The Federal Government of Nigeria has ordered the withdrawal of the charges purportedly filed by Femi Falana (SAN) against the Chairman, Zinox Group, Leo Stan Ekeh, his wife and few others based on false information over an alleged N170m contract…
Falana urges DSS acting DG to release Dasuki, El-Zakzaky, others (Punch)
Human rights activist, Femi Falana (SAN), has called on the acting Director-General of the Department of State Services, Matthew Seiyefa, to immediately release all illegally detained suspects which he claimed to be over 100. Falana said this in a letter…
Falana, Odumakin urges recruitment of more policemen (Guardian)
A human rights lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN), has appealed to the Federal Government to recruit more policemen, train and equip them adequately to be able to confront the current security challenges. Falana stated this yesterday at an interactive seminar organised…
More fireworks over list of public treasury looters (Nation)
Critics of the listing of treasury looters got some knocks yesterday. They are wrong, some stakeholders said in Abuja at the Second Forum of the Anti-Corruption Situation Room, organised by the Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA). Activist-lawyer Femi Falana…
We’ll sue foreign banks over Abacha, Ibori loot, says Falana (Punch)
A human rights lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN), said the Federal Government had given him and a consortium of lawyers the go ahead to start legal proceedings against foreign banks that colluded with Nigerian officials to loot the nation’s treasury. Specifically,…