Human rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN), has described the 48-hour ultimatum given by the Department of State Services to the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited to end the lingering fuel scarcity in the country, as an empty threat.
Falana said this on…
SPEECH DELIVERED BY CHIEF WOLE OLANIPEKUN, CFR, OFR, SAN, CHAIRMAN, BODY OF BENCHERS AT THE MEETING OF THE BODY HELD ON MONDAY, 5th DECEMBER, 2022
I welcome all members to this very important meeting of the Body of Benchers which, traditionally, is meant…
Femi Falana, human rights lawyer, says the redesign of the naira may be illegal if President Muhammadu Buhari did not seek approval of the national assembly for the funds used for the initiative.
On November 23, Buhari unveiled the new currency notes at…
Former President of Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, Dr. Olisa Agbakoba, SAN, has identified insecurity, poverty, unemployment, ailing economy, disunity, restructuring and legitimate constitution as some of the major challenges the next Nigerian president would have to tackle to move the nation forward.
Speaking…
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, Mike Ozekhome, has said that only a brand-new people driven constitution could guarantee Nigeria’s progress.
Mr Ozekhome made the remark in a lecture with the theme 2023 General Election: The Nigeria Project and the Media, during the…
Human rights lawyer, Mr.Femi Falana, SAN, has warned that the 2023 election may be marred by violence, stressing that elections cannot hold in many parts of Nigeria given the activities of criminals in some parts of the company.
Speaking on Channel Television programme,…
Zamfara State has recorded its first Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Sani Abdul Aziz Mohammed
Elites in the state who have been in a joyful mood claimed that since the creation of the State in 1996, it has been without any Senior Advocate…
Prominent lawyers of Ekiti origin, including Afe Babalola (SAN), Femi Falana (SAN) and Chief Wole Olanipekun (SAN) yesterday described the purported impeachment of Gboyega Aribisogan as political rascality.
In a lengthy statement , which was also jointly signed by Dele Adesina (SAN), Olu…
The Vice-Chancellor of Kwara State University, Malete, Professor Muhammed Akanbi (SAN), is reportedly dead.
He was reported dead on Sunday night after a brief illness.
Details of what led to his death were still sketchy as of the time of filing this report as…
Human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana, on Sunday asked the police authorities and Ekiti State Governor, Biodun Oyebanji to intervene in the crisis rocking the state House of Assembly.
On Wednesday, security operatives sealed off the complex to forestall…