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Falana Seeks Inclusion Of Army, Air Force, Navy In Lagos Rights Committee

Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, has called for the inclusion of the Nigerian Army, Nigerian Air Force and Nigerian Navy in the proposed Lagos State Rights Committee. The senior advocate of Nigeria stated this at a public hearing organised by House Committee on…

21/10/2022

Babalola Seeks Special Debt Liquidating Funds to Offset Nigeria’s 41.60tr Debt

Founder of Afe Babalola University in Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD), Chief Afe Babalola (SAN), has raised concerns over the country’s rising debt profile totalling about N41.60 trillion. Babalola said the increasing debt profile poses threats to the nation’s economic growth and development. The legal luminary noted that…

21/10/2022

Burning of Vessel Containing Stolen Crude Oil by Soldiers Criminal – Falana

Human Rights Activist, Mr Femi Falana (SAN), yesterday said the burning of a vessel loaded with stolen crude oil by the military in the Niger Delta last week was an attempt to cover up a crime. The vessel in question was reportedly arrested…

17/10/2022

Nigerian Government Shouldn’t Twist Appeal Court Ruling On Nnamdi Kanu – Falana

Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN, has warned that the Nigerian government’s argument that there are pending charges against the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, at the Federal High Court was a "contemptuous mockery" of the…

15/10/2022

ASUU to Call Off Strike in Matter of Days – Falana

Femi Falana, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) and counsel to the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has disclosed that the union will call off its strike in a matter of days. Falana on Monday in Lagos State made the disclosure at a…

10/10/2022

Afe Babalola SAN Rewards Best Farmers in Ekiti With N34m

Foremost lawyer Afe Babalola (SAN) has again set aside N34million as part of the money to be shared among 81 best performing farmers in Ekiti State. The Chairman of the Local Organising Committee, (LOC) of the annual event, Prof. Abiodun Ojo, made this…

07/10/2022

Registration of CONUA Illegal – Falana

Femi Falana, human rights lawyer and senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN), says the registration of the Congress of Nigerian University Academics (CONUA) by the federal government is illegal. In 2018, CONUA parted ways with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) over disagreements on…

06/10/2022

Swear in Ariwoola Now – Prof. Yemi Akinseye-George SAN to Buhari

A Law Professor, Yemi Akinseye-George has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to swear in Justice Olukayode Ariwoola as substantive Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) without further delay. Justice Ariwoola has been on acting capacity since June 27, 2022, following the resignation of former…

06/10/2022

N17bn Allocated to Stop Oil Theft Diverted – Falana

Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, has alleged that about N17bn allocated to stop oil theft has been diverted Falana, while delivering his goodwill message in Lagos State Thursday, also stated that the Ministry of Niger Delta ought to be under the NDDC, and…

03/10/2022

Lack of Quality Teachers Affecting Education in Nigeria – Afe Babalola SAN

The Founder of Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD), Chief Afe Babalola (SAN), has warned that the dearth of quality teachers in the country posed a great danger to functional education. Babalola, who cited the anomalies noticed in Kaduna, Kwara and Sokoto states where…

27/09/2022

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