal killing of one Ahize Chizoputam Okoli, a final year student of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Osun State. Okoli, a 500-Level engineering student, was gruesomely killed by some students on 21st April 2023, at the …

Advocate lawyer and activist, Mr Femi Falana has said that the Adamawa State governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Aishatu “Binani” Dahiru’s acceptance speech confirmed that she was in on the illegal declaration. Falana stated this In an interview with Channels TV’s Sunrise Daily on Thursday, the Senior Advocate of Nigeria described Binani’s declaration and her acceptance …