Tag: Falana
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Falana writes AGF, demands Sowore’s immediate release
Human rights lawyer Femi Falana (SAN) has written to the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami SAN, seeking the release of the convener of #RevolutionNow protest, Omoyele Sowore, from the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS). In the letter dated December 13, 2019, Falana urged the AGF to use…
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Falana writes AGF Malami, calls for Sowore’s release
Human rights lawyer, Mr Femi Falana, SAN, has written to the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr Abubakar Malami (SAN), calling the release of the convener of ‘RevolutionNow’ protest, Omoyele Sowore, from the custody of the Department of State Services. Falana’s letter, dated December 13, 2019 and made available to journalists on…
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Falana tackles Malami: ‘Dismiss criminal charges against Sowore, Bakare now…’
Human rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN), on Friday, asked the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami (SAN), to withdraw pending criminal charges against his clients, Mr. Omoyele Sowore and Olawale Bakare. Falana said in a statement that there was no evidence to get the ‘RevolutonNow’ protests conveners convicted. He…
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Sowore: DSS invasion of court room to make arrest has never happened in Nigeria before – Falana
Femi Falana, Senior Advocate of Nigeria and lawyer has narrated the build-up to Sowore and Bakare’s rearrest by the DSS at a Federal High Court in Abuja, barely 24 hours after their release from DSS custody. Falana who is the lawyer to activists, Omoyele Sowore and Olawale Bakare said: “This morning, the SSS lawyers and…
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Falana worries over bail condition imposed on Sowore
Activist lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN, has expressed concern that one of the bail conditions imposed on detained publisher of the Sahara reporters, Omoyele Sowore, by the court is the type that would confine him to a specific part of the country even after meeting other conditions. Falana said he could recall that the last time…
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Nigerian universities breeding zombie students – Falana
Mr Femi Falana, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), on Friday has called on all Nigerian universities to allow student unionism thrive so as to produce graduates who will be critical thinkers and not robots or zombies. Falana, a former student unionist at Obafemi Awolowo University, said this while delivering the 9th Convocation lecture of…
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Sowore: Falana threatens to pursue contempt proceedings against DG DSS
Mr Femi Falana, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria and counsel to detained activist, Omoyele Sowore has reacted to the claim of the Department of State Services(DSS) that the order of the federal high court for Sowore’s release has not been served on the organisation. Falana countered that the certified true copy of the order was…
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Why Sowore was not released yesterday – Falana
A human rights activist and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Mr. Femi Falana has said that the Convener of #RevolutionNow protest, Omoyele Sowore, was not released yesterday by the Department of State Services (DSS) because his international passport, which the court asked him to deposit, was in Lagos. Justice Taiwo Taiwo of the Federal High…
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FG’s proposed VAT increase illegal – Falana
The proposed increase in value-added tax (VAT) has met quite a number of criticisms and the latest is from human rights lawyer, Mr Femi Falana, who opined that the federal government was in violation of the law if the National Assembly has not passed a bill to that effect. Mr Falana disclosed this during an…
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Propose Money Bill before implementing increase in VAT, Falana tells FG
Human Rights Lawyer, Femi Falana, has called on the Federal Government to propose a Money Bill to the National Assembly before the implementation of the increase in Value Added Tax (VAT). Falana told the News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) in Abuja, said that the National Assembly (NASS) erred by inviting the Minister of Finance and the…