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Femi Falana, human rights lawyer, says Abubakar Malami,attorney-general of the federation (AGF), sacked the prosecution team in the case involving Omoyele Sowore, convener of RevolutionNow Movement, after the invasion of the court. Sowore, who was briefly released by the Department of State...

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...

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Femi Falana, senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN) and human rights lawyer, says the court order for Omoyele Sowore’s release did not authorise the Department of State Services (DSS) to verify his sureties. Sowore has been in detention since August 3 when he was arrested on the eve of his planned...

Falana said the federal government had consistently disobeyed court orders on the release of detainees. Read more via Tori News – https://ift.tt/37dh8KE Get More Nigeria Metro News

Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, has accused Buhari of planning third term agenda – President Buhari had publicly told Nigerians that he would not stay beyond 2023 in office – But Falana insisted that the president’s action recently is a pointer to his third term agenda plan Despite Read...

Femi Falana, a senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN), says legal measures will be taken against the Department of State Services (DSS) over its refusal to release Omoyele Sowore, convener of the #RevolutionNow Movement. A federal high court in Abuja had on Wednesday oordered the release of Sowore...

The Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the immediate release of the detained publisher of Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore. The court made the order after saying on Tuesday that there was no extant order allowing Mr Sowore’s further detention before the court. The court said Mr Sowore...

Omoyele Sowore is scheduled to be arriagned to this morning at the Federal H/Court in Abuja by the Department of State Security (DSS). Sowore's lawyer, Femi Falana and his team were spotted in court waiting for the arrival of the judge. While Deji Adeyanju and other activists are within the...

Femi Falana, human rights lawyer, has called for President Muhammadu Buhari and other public office holders to be barred from foreign trips until the insecurity in the country is resolved. Falana made the call with President Buhari on a 10-day ‘private visit’ to the UK. While presenting a paper...

Senior Advocate of Nigeria and Human Rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana has revealed he would have been surprised if Atiku had won the 2019 presidential election. Femi Falana revealed this on Hard Copy, a Channels Television programme which airs on Fridays. He said; I would have been surprised if …...

Femi Falana, human rights lawyer, says Nasir el-Rufai, governor of Kaduna state, has confirmed that the general election will be a do or die affair. Responding to to el-Rufai’s “body bag” threat, Falana said the prosecution of the governor will commence as soon as his tenure is over. He …...

A few days after another Nigerian was killed in South Africa, human rights lawyer, Femi Falana … Read more via TODAY.NG – https://ift.tt/2LCHrTa Get More Nigeria Metro News

The Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal, on Thursday, reserved judgment on the appeal seeking to re-order the proposed sequence for the.... Read more via Vanguard Nigeria Newspaper – https://ift.tt/2uKdSnv Get More Nigeria Political News

The absence of Justice Gideon Kurada of a Kaduna High Court on Thursday stalled the arraignment of the leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria..... Read more via Leadership Newspaper – https://ift.tt/2KbXjuu Get More Nigeria Metro News

The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha on Friday released a statement with the list of guests invited for the ceremony of the conferment of national honours on Chief Moshood Abiola; late prominent lawyer, Gani Fawehinmi and politician, Babagana Kingibe. S Read more...

President Muhammadu Buhari has invited Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka and a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) Femi Falana, to the conferment of posthumous Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger (GCON) on the late Chief MKO Abiola. Both men were key players in the June 12 … Read more via...

Femi Falana, a senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN), says President Muhammadu Buhari has by declaring June 12 as Nigeria’s Democracy Day put an end to the “hypocrisy” of ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo. In a statement issued on Wednesday, Falana said declaring June 12 as Democracy Day “validated...

national Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, has lauded Messers Femi Falana and Kunle Ajibade’s contributions to the rebirth of democracy in Nigeria, after many years of military rule. Tinubu lauded the duo yesterday, in a statement to mark the country’s Democracy Day...

Human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana has identified rivalry between the office of the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and anti-graft agencies as one of the hindrances to the current war against corruption in Nigeria. Falana, who stated this at the “2nd …...