Femi Falana, a senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN), says President Muhammadu has to honour the invitation of the national assembly. The house of representatives had passed a resolution summoning the president over the rising insecurity in the country. The president was expected to appear before the lawmakers on Thursday but Abubakar Malami, attorney-general of the
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Femi Falana, human rights lawyer, said on Wednesday that the families of #EndSARS protesters murdered by Nigerian Army in Lekki Lagos are definitely afraid to speak up “because of the type of system we Nigerians operates. According to Falana, who stated this at the “#EndSARS Zoom Meeting Global,” hosted by Sahara Reporters publisher, Omoyele Sowore,
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Human Rights Activist, Femi Falana (SAN) on Monday disclosed that the barracks of the soldiers who shot at #EndSARS protesters at the Lekki Toll Gate last Tuesday has been identified. The Senior Advocate while speaking on Arise Tv on Monday said his group, the Alliance on Surviving COVID-19 And Beyond (ASCAB) unravelled the mystery and
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Human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria Femi Falana has petitioned the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights in Banjul, The Gambia over the death sentence on Kano singer Sharif Yahya Sharif. Falana is asking the Commission to exercise its mandates and authority under the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights and
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Nigerians have reacted against the N5million fine slammed on a Lagos-based private radio station, Nigeria Info 99.3FM, for allegedly broadcasting views categorised as hate speech. The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) slammed the fine on the radio station over the views expressed by a former deputy governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Dr. Obadiah
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