•Femi Falana, SAN A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) and human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, and a lawyer, author and political activist, Dele Farotimi, have faulted the House of Representatives following the information on the alleged plan by terrorists to bomb the Nigerian National Assembly. Recall that the House of Representatives Committee o...
•Peter Obi and Dele Farotimi Human rights lawyer Dele Farotimi says talks about the 2027 polls are distracting, but insisted he will support Peter Obi if the former Anambra State governor contests the presidential election. Farotimi was a guest on Channels TV last night , where he made the comment. WATCH HIS INTERVIEW BELOW:Â
•Dele Farotimi The Nigeria Police Force has filed a notice of discontinuance in the alleged defamation suit filed by the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, against Lagos-based legal practitioner and author, Dele Farotimi. Our correspondent sighted the notice of discontinuance dated January 29, 2025 which was filed pursuant to...
•Afe Babalola and Dele Farotimi The Oodua People’s Congress (OPC) has appealed to elder statesman, Chief Afe Babalola, to handle the alleged defamation of character and cyberbullying against rights activist, Dele Farotimi, with mercy and understanding. The OPC, in a statement by the Publicity Secretary, Barrister Yinka Oguntimehin, said the co...
•Atiku and Farotimi Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has decried the detention of human rights lawyer and advocate, Dele Farotimi, saying he is languishing in prison for speaking truth to power. Farotimi is being prosecuted before a chief magistrate’s court in Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State for allegedly defaming a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN)...
•Dele Farotimi and Afe Babalola Supporters of human rights lawyer, Mr Dele Farotimi, and those of legal luminary, Aare Afe Babalola (SAN), clashed today at the Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State. Confusion erupted after the adjournment for ruling on the bail application of Farotimi to December 20, 2024, reports Daily Trust. Bab...
•Peter Obi visits Afe Babalola The African Action Congress (AAC) presidential candidate in the 2023 general election, Omoyele Sowore, has criticised Peter Obi for visiting Afe Babalola to ‘beg’ in the ongoing case against human rights activist and lawyer Dele Farotimi. Farotimi is facing charges of criminal defamation and cybercrime in both th...
•Afe Babalola (SAN) The founder of Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti, Aare Afe Babalola (SAN), yesterday, dismissed insinuations that he was using his clout to deal with human rights lawyer, Dele Farotimi, who an Ekiti State Magistrates Court remanded on Wednesday. This was as a group, Take It Back Movement, convened by the former presidentia...
•Atiku and Tinubu Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, has condemned the arrest of human rights activist and lawyer, Dele Farotimi, by the police, alerting that the action is a grim reminder of the dark days of the military. In a post on social media today, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in […]
•Dele Farotimi A Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere, has condemned the arrest of a civil rights activist, Dele Farotimi, by the Nigerian police, demanding his immediate release. Farotimi, was arrested yesterday, over his book titled, ‘Nigeria and its criminal justice system’ said to have allegedly defamed a certain character in the book, r...

