Tag: Falz
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#ENDSARS: All recommendations must be fully implemented— Falz reacts over EndSARS panel’s report
Rapper and actor, Falz has reacted to the report presented by the Lagos judicial panel of inquiry into the Lekki tollgate shooting of last year. TheNewsGuru recalls that soldiers had invaded the tollgate where protesters had gathered on October 20, 2020, and fired shots — in what appeared to be an attempt to disperse the…
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End SARS: You can’t win from outside – Falz, Aisha urged to join political party
Popular On-Air Personality, OAP Dotun, has urged activists Folarin Falana, also known as Falz, Aisha Yesufu and other forerunners of End SARS movement to join a political party. Dotun said youths in Nigeria can change many things in the country if they become part of the system. According to him, it’s tougher to win or…
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#EndSARSMemorial: Falz, Mr Macaroni, Deyemi Okanlawon, others join car procession at Lekki Tollgate
Popular rapper and actor, Folarin Falana, popularly known as Falz and social media comedian, Mr Macaroni, joined the car procession at the #EndSARSMemorial protest at Lekki tollgate in Lagos on Wednesday. Entertainers like Chike, Deyemi Okanlawon, Prince Enwerem, reality TV star also joined the procession Some of the activists who spoke to newsmen stated that…
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#ENDSARS: No one has been punished, we won’t be silenced – Falz
Popular rapper, Folarin Falana, AKA Falz has said Nigerian youths will not be silenced by anyone. There are speculations that some citizens would mark the one year of the protests against police brutality and corruption with another protest. Falz, while reacting to statement by the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, barring interested persons…
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Insecurity: Falana, Falz, others protest in Lagos
Revered human rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN), and his artiste son, Folarin, aka Falz, along with a huge number of Lagosians took to the streets on Monday to demonstrate against the insecurity and poverty destroying the country. The activists, under the aegis of the Peoples Alternative Political Movement, marched from the busy Ikeja Bus…
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Nigeria is 10th world, not third world country- Falz
Rapper and actor, Folarin Falana better known as Falz has stated that Nigeria is far beneath other nations categorized as third world countries. He spoke on Monday at the inaugural #FixPoliticsDialogues, a platform which hosts debates on national issues. Expressing his thoughts on the state of the nation at the event, Falz said the…
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FG not committed to justice for #EndSARS protest victims- Falz
Popular Nigerian rapper, Falz says the arrests of some #OccupyLekkiTollGate protesters is a proof that the federal government is not committed to getting justice for victims of #EndSARS protesters killed last year. TheNewsGuru recalls that operatives of the Nigerian army had stormed the Lekki tollgate on October 20 last year and opened fire on unarmed…
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It is difficult to talk about 2020 without feeling sad- Falz
Rapper and actor, Folarin Falana has averred that he will not sign a deal that will enslave him. The outspoken artiste made this known in a chat with Bounce Radio anchored by media personality, Ebuka Obi Uchendu. In his words:” I want to increase my listener-ship.If people are listening to me in China, in Korea…
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Activist sues Burnaboy, Davido, Falz, Tiwa Savage, Sam Adeyemi, Aisha Yesufu, 44 others over #EndSARS protests
An activist, Kenechukwu Okeke, has filed a criminal complaint before a Chief Magistrate’s court in Abuja against 50 persons for their alleged roles in the #EndSARS protests that took place in October. Okeke alleged that during the riot, his properties were destroyed and the defendants who promoted the #EndSARS protests must be brought to justice.…
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TNG Special:How Nigerian entertainers kept #EndSARS protests alive
Nigerian lawyer and human rights activist, Femi Falana recently stated that ever since he started protesting in his first year in the University, he has never witnessed the kind of commitment exhibited by Nigerians in the #ENDSARS protests. “I have never witnessed the level of commitment and determination exhibited by Nigerians in the ongoing #EndSARS…