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Nigeria On Verge Of Collapse, Falana Cries Out

Nigeria On Verge Of Collapse, Falana Cries Out

May 28, 2021 6:39 am

Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana has asserted that Nigeria is on the verge of collapse as the 2023 general election is threatened in view of series of attacks on INEC offices.

Falana spoke at the final sitting of the Senate Committee on the review of the 1999 Constitution, South West, Lagos, Ogun, Oyo, Zonal Public Hearing, Lagos Center, held in Ikeja, under the chairmanship of Senator Oluremi Tinubu, representing Lagos Central.

According to Falana, Nigeria is ruled by the rule of the rulers and not rule of law, lamenting that people commit all manner of crime and got away with …

A human rights activist and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Mr.  Femi Falana

Nigerian Hospitals Now Mortuaries, Says Falana

February 10, 2020 2:57 pm

A human rights activist and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Mr.  Femi Falana, yesterday called on Nigerians to demand improved health care from the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari.

Falana has also commended the Governor of Borno State, Prof. Babagana Umar Zulum, for rewarding the hard work and dedication to duty of Mrs. Obiageli Mazi with cash benefit and promotion from class teacher to assistant headmistress without bordering about her state of origin or religion.

Falana said it was unfair that Buhari “always travels abroad for medical care while the generality of Nigerians have no other choice but to go …

Use Of Private Jet By Buhari’s Daughter Illegal – Falana

January 12, 2020 2:29 pm
Human rights activist, Femi Falana, Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to stop members of his family from using aircraft in the presidential fleet.

Falana said while reacting to Hanan Buhari, the president’s daughter report of flying in a presidential jet to Bauchi State on Thursday for a private function.

He said the use of aircraft in the presidential fleet by members of the first family for private events is not backed by law.

NAN recalls that Hannan, who is a first class graduate in photography was said to have been invited to the Durbar

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Buhari: Falana Makes Revelation On ‘Third Term Agenda’

December 22, 2019 12:11 pm

Legal luminary, Femi Falana, has alleged that there was a third term agenda for President Muhammadu Buhari.

The Senior Advocate of Nigeria stated that soon, Nigerians will start seeing manifestations of the ‘plot’.

He spoke in reaction to a suit by a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) that the National Assembly should amend the constitution to allow Buhari to contest again.

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Falana told Sunday Tribune: “I hope Nigerians have not forgotten that when the Babangida-led junta was going to extend its tenure, we had the …

AMCON: Falana Makes Revelations On Buhari’s Appointment

December 19, 2019 5:37 am

A frontline human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, (SAN), has declared that the law does not support the confirmation of Adamu Lamatek as the chairman of the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON).

President Muhammadu Buhari had nominated Adamu as AMCON’s new chairman in line with an amendment of the AMCON act that provides for a part-time chairman who shall be a deputy governor in the Central Bank of Nigeria.

Falana’s position was contained in a statement he signed and made available newsmen on Wednesday.

The Senior Advocate of Nigeria, who backed his claims with some sections of the AMCON …

Falana To Malami: You Risk Being Removed As AGF

December 17, 2019 11:50 am

Femi Falana, senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN), says Abubakar Malami risks being removed as the attorney-general of the federation (AGF) if he fails to secure the release of Omoyele Sowore.

Last Friday, Malami took over Sowore’s case from the Department of State Services (DSS), and with this development, Falana, counsel to the activist, asked him to use his office to secure Sowore’s release.

The AGF, however, said he cannot take any decision on Sowore’s release.

Responding in a statement on Tuesday, Falana said the AGF has not taken note of the legal implications of taking over the case.

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Falana Accuses US, UK Of Nurturing Corruption In Nigeria

December 10, 2019 6:37 am

Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana, has accused Europe and America of nurturing and sustaining corruption in the third world. He claimed the provide safe haven for looted funds.
“The bulk of stolen money is warehoused by USA, Britain among others. When you are bringing stolen money, they turn the other eye because they want to use the money for development. Because there is no colonialism again, they encourage criminals all over the world to bring their stolen wealth and keep it to the detriment of our people and generations unborn.”
Falana, who spoke at the launch of “A …

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Sowore: Falana Tells NBA To Discipline Osinbajo

December 7, 2019 2:51 am

Human rights lawyer, Mr Femi Falana (SAN), who leads Mr Omoyele Sowore’s defence team, has asked the Nigerian Bar Association to take disciplinary actions against lawyers in President Muhammadu Buhari’s cabinet over what he described as desecration of the court with Sowore’s rearrest at the Federal High Court in Abuja, causing a disruption of court proceedings.

He said his legal team would meet on Saturday to determine the next line of action.

He said there were 10 lawyers with four of them Senior Advocates of Nigeria, who ought to live up to their oath to defend the Constitution and other …

DSS Officials Chase Falana As He Drives Sowore Out Of Court

December 6, 2019 9:15 am

Scores of heavily-armed operatives of the Department of State Services are currently chasing the vehicle of Senior Advocate of Nigeria and lawyer to activists, Omoyele Sowore and Olawale Bakare, after he drove them out of the premises of the Federal High Court in Abuja.

The move follows the disruption of court proceedings by DSS operatives during the commencement of trial in a case brought against the activists by the Nigerian Government on Friday morning at the Federal High Court.

The secret police had made fruitless attempts to rearrest Sowore and Bakare inside the courtroom having only released them on bail …

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Falana: Border Closure And Hate Speech Bill Are Illegal

December 5, 2019 3:22 am

Lagos Fiery Lawyer, Mr Femi Falana(SAN), has declared that the All Progressives Congress-led Federal Government was allegedly misled into having the erroneous impression that only border closure can guarantee food security and economic development in the country.

Falana, a social crusader and human rights activist added that the National Assembly lacks the constitutional powers to promulgate any law under the guise of Hate Speech, saying such was not captured under the exclusive and concurrent lists of the 1999 constitution.

The human rights lawyer clarified that going ahead to promulgate such law would not only betray the trust reposed in the …

Falana Calls for Suspension of Morocco From AU

November 18, 2019 7:57 am

A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) and human rights activist, Mr. Femi Falana, has called for the suspension of Morocco from the African Union over the alleged illegal occupation of parts of the territory of Western Sahara.

The human rights lawyer made the call to African leaders at the recently concluded international conference on Western Sahara in Paris, capital of France.

Falana, who is also the legal adviser of the Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic for Africa, argued that the enlistment of Morocco to the AU in January 2017, while occupying Western Sahara, violated some provisions of the constitutive act of …

Falana: DSS Has Given 3 Contradictory Reasons For Sowore

November 17, 2019 9:22 am

Femi Falana, human rights lawyer, says in the last one week, the Department of State Services (DSS) has given three reasons not to release Omoyele Sowore, convener of RevolutionNow Movement.

Sowore was arrested in Lagos on August 3 and later flown to Abuja where he has been in detention despite two court orders on his release.

The DSS has come under intense pressure over the detention of Sowore and other notable Nigerians.

On Friday, Peter Afunanya, spokesman of the DSS, said Sowore chose to remain in custody of the agency because he is being taken care of.

He said the …

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