Femi Falana

Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Femi Falana, says the judgements of the appellate court sacking Governor Abba Yusuf of Kano State and Governor Caleb Mutfwang of Plateau State should be reviewed because the Independent National…

Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN, has urged the Senate President, Senator Godswill Akpabio and other former governors in the executive and legislature to emulate the example of Senators Daniel and Dankwambo by rejecting the payment…

Human Rights lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN, says the problems the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) are facing in conducting credible elections would be complicated by the appointment of members of political parties as…

Human Rights activist, Femi Falana, SAN, has faulted the statement credited to the Imo State Police Command where the force distanced itself from the arrest of the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Joe Ajaero. Falana in…

A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana, has warned lawyers to desist from assisting clients to punish landlords. Falana issued this warning on Sunday at the advocacy program themed, “Building Collapse and Application of Punitive…

Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN, has faulted the nomination of 4 out of 10 persons nominated as Resident Electoral Commissioners last week by President Bola Tinubu. He noted that the constitution prohibits person, or persons…

Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN, says that Thursday’s judgment of the Supreme Court in the presidential election case has all but ended any contest, but maintained that it is not ideal for the judiciary to decide winners of…

Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana, has written to the Minister of Finance, Olawale Edun, urging him to direct the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL) to remit the sum of $34.2bn to the Federation account. By…

A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana, has disclosed that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) collected approximately 3.2 trillion Naira from various sources but had only printed 402 billion Naira when it tried to phase out the old…

A Human Rights Lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana, on Sunday, urged the National Assembly to stop paying lip service to the poor state of basic education in the country. Falana in a statement he signed also knocked…

Human rights lawyer Femi Falana (SAN) has asked the Federal Government to prosecute the suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Godwin Emefiele, and the management of the apex bank over the cash crunch in the country…

Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Femi Falana, says the judiciary is facing an unprecedented blackmail and intimation over the presidential election petitions, saying that the blackmail is not necessary since there is still opportunity…

A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Femi Falana, has asked the Department of State Services (DSS) to release detained suspended Chairman of the Ijebu East Local Government in Ogun State, Wale Adedayo. The council boss had accused…

Femi Falana, a renowned Nigerian lawyer and former chairman of the West African Bar Association (WBA), has demanded the immediate lifting of the sanctions imposed on Niger by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS),…

A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana, has called on the Nigerian business community to insist on transacting business in naira, including using the same to pay for goods imported from China. In a statement made available to the…