turenchi (Free subscription) | 12/06/2009
... of Nigeria and constitutional lawyer, Professor Itse Sagay; Lagos-based lawyers, Fred Agbaje and Femi Falana and Mike Ozekhome, in separate interviews with SUNDAY PUNCH on Friday canvassed different positions on the ”resign now” call by the NBA.The lawyers‘ national body in an address by its President, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, on Wednesday in Abuja at the valedictory...
turenchi (Free subscription) | 12/06/2009
... Kayode Familoni, former Governor of Kaduna State, Balarabe Musa and Lagos lawyer and activist, Femi Falana, in separate interviews with SUNDAY PUNCH said the NNPC was long overdue for probe.“The probe is long overdue. There have been a series of allegations of mismanagement against the NNPC. It is an important institution in the economy of the country and government, so it should...
turenchi (Free subscription) | 11/29/2009
The Nigerian government has been alerted of a plot by some elements of the Ukrainian government to frame a Nigerian pastor in Kiev, Ukraine, Mr. Sunday Adelaja, for alleged fraud and treason. The charges are part of the plot to edge him out of reckoning in the forthcoming presidential elections in the country. Lawyer to Adelaja, Mr. Femi Falana who has urged the Nigerian government through...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/30/2009
... out of reckoning in the forthcoming presidential elections in the country. Lawyer to Adelaja, Mr. Femi Falana who has urged the Nigerian government through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to intervene in the matter said the on-going persecution of Adelaja which has gone on for almost a year is as a result of the influence of his Church which is prided as the largest in Europe. Mayor...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/27/2009
Polls Rigging Will Worsen in 2011 - Kanu Gbenga Oke and James Ezema27 November 2009|| Share: columnLagos — FORMER National Democratic Coalition, NADECO, chieftain, Rear Admiral Ndubisi Kanu (rtd), yesterday said electoral reforms and the attempt to ensure that people's vote count will not prevent rigging in 2011, rather, the problem will be worse.Similarly, Lagos lawyer, Femi Falana,...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
... 22 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights.Reacting to the ruling, SERAP's Solicitor, Femi Falana, who filed and argued the case before the Court with the assistance of Adetokunbo Mumuni, said, "This is the first time an international court has recognised citizens' legal right to education, and sends a clear message to ECOWAS member states, including Nigeria and indeed...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
... me and the Code of Conduct Tribunal served me notice of this trial. On February 10 2009, when Femi Falana, my counsel, asked the Tribunal to guarantee my safety, and announced my full preparedness to stand trial in Nigeria, no formal guarantees were issued."Just two months ago, on September 23, Mr. Falana wrote on my behalf to the Code of Conduct Bureau requesting certified...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
... relationship between the Bar and the media in the promotion of human rights in the region. Femi Falana, the president of the West African Bar Association, said "having regard to the brazen breach of the Constitution of Guinea and Niger by military and civilian dictators and the worsening human rights record in many states in West Africa, the session could have not come at a more opportune...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
... and defence of human rights.In a statement the president of West African Bar Association Barrister Femi Falana said that a vigilant press is needed to expose human rights violations and a virile and active Bar to ensure that all cases of human rights violations are challenged either at municipal courts or regional institutions.He said due to the weakness of the Judiciary in some member...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
... the execution of the affected Nigerians.The returnees, in their letter to SERAP's solicitor, Mr. Femi Falana, dated 23 October, signed by Vitalis Onuoma and Ugochukwu Onuoma, said, "We thank and appreciate you and the entire members of SERAP for the efforts put in place to repatriate us back to Nigeria. We were on death row in Libyan prison with all hope lost, neglected by the Nigerian...
