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As talks about state police gain momentum, human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, has warned that there must be proper guarantees under the law to prevent situations where governors use police apparatus to intimidate and oppress political opponents. Falana, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria…

The Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Barrister Femi Falana, has said that Nigeria should not be deceived into believing that the establishment of state police is the panacea to insecurity in the country. Falana made the remark at the 3rd Anniversary of the…

A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Mr Olalekan Ojo, has called for an amendment to the law empowering the Court of Appeal as the final determiner of House of Assembly election petitions. Ojo, in an interview with newsmen in Ibadan on Sunday, suggested…

Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN, has requested for the reinstatement of the suspended Senator Abdul Ahmed Ningi, representing the Bauchi Central Senatorial District. Ningi was suspended on the 12th of March, 2024, by the senate for alleging that the 2024 budget was padded with N3…

Prominent human rights lawyer, Femi Falana has attributed the tragic deaths of two students at Nasarawa State University to “official negligence,” demanding an immediate investigation into the circumstances that led to the incident. Two students reportedly died at a stampede during a palliative distribution…

Human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana, on Sunday, urged the Federal Government to put an end to the reprisal attacks by soldiers of the Nigerian Army in the Okuama community of Ughelli South Local Government Area, Delta State. Some…