Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana has insisted that the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and its affiliates can proceed with the August 2 strike and protest as planned. According to Falana, the…
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Femi Falana: N110bn palliative for senators, reps illegal
Human rights activist, Femi Falana, has described the N110 billion palliative allocated to the National Assembly as illegal and contemptuous. Falana called for the immediate reversal of the controversial…
60th Anniversary: It’s illegal for National Assembly to fix members pay – Obasanjo
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, on Monday, lamented that most of the people who are supposed to operationalise the Nigerian Constitution are the ones undermining the country’s democracy. According to…
Falana: I Support Calls For Televising Of Presidential Election Tribunal Proceedings
Human rights lawyer Femi Falana (SAN) has backed calls for the live broadcast of the presidential election tribunal proceedings. Falana expressed his support for the move while fielding questions…
Why INEC should ask NBA to prosecute electoral offenders— SAN
In order to deal with electoral offences committed during elections in Nigeria, the Mohammed Uwais Electoral Reform Panel had recommended the setting up of Electoral Offences Commission. The recommendation was ignored by…
Falana sends powerful message to CBN, seeks details for new naira notes distribution
Rights activist and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana, has written to the Central Bank of Nigeria demanding details of the amount of new naira notes distributed to commercial banks across the…
Falana: CBN cash withdrawal policy illegal
Femi Falana, human rights advocate, has decried the new cash withdrawal policy introduced by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). Recall that on December 6, the CBN directed deposit money…
See why Sankara’s death bagged Blaise Compaore life imprisonment
On April 6, 2022, a former President of Burkina Faso, Mr Blaise Compaore was convicted and sentenced in absentia to life imprisonment for complicity in the 1987 brutal murder of his predecessor,…
Falana: Planned protest by NLC in solidarity with ASUU legal
Mr Femi Falana, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria and Interim Chair, Alliance on Surviving Covid 19 and Beyond (ASCAB), has argued that the planned protest by the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) in…
Just In: Pardon All Thieves In Prison, Falana Knocks Buhari Over Dariye, Nyame
Human rights activist and lawyer, Mr Femi Falana, SAN, has faulted the state pardon granted to former Governors of Plateau and Taraba, Joshua Dariye… Human rights activist and lawyer, Mr Femi…