Legal luminary, Dr. Olisa Agbakoba has raised concerns over what he described as ‘significant inconsistencies’ in the sexual harassment allegations made by Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan against Senate President Godswill Akpabio. Briefing the media at his Apapa Chambers in Lagos State on Tuesday, Agbakoba, who is a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, said he was interested in finding out the truth about …

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 lawyer, Hon Kayode Oladele has faulted the position of the former President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Dr. Olisa Agbakoba on the legal status of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), describing it as “legal sophistry”. Oladele, who represented Yewa North/Imeko-Afon Federal Constituency of Ogun State between 2015 and 2019, was responding to an interview by Agbakoba …

It wasn’t surprising that the 70th birthday anniversary of a foremost human rights campaigner in Africa, Olisa Agbakoba appeared to have sneaked away 29th May. There wouldn’t have been any basis to struggle in the media for attention on that handover day. But Agbakoba remains the head, the fountain and indeed the very source of  hope for many of us …

A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Mr Olisa Agbakoba has said that the functions of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) should be carried out by the police Special Fraud Unit (SFU). In recent time, EFCC and Agbakoba have been at loggerheads over an alleged fraud case linked to Ali Bello, identified as a nephew of Kogi State Governor, …