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Renowned senior lawyer and human rights activist, Femi Falana, has said that rather than being sacked, Former CEO of the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission Babatunde Irukera, should be sent a letter of commendation for turning around the agency. Falana stated that the…

The first Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) in Kwara State and a life member, Body of Bencher,  Dr. Aliyu Alarape Salman, is dead. Salman, the legal luminary died in Ilorin the Kwara state capital, in the early hours of Sunday at the age of…

Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, says the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Betta Edu, should resign for “betraying the confidence reposed in her”. Falana, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), in a statement on Sunday, urged the Economic and Financial Crimes…

A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana, has criticised the Chief of Army Staff Lieutenant General Taoreed Lagbaja’s statement where he sounded his disapproval for citizens to bear arms following coordinated attacks on Plateau State during the Yuletide by assailants. “I do not support that. I think…

Founder of Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD), Afe Babalola, has pushed for the revamp of moribund farm settlements in different regions of the country to boost food security, agricultural production for local consumption and export and provide raw materials for industries. Babalola, who…

Paul Ananaba, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), has urged the new governor of Ondo State, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, to not go after anybody. Ananaba made the appeal during an interview on Channels TV’s Politics Today. Aiyedatiwa, who deputised late Rotimi Akeredolu, was sworn in…

Foremost human rights activist and constitutional lawyer, Femi Falana, has challenged the federal government to immediately put an end to gruesome killings of innocent Nigerians in Plateau State. The senior lawyer threw the challenge on Wednesday in a statement he issued in reaction…