•Tinubu, Falana and Ibas Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN) has asked President Bola Tinubu to remove the Sole Administrator for Rivers State, Vice Admiral Ibok-ete Ibas (rtd.), for breach of presidential order. The senior advocate yesterday argued that the retired naval chief contravened the orders contained in the Official Gazette dated ...
•Falana, Bobrisky and VeryDarkMan A Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja yesterday struck out the defamation suit filed against blogger Martins Otse, also known as VeryDarkMan (VDM). Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana; and his son, Folarin popularly known as Falz; had filed the defamation suit against VDM following the comments and video he ...
•Femi Falana, SAN Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN), has revealed that courts in Nigeria have banned the illegal suspension of legislators. Falana, who disclosed this in a statement yesterday, said due to the court pronouncements, including the Court of Appeal on the illegality of the suspension of elected members of legislative houses in...
The Court of Appeal sitting in Lagos has turned down a request by Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana, to ban public officers from seeking medical treatment abroad. “It will be an infringement or breach on the fundamental right of Nigerians be they public officers or not to prevent them from seeking medical attention outside […]
•Femi Falana, SAN Contrary to the narrative in some quarters, the Supreme Court verdict on the appeal by the Rivers State governor Siminalayi Fubara against Martin Amaewhule-led House of Assembly does not have anything to do with who is the authentic Speaker of the House. A human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN, stated this on […]
•Femi Falana, SAN Human rights lawyer Femi Falana (SAN), has declared that the Nigeria Police should be held responsible for the stampedes that led to the loss of lives in some states in the part of the country. Recall that about 70 people lost their lives in the stampedes that occurred in Oyo, Anambra states, […]
•MC Oluomo and Tajudeen Baruwa A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana, has called on the federal government to immediately reinstate Tajudeen Baruwa as the President of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, following court judgments affirming his leadership, as against election victory claims by Musiliu Akinsanya, popularly known as...
•Falana and Wike Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN, yesterday, once again flayed the construction of houses for judges and justices by the Ministry of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), saying the action is unconstitutional. Speaking on Channels Television, he said the action is an embarrassment to the Judiciary which ought to maintain i...
•Femi Falana, SAN Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN, has urged the Tinubu-led federal government to discontinue the charge against 101 #EndBadGovernance protesters. His demand comes after President Tinubu yesterday directed the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, to release minors arrested and f...
•Falana, Bobrisky and VeryDarkMan Controversial social media critic Martins Otse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan, has applied to the Lagos State High Court for leave to appeal the ruling delivered on October 14, 2024, by Justice M.O. Dawodu in favour of human rights lawyer Femi Falana (SAN) and his son, Folarin Falana, also known as Falz, [&he...