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Cash Gift Above N5m Constitutes Money Laundering – Sagay

The Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee against Corruption (PACAC), Prof Itse Sagay, has said that “technically, giving anyone a gift of money above 5 million, outside the banking system, is an offence.” The Senior Advocate of Nigeria has, therefore, advised the…

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Mismanagement of Ecological Funds is a Crime Against Humanity – Falana

Human rights lawyer Femi Falana SAN has condemned the treatment of victims of flooding across the country, stating that, “During the covid 19 pandemic the Federal Government did not ask the citizens to hold the state governments to account for fund meant…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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 0Comments

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…

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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 0Comments

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 0Comments

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…

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