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Human rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN), has berated Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, for saying deceased Dowen College student, Sylvester Oromoni, died of natural causes when the facts had not been established by the coroner’s inquest. Falana also rejected…

As reactions continue to trail comments and issues arising from the President’s recent interview with Channels Television on Wednesday, lawyers and civil society have raised eyebrows in reaction to the President’s comment warning against any personal court summon after his administration. During…

Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN), has reacted to a legal advice issued by the Lagos State Director of Public Prosecution, Adetutu Osinusi, clearing staff and students of Dowen College of complicity in the death of a 12-year-old student of the school,…

A senior advocate of Nigeria Olisa Agbakoba, says the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has the power to regulate electoral processes. The national assembly had transmitted the electoral amendment bill to President Muhammadu Buhari on November 19, with recommendations on the electronic transmission…

A human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mr. Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, has expressed concern over the type of federalism practiced in Nigeria. Making reference to section 215 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended), the Senior…

A Senior Advocate of Nigeria and founder, Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti, Aare Afe Babalola, said on Tuesday that Nigeria would grind to a halt if it should conduct the 2023 general elections with the present 1999 Constitution. Babalola said to avert…

A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mr. Jibrin Samuel Okutepa, has called for justice in courts in Nigeria. The learned silk expressed concern that there is delay in justice delivery in the country masterminded by some legal practitioners and courts. Okutepa further gave…

The lead counsel for Yoruba Nation agitator Chief Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho, Chief Yomi Alliyu, SAN, has urged the public to ignore a statement by a lawyer, Mr. Pelumi Olajengbesi, that he had pulled out of Igboho’s legal team. The senior lawyer…

A legal luminary and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Chief Mike Ahamba, has called for investigation into circumstances leading to a two years adjournment in the hearing of an appeal in respect of the Gwandu Emirate headship by the Supreme Court. This is…

Legal luminary, Afe Babalola, on Monday decried the current dearth of cash in banks, stating that it kills faster than COVID-19, and calling for the federal government intervention. “COVID-19 is regarded as a dangerous and dreaded epidemic which kills its victims but I…