Tag: Falana
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Fake news: Falana’s original letter to Linda Ikeji on Instablog9ja ownership saga
Editor, Punch newspapers online, John Abayomi has threatened to sue the publisher of Linda Ikeji blog, Linda Ikeji for publishing false and malicious story about him. Abayomi through his lawyer, Falana and Falana’s Chambers claimed that the publication with the headline, ‘LIB Exclusive: Meet the owner of Instablog9ja-John Abayomi’ has put his life and that…
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Fake News: Falana threatens to sue Linda Ikeji over John Abayomi, Instablog9ja saga
Editor, Punch newspapers online, John Abayomi has threatened to sue the publisher of Linda Ikeji blog, Linda Ikeji for publishing false and malicious story about him. Abayomi through his lawyer, Falana and Falana’s Chambers claimed that the publication with the headline, ‘LIB Exclusive: Meet the owner of Instablog9ja-John Abayomi’ has put his life and that…
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2019: Obasanjo free to support any candidate – Falana
Activist lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN) has said that it is the right of former President Olusegun Obasanjo to support any presidential candidate of his choice. Reacting to his recent endorsement of People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, he said Obasanjo has a constitutional right to do so. According to him, “Former President Obasanjo has…
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Falana to Buhari: National Security is subject to rule of law
Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN), has warned that the security of the country should never be confused with government security, stating: “It is problematic to place the security of the state entirely above the interests of individual citizens. Placing security concerns in direct opposition to human rights creates a false dichotomy. Each is essential…
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Senate can’t summon Buhari, IG, others – Falana
A human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) on Thursday said the Senate don’t have the constitutional powers to summon President, or the Inspector General of Police to appear before it. He said this when he appeared as a guest on Channels Television’s breakfast programme, Sunrise Daily, on Thursday. Falana quoted sections of…
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Falana knocks police over Melaye’s arraignment, imprisonment
Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN), on Thursday criticized the Nigeria Police for arraigning Kogi-West lawmaker, Senator Dino Melaye in court on a stretcher. Falana said in a statement on Thursday that the degrading and humiliating treatment meted out to Melaye was a violation of his fundamental human right. The senior advocate said, “The arraignment…
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Falana writes Kachikwu, demands explanation on N1.4 trillion fuel subsidy payments
A human rights activist, Femi Falana, on Tuesday filed a Freedom of Information request to the Ministry of Petroleum Resources demanding details of how the federal government’s payment of N261.4 billion per annum in fuel subsidy skyrocketed to N1.4 trillion. In the FOI request which was addressed to Ibe Kachikwu [The letter was sighted by,…
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Video: Banks, churches more corrupt: Femi Falana
Renowned human rights activist, Femi Falana (SAN) has hit hard on the banks and churches as being nests of corruption, more than government institutions. Falana made the remark at the 2018 edition of the Vanguard Economic Discourse, themed: “Economy in Recession: Pitfalls, Trajectories and Resetting”
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Herdsmen: Danjuma right on call for self-defence – Falana
Lawyer cum human rights activist, Femi Falana (SAN) has said the recent advice by the former Minister of Defence, Lt. Gen. Theophilus Danjuma (retd) calling on Nigerians to pick up arms for their self defense against killer herdsmen in the country was in order. Falana said the Constitution recognises the right to protect one’s self…
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You can’t sue Libyan Government for slavery, Falana tells Nigerian returnees
A human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Mr. Femi Falana, has stated that the Nigerian victims of slavery cannot sue Libya, stressing that the shameful slave trade which Nigeria is battling with is part of the fallout from the removal and brutal killing of President Muammar Gaddafi by armed gangs supported by…