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A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana, has reacted to the judgment of the Supreme Court on the governorship election in Bayelsa State. In an exclusive with Channels Television, he said the apex court made a mistake when it treated a pre-election matter as a post-election case.... Read...

Nobel laureate, Wole Soyinka, has distanced himself from a team purportedly instituted by the Third Force Movement to monitor the Supreme Court’s review of its judgment in the Imo governorship election.... Read more via Premium Times Nigeria – https://ift.tt/3bUkSTy Get More Nigeria...

The Western Nigerian Security outfit codenamed Operation Amotekun remains an illegal entity, the FG has maintained. According to The Nation, the Federal Government has insisted the Western Nigerian Security outfit codenamed Operation Amotekun remains.... Read more via Tori News –...

Human Rights lawyer, SAN Femi Falana has reacted to the federal government’s claim that ‘Operation Amotekun’ is illegal. He expressed discomfort as the bias shown by the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami with his statement that the ‘issue of security is...

Senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN) and human rights activist, Femi Falana has reacted to the controversy that trailed the use of the presidential jet by one of President Buhari’s daughters, Hanan Buhari. In a statement released on Sunday January 12, Femi Falana dispelled Garba Shehu’s claim of...

Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Mr. Femi Falana, has said that the private use of the Presidential Jet by members of President Buhari’s immediate family, is not in accordance with law. Falana in a statement on Sunday urged President Buhari to stop members of his family… Read more via...

Nigeria’s rights activist, Femi Falana is backing agitation that President Muhmmadu Buhari, his vice, Yemi Osinbajo and the 36 state governors declare their assets publicly. The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), capitalising on the Freedom of Information (FoI)...

Falana says Malami puts himself under undue pressure and also exposed the judiciary to ridicule over Sowore’s release. Femi Falana, human rights lawyer has again tackled Abubakar Malami, Attorney-General of the Federation over Omoyele Sowere’s matter.... Read more via Pulse Nigeria –...

Human rights activist, Femi Falana (SAN), has joined league of Nigerians who condemned the recent report credited to President Muhammadu Buhari that Nigerians should stop going abroad for medical treatment, even as he said that Buhari should lead by example by treating himself … Read more via...

A frontline human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, has tackled the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami (SAN), for the Federal Government’s disregard to court orders and rule of law..... Read more via Daily Post Nigeria – https://ift.tt/2QbZxfD Get More Nigeria Metro News

Human rights lawyer, Mr Femi Falana, has said Mr Abubakar Malami, SAN, Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation, lacks powers to order the release of any detainee out of mercy.... Read more via Vanguard News – https://ift.tt/2ZELi6a Get More Nigeria Metro News

President Muhammadu Buhari’s senior special assistant on media and publicity has drawn the rage of some Nigerians, after describing popular human rights lawyer, Femi Falana(SAN) as ‘unsuccessful’. The presidential spokesperson was reacting to claims by the renowned lawyer that the president has...

The Presidency has described human rights activist, Femi Falana as a liar for misinforming the public that President Muhammadu Buhari is planning a third term agenda..... Read more via P.M. News – https://ift.tt/2tEamht Get More Nigeria Political News

Human rights lawyer Femi Falana (SAN) has written to the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami SAN, seeking the release of the convener of #RevolutionNow protest, Omoyele Sowore, from the custody of the Department of State Services … Read more via...

Human rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN), on Friday, asked the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami (SAN), to withdraw pending criminal charges against his clients, Mr. Omoyele Sowore and Olawale Bakare..... Read more via Plus TV Africa –...

Following the national embarrassment served by the DSS after invading a court, the agency has sent a delegation to apologise. Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana has revealed that the... Read more via Tori News – https://ift.tt/2Pwopgw Get More Nigeria Metro News

Femi Falana, counsel to Omoyele Sowore, convener of RevolutionNow Movement, on Monday, alleged that the Nigerian government offered the activist a “death warrant” deal while in custody of the Department of State Services, DSS. Falana disclosed that the Nigerian government reached out for the...

Femi Falana, has lashed out at the Department of State Services (DSS) over its statement in which it denied invading a trial court to rearrest Omoyele Sowore, Igbere TV reports. Recall that the DSS alleged that the #RevolutionNow convener violated his bail conditions hence his rearrest. The...

Femi Falana, has lashed out at the Department of State Services (DSS) over its statement in which it denied invading a trial court to rearrest Omoyele Sowore. Recall that the DSS alleged that the #RevolutionNow convener violated his bail conditions hence his rearrest.... Read more via Linda...

The Department of State Services (DSS) has denied that its men intruded the Federal High Court, Abuja, and assaulted Omoyele Sowore on Friday. The Cable reports that according to a statement issued DSS spokesperson, Peter Afunanya, on Saturday, the agency claimed that.... Read more via...