The Federal Government says it has withdrawn the contempt of court proceedings against organised labour for embarking on a nationwide protest. This is contained in a letter addressed to the lead counsel to the NLC, Falana and Falana’s Chambers and obtained by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
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*CATALOGUE OF LOOTINGS IN NIGERIA Globally, subsidies, whether for food, transportation, energy or housing, are part of good governance. So, the issue is not subsidies but who benefit from them. In Nigeria, subsidies are primarily of the rich, by the rich and for the rich. I will highlight a...
Human rights lawyer Femi Falana says the Nigeria Labour Congress and its affiliates can proceed on the Aug. 2 strike and protest as planned, saying the exercise does not translate to contempt of court. This is contained in a letter from the Falana Falana Chambers, solicitors to the...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – Human Rights lawyer, Femi Falana, has criticized the National Assembly for allocating scandalous palliatives of N70 billion for 306 newly elected members to acquire exotic bullet proof vehicles. Falana Falana, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, who stated this in a statement issued...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has been tasked on the immediate need to decisively fight corruption to halt the country’s possible drift into a major economic crisis amidst reports that Nigeria loses about $60billion every year to corruption. The Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA...
Ademoye Adewale, a cotton candy vendor, contracted by Chrisland School to prepare snacks for its students during an inter-house sports has told a corona inquest that he strongly believed that Whitney Adeniran was not electrocuted by his tools. Adewale, during his cross-examination, told the Coroner, Mrs Oyenike Fajana on...
Human rights lawyer Femi Falana has faulted the Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) new cash withdrawal limit, describing it as “illegal, null and void”. The CBN had ordered Deposit Money Banks (DMOs) and other financial institutions to ensure that weekly over-the-counter (OTC) cash withdrawals by individuals and corporate entities...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana SAN, has said the recent endorsement of naira redesign by President Muhammadu Buhari is not sufficient to legitimize naira redesign. To this end, Mr. Falana, said the printing of the new Naira without appropriation by the National Assembly may...
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mr Femi Falana on Tuesday asked the Federal Government to stop provoking members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities in a dispute over wages. Mr Falana, speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today, said the lecturers should be paid their full salaries for months...
Foremost lawyer and human rights activist, Chief Femi Falana, has advised the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to prosecute any lawyer involved in acts of money laundering. Falana, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), gave the advice while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), in reaction...
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court, Apo, has fixed Tuesday, November 8, 2022, for the formal arraignment of the Chairman of Zinox Group, Leonard Stanley Ekeh; wife, Chioma, and nine other suspects in an alleged N170.3 million contract fraud. The arraignment by Human Rights lawyer, Femi Falana, a...
he Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) on Wednesday called on the Federal Government to improve the living conditions of people in Niger Delta. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that a member of SERAP, Dr Olubunmi Afinowi, gave the advice in Ikeja. She spoke at an interactive...
The Federal Government has ordered Vice-Chancellors in universities to re-open schools and to allow students resume lectures. This is contained in a letter signed by the Director, Finance and Accounts of National Universities Commission (NUC), Mr Sam Onazi, on behalf of the Executive Secretary of the commission, Prof. Abubakar...
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has filed an appeal challenging the ruling of Justice Polycarp Hamman of the National Industrial Court (NIC) Abuja which ordered the lecturers to call off their seven-month-old strike and return to the classrooms. Counsel to ASUU, Mister Femi Falana, based their appeal...
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) says it is waiting for its lawyers for professional advice, following the National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NICN) order restraining it from continuing with strike. The President of the Union, Mr Emmanuel Osodeke, disclosed this in a telephone interview with the News...
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) will appeal the ruling of the National Industrial Court which ordered the lecturers to call off their ongoing strike. Mr Femi Falana, who is the counsel to the union, confirmed this to Channels Television on Wednesday hours after the ruling of the...
The National Executive Council (NEC) of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has meet to review its six-month-old strike. Sunday’s meeting started in the evening and the union, which has been involved in a protracted industrial dispute, is expected to make a decision about the strike. Despite several...
Human rights lawyer Femi Falana has faulted the N100m presidential nomination form fee set by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), describing it as “immoral” since the country’s minimum is N30,000. Falana made the comment on Thursday, days after the APC fixed the prices for nomination forms for those...
Rights activist, Mr Femi Falana (SAN) on Friday in Ikeja urged the Federal Government to extend Thursday’s presidential pardon granted some top Nigerians, to people serving terms for petty offences. Falana made the call at the 1st anniversary of late Afenifere’s spokesman, Yinka Odumakin’s Lecture and Book Presentation. He...
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) Femi Falana has accused the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, and the Managing Director (MD) of the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) Fidet Okhiria of negligence in the attack on a train plying the Abuja-Kaduna rail line. He is also calling for their prosecution,...