Police investigation into the allegations of stealing and criminal diversion of company funds levelled against billionaire businessman, Capt. Idahosa Wells-Okunbo, by a former Chairman of Skye Bank Plc, Mr Tunde Ayeni, has indicated that the accusations are false. The police…
NDDC interim committee is illegal, actions open to litigation – Falana
Senior lawyer and human rights activist Femi Falana, SAN has spoken on the dangers of the Buhari administration flouting the law setting up the agencies of the federal government. Speaking at a lecture to mark the Third Anniversary of the…
Sowore’s Rearrest: ‘This Has Never Happened Before’, Falana Slams DSS (ChannelsTV)
Lead Counsel and human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, has criticised the Department of State Security Services (DSS) for disrupting court proceedings and eventually rearresting his clients, Mr Omoyele Sowore and Mr Olawale Bakare at a Federal High Court in Abuja,…
Homage to an uncommon revolutionary scholar – Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
Unions Without Unionism, Governments Without Governance: Essays In Honour Of Professor Funminiyi Oladele Adewumi; Edited by Owei Lakemfa & Ahmed Aminu Yusuf; Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Abuja, Nigeria; 2018; 306pp Professor Funmi Adewumi (1960-2017) died so painfully at the height of his…
We’ll challenge Sowore’s detention order, says Falana (Punch)
Mr Femi Falana (SAN), who is Sowore’s lawyer, indicated to The PUNCH on Thursday, that he would file an application to challenge the order by a Federal High Court in Abuja that granted the Department of State Services permission to detain the…
Govt spent over N250bn on useless enterprise, Falana says of 2019 elections (Punch)
Human rights activist, Femi Falana (SAN), has described the 2019 general elections as “a useless enterprise” and “an expensive joke,” noting that governments at all levels must have expended over N250bn on it. Falana said this during an interview on Sunrise…
*Ambode delivers LG as APC wins Lagos East Senatorial District (Punch) * Collation of presidential results begins in Abuja today (Nation)
Ambode delivers LG as APC wins Lagos East Senatorial District (Punch) Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, has successfully delivered Epe Local Government to the All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, Muhammadu Buhari and the party’s candidates for the National Assembly.…
*More victims reporting domestic, sexual violence (Guardian)* Falana faults INEC’s ban on campaigns before rescheduled election (Independent)
Sunday, February 17, 2019 More victims reporting domestic, sexual violence (Guardian) A quarterly report of the Lagos Criminal Information System (LCIS) for the months of June to September 2018 disclosed that 56 miscellaneous cases (stealing-related offences), 95 sex offences, 79…
Falana blames increase in hate speech, fake news to absence of political will (Nation)
Rights activist, Femi Falana (SAN) blamed the rising spate of hate speech and fake news the absence of political will on the part the government to ensure effective application of existing laws. Falana noted that there were enough laws in…