Femi Falana, human rights lawyer and senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN), has asked the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to investigate Nigeria’s fuel importation as well as mismanagement of fuel subsidy by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited.
Falana said…
Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN, has urged the Labour Party to massively mobilize the Nigerian workers and youth groups to stand a chance of wrestling power from the more established workers.
He told the party that the people they are competing with…
Human rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana yesterday called on President Muhammadu Buhari to withdraw the controversial nomination of four Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) from the Senate and ensure that the nominees were investigated by relevant security agencies.
According to Falana the nomination of…
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria(SAN) Professor Wahab Olasupo Egbewole has been appointed the 12th vice chancellor of University of Ilorin.
Egbewole who has been in the institution for the past 25 years emerged vice chancellor of the institution after a vigorous selection process.
The…
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mr. Charles Ihua-Maduenyi is dead.
The Coordinator of the 2021 Class of Senior Advocates, Mr. Ade Agbola SAN told press that Ihua-Maduenyi died this afternoon in Abuja.
The Port Harcourt based senior lawyer was a Commissioner under Peter Odili…
The National ADR Society has appointed Emeka Obegolu, SAN as its Patron. In a letter, dated 2nd September, 2022, conveyed to the Learned Silk, the society state; “We write to you with extreme gratitude for your show of support in such short…
Human rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana has cautioned the Lagos State government not to usurp the powers conferred on local governments to fix and collect parking fees in the state, stressing that it remains the constitutional responsibility of the local governments to…
The Ondo state governor and former President of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, Rotimi Akeredolu, SAN, has kicked against the statement credited to Chief Niyi Akintola, SAN, referring to the immediate past President, of the association, Olumide Akpata, as a boy.
Akeredolu, in…
Femi Falana, human rights lawyer, says the Lagos State Parking Authority (LASPA) lacks the power to fix and collect parking fees in the state.
The Lagos state government has commenced the collection of levies for cars parked outside the perimeter fence of companies.
In a letter…
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria and Chairman of the Yoruba Leaders Forum (Egbe Amofin Oodua), Isiaka Olagunju, has said that the Yoruba cannot abandon the Nigerian Bar Association.
Olagunju said this while reacting to comments by Niyi Akintola, SAN, on the unruly actions…