Tag: Falana
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#RevolutionNow: Falana tackles FG over Police invasion of CDHR, Sahara Reporters offices
A number of armed security operatives yesterday blocked the Adeniyi Jones premises of the Committee for the Defence of Human Right (CDHR) and the Lagos office of online media outfit, Sahara Reporters, to stop the planned meeting of suspected pro-revolutionists. Conveners of the #RevolutionNow movement had planned to continue their agitations around 11 a.m for…
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Stolen funds: Tell Nigerians how much you have recovered, Falana tells FG
Activist lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN) has called on the Federal Government to declare how much stolen funds it has recovered since 1999. He was joined in this call by the first woman SAN, Chief Folake Solanke at the 20th Mike Okonkwo Annual Lecture to celebrate the 74th birthday of the Presiding Bishop of The Redeemed…
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Xenophobia: Why Buhari must sue South Africa – Falana
Human rights activist, Femi Falana, SAN, on Wednesday asked the Nigeria’s Federal Government to sue the South Africa government and demand compensation for Nigerian victims of the xenophobic attack in the country. Falana, in a statement, titled: “Beyond the condemnation of xenophobic attacks by the federal government,” said like its counterpart in Nigeria, the political…
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2015 bullets still in El-Zakzaky, wife’s bodies – Falana
As Kaduna State High on Monday adjourned ruling in the application for permission to travel for medical attention by Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zazaky and his wife, Zinat to August 5th, his lawyer said, his clients have pellets of bullets in their bodies The leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) had filed an application for…
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El-Zakzaky: Falana, Ozekhome condemn proscription on Shiites, demand immediate withdrawal
Leading rights activists Chief Mike Ozekhome and Femi Falana, both Senior Advocates of Nigeria, on Saturday described the proscription of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) as illegal and immoral. While Ozekhome said the proscription was “discriminatory”, Falana, who represents IMN leader Ibrahim el-Zakzaky, urged the Federal Government to withdraw the order. Ozekhome said: “The…
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Nigeria heading towards anarchy if insecurity not halted, Falana, Musa warn Buhari
Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana and former Governor of Kaduna State, Balarabe Musa have warned President Muhammadu Buhari to take pragmatic steps in tackling wanton insecurity and ethnicity brewing in the country as the nation is already heading towards anarchy. A statement issued by the duo on Sunday said amid the cacophony of ethnic and…
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Nigeria will face fresh bloody insurgency if El-Zakzaky dies in your custody, Falana warns Buhari
Femi Falana, Nigerian lawyer and human rights activist has sounded a note of warning to the Buhari government on the implications of detaining Shiite leader, Ibraheem El-Zakzaky and his wife, despite court orders for his release. The legal luminary said the nation risks another insurgency, should El Zakzaky die in detention, just like it happened…
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Falana faults CCB’s refusal to disclose ex-presidents’, governors’ assets
Human rights lawyer Femi Falana (SAN) has condemned the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) for its alleged refusal to grant a Freedom of Information (FOI) request by Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) on the asset declaration of former Presidents and governors. The CCB had allegedly turned down the request the ground that an asset…
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Falana to Kachikwu: Give me with details on loss of $60bn oil revenue or be sued
Rights activist, Femi Falana, SAN, has written to the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, demanding information on the loss of $60 billion oil revenue which the Nigerian government had refused to collect from the international oil companies as at August 2017. Falana, in the letter dated April 10, 2019 said he…
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Falana threatens to sue Buhari over indiscriminate allocation of oil blocks to corporate, private individuals
A senior Nigerian lawyer, Femi Falana, has threatened to go to court if the Muhammadu Buhari administration goes ahead to allocate oil blocks to private individuals and corporate bodies. Falana said such allocations are a gross violation of the fundamental rights of the Nigerian masses to freedom from discrimination and equal right of access to…