Femi Falana (SAN), a well-known human rights lawyer, and other influential Nigerians have created a mega movement ahead of the 2023 general elections. The Peoples Alternative Political Movementis preparing to run against the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the upcoming election. Promoters of the movement met in
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The appointment of new service chiefs by President Muhammadu Buhari has been described as illegal and unconstitutional by a famous human rights lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN). In a statement on Wednesday, Falana said Buhari was wrong to have announced the appointment of new service chiefs without the approval of the National Assembly. Following the resignation
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Human rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN), has said that a former presidential candidate of the African Action Congress, AAC, in the 2019 Presidential election, and Sahara Reporters Publisher, Omoyele Sowore has asked him to sue the Nigerian Police for torturing and violating his fundamental human right. Sowore was arrested along with his friends for
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Mr. Femi Falana (SAN), has urged all public officers to learn from the decision of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), to drop Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai, as one of the panel discussants at its forthcoming Annual General Conference (AGC). Speaking at House of Justice Radio/Television network program with the pioneer Director General of the
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The suspended acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr Ibrahim Magu has denied media reports alleging that he gave N4 billion to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and N28 million to renowned Human Rights Lawyer Femi Falana respectively. He said it was a calculated attempt to tarnish the image of the duo
Read moreHuman rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN), has denied receiving N28m from the embattled Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr Ibrahim Magu, who is under probe by a special presidential panel over allegations of corruption. In a pre-action letter signed by Adeyinka Olumide-Fusika (SAN), Falana demanded a retraction of the
Read moreHuman Rights lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN), has stated that embattled Ibrahim Magu could return as the Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), if he is cleared of all allegations against him. Just recently, Magu was suspended from the position and the agency’s Director of Operations, Mohammed Umar, was on Wednesday appointed to
Read moreSenior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana, has advised Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike to apologise to the owners of the demolished hotels in the state and restore their destroyed properties. He said he expected the victims to take legal actions against the governor’s actions. Speaking to newsmen, the rights Lawyer who described Wike as an
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A Nigerian Human Rights Activist, Femi Falana (SAN) has asked the Federal Government to withdraw armed troops from enforcing the lockdown order placed on the Federal Capital Territory; Lagos and Ogun States. He said deploying armed troops is illegal and unconstitutional based on precedent judgments of the courts of the land. He said, “In the
Read moreHuman rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana, SAN, says the children of the President have no right to convert the Presidential jet to personal use. He, therefore, berated the President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, for saying by tradition all members of the first family have the right to use the Presidential
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