Amid the planned protest by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) over the hardship faced by Nigerians, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Femi Falana, has asked the Attorney General Of the Federation, Lateef Fagbemi, to provide security for the demonstrators.
Barring any last-minute…
Dr Kanu Agabi, a former Attorney-General of the Federation, says Nigeria’s judiciary is better than the legislature and the executive, saying it is the best best arm of government in the country.
Agabi stated this in Abuja on Saturday, at a book launch…
The Attorney General of the Federation and the Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), on Tuesday, called on the Economic Community of West African States Court of Justice to refrain from issuing orders and judgments that are impossible to enforce.
But human…
Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, has urged the Nigerian government to discard the “deleterious policies” of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) like asking the government to increase electricity tariff and remove whatever was remained of the petrol subsidy…
The founder of Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD), Aare Afe Babalola has urged President Bola Tinubu to seek debt relief from international creditors.
Babalola made this call during the 6th Induction Ceremony of 2023 graduating set of College of Medical and Health Sciences,…
Human rights lawyer Femi Falana, SAN has urged the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to urgently organise an extra-ordinary session to discuss and respond to the deteriorating human rights and rule…
A former President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Chief Wole Olanipekun (SAN), said, on Wednesday, that former President Olusegun Obasanjo almost punched him for advising that the 1999 Constitution be amended when Obasanjo was the sitting President.
Olanipekun said while delivering the Convocation…
Aare Afe Babalola, a prominent lawyer in Nigeria, has revealed some of the high legal fees he has charged clients, including a $30 million fee for helping the government recover $300 million from banks and a $5 million fee for an appeal…
A legal icon, Barrister Niyi Akintola, (SAN) has asked the Federal government to hands off regulatory of the Solid minerals which is on its exclusive list to the respective state government.
His 24 bed Hotel located at House 40, Dejo street was affected…
Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN, has called for an end to what he described as scandalous pension for some ex-governors in Nigeria.
Falana in a statement, lamented that while many state governors voted themselves humongous pension payments and allowances, some of them…