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Falana Faults Army Chief’s Statement On Arms Bearing

A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana, has criticised the Chief of Army Staff Lieutenant General Taoreed Lagbaja’s statement where he sounded his disapproval for citizens to bear arms following coordinated attacks on Plateau State during the Yuletide by assailants. “I do not support that. I think…

03/01/2024

MOHBAD: Falana Petitions Lagos CP Over ‘Death Threats’ Against Wife, Son

Human rights advocate and lawyer, Femi Falana, has written a petition to the Lagos State Police Command to investigate the alleged death threats against the late singer Mohbad’s wife and son. Recall, that llerioluwa Oladimeji Aloba popularly known as, Mohbad, a former signee…

30/12/2023

Afe Babalola Makes Case For Moribund Farm Settlements Revival

Founder of Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD), Afe Babalola, has pushed for the revamp of moribund farm settlements in different regions of the country to boost food security, agricultural production for local consumption and export and provide raw materials for industries. Babalola, who…

29/12/2023

Aiyedatowa Shouldn’t Go For Witch-Hunt – SAN

Paul Ananaba, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), has urged the new governor of Ondo State, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, to not go after anybody. Ananaba made the appeal during an interview on Channels TV’s Politics Today. Aiyedatiwa, who deputised late Rotimi Akeredolu, was sworn in…

28/12/2023

‘Killings Must End in Plateau State’ – Femi Falana Demands

Foremost human rights activist and constitutional lawyer, Femi Falana, has challenged the federal government to immediately put an end to gruesome killings of innocent Nigerians in Plateau State. The senior lawyer threw the challenge on Wednesday in a statement he issued in reaction…

28/12/2023

Olanipekun Writes AGF to Amicably Settle $5.8bn Mambilla Power Project

A former President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Chief Wole Olanipekun, has asked the federal government to seek an amicable settlement, and revive the execution of the $5.8 billion Mambilla hydro-electric power project by Sunrise Power Transmission Company of Nigeria Limited…

27/12/2023

Tinubu Can’t Reinstate 27 Cross Carpeting Rivers Lawmakers — Falana

Amid the controversy trailing the intervention of President Bola Tinubu in the crisis rocking Rivers State, human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, has said that the President cannot reinstate 27 cross carpeting members of the Rivers State House of Assembly. In a statement on…

20/12/2023

Supreme Court Had Powers To Grant Kanu Bail — Ananaba SAN

Following the Supreme Court’s verdict mandating that Nnamdi Kanu face trial, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) Paul Ananaba says the apex court had the power to grant bail to the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). An appeal court had dismissed…

16/12/2023

Emeka Obegolu, SAN is the New President, Abuja Chamber of Commerce

Chief Dr. Emeka Obegolu SAN is the new President of the Abuja Chamber of Commerce and Industry, (ACCI). The ex-president, Pan African lawyers Union and Founding Partner Greenfield Chambers takes over from Alhaji Al-Mujtaba Abubakar. After his inauguration at the 33rd Annual General Meeting (AGM) of ACCI…

15/12/2023

‘Stop Parading Yourself as Petroleum Minister’ – Falana to Tinubu

Human rights lawyer Femi Falana has told President Bola Tinubu to stop parading himself as the Minister of Petroleum Resources. Falana argued that the President’s role as Minister of Petroleum contravened Section 147 of the Constitution, cautioning Tinubu not to imitate former presidents…

15/12/2023

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