Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC), Prof. Itse Sagay (SAN), on Sunday came down hard on the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) for trying to force the cashless policy on Nigerians.
Speaking exclusively with Daily Independent, Sagay, who backed the calls…
Human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana says the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele has not returned to the country following allegations of terrorism financing levelled against him by the Department of State Services…
A human right lawyer and senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana, has requested for an inquest into the death of a police officer, Monday Orukpe, and others injured at Trade Fair section of the Lagos-Badagry Expressway on August 3, 2022.
In a letter…
A senior lawyer, Mr Ighodalo Imadegbelo (SAN) yesterday urged the federal government to take urgent steps to end the exodus of young medical practitioners from the federation.
Imadegbelo, an expert in Medical Law and Alternative Dispute Resolution, noted that the trend “is threatening…
Legal icon, Aare Afe Babalola (SAN) has said the 1999 Constitution is responsible for the myriad of challenges in Nigeria and called for its substitution, adding that the document cannot produce the best set of leaders for Nigeria.
The founder of Afe Babalola…
Femi Falana, human rights lawyer and senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN), has asked the federal government to make it mandatory for persons arriving in Nigeria from China to produce negative COVID test results.
China said it will scrap its quarantine measures for…
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Sebastine Hon, has said that Nigeria cannot be run like a unitary system of government as proposed by the Nigeria Financial Intelligence Unit.
He said this while explaining that the government does not have the constitutional powers to…
Nigeria’s human rights lawyer Femi Falana (SAN), said the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, and the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission, ICPC are competent to investigate the account of state governments.
This is contrary to the opinions of another SAN, Olisa Agbakoba.
Falana made…
Former president of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Dr Olisa Agbakoba (SAN) yesterday said he is going to file an action to seek a court declaration on the exact scope of powers of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on states.
Agbakoba…
Human rights lawyer Femi Falana has called on security agencies to apprehend those he claimed are “anti-democratic forces” bent on truncating the 2023 elections.
Falana raised the alarm on Monday and based his argument on the series of attacks on the facilities of…