Femi Falana

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…

The decision of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) under President Bola Tinubu to float the naira is illegal and being challenged in court, human rights lawyer Femi Falana has said. On June 14, at a time when the naira traded between…

Femi Falana, a well-known lawyer and advocate for human rights, has thrown light on the unsettling pattern of coups within the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). The Senior Advocate of Nigeria (san) identified…

Mr. Femi Falana (SAN), a renowned human rights activist has revealed that the Tinubu government is obligated by Section 5(4) of the Constitution of Nigeria 1999 (as amended) to obtain the permission of both chambers of the National…

Femi Falana, a human rights attorney, says the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and its affiliates can go forward with the scheduled strike and demonstration on August 2 since the action does not amount to contempt of court as the federal…

Femi Falana, a human rights attorney, has urged federal university administrators nationwide to "immediately suspend the plan to increase tuition and school fees, especially because the majority of people have been rendered impoverished…