Browsing: Femi Falana

Islamic Movement in Nigeria, Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky

When the immediate past president of the Court of Appeal, Justice Ayo Salami, was suspended for over one year, Justice Bulkachuwa was acting president for over one year before she was eventually confirmed

Falana said whatever Buhari is doing now is just scratching the problem on the surface

Falana said: “People have stolen our money, why are you begging them to return it? We need to fight them and collect the money; we do not need loans that will mortgage the future of our country

Falana, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, also accused Soludo’s CBN management of illegally transferring $7 billion to 14 commercial banks in 2006, an allegation he had since denied and described as laughable

It said the arrest would be based on frivolous petitions allegedly orchestrated by the All Progressives Congress over the 2014 governorship election in the state

In view of the ongoing trial of the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki before the Code of Conduct Tribunal over the alleged failure to declare his assets the hasty move to amend the Act is insensitive, suspicious, self serving and opportunistic

The Lagos State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Adeniji Kazeem, had stated during the inauguration of the Mobile Court that the development was one of the ways through which Governor Ambode aims to broaden the pathway that guaranty citizens’ access to justice and at the same time ensure the preservation of civility in the society

The petition centred around the alleged mismanagement of funds meant for the procurement of arms by the government of former President Goodluck Jonathan, with Dasuki and Okonjo-Iweala alleged to be active collaborators

Falana made the call on Wednesday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on the sideline of the official opening of Amnesty International Office in Abuja

Eshilokun, a former Secretary of the APC in Lagos State, had challenged the substitution of his name with that of one Hakeem Masha who, he said, lost to him in the primary election

He said a survey carried out by his firm showed that no fewer than 527 suspects were paraded for armed robbery and kidnapping by security agencies across the country in 2014

To worsen matters, President Jonathan appeared in a photograph with Sheriff during his visit to Chad where he had audience with President Idriss Deby this week

Lagos lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN), who was at the deceased’s home to express his condolences, said that the activist was fearless and an upright person

While, maintaining that the Federal Government has acknowledged that poverty was on the increase in the country. Falana submitted that it was unjust to abolish the bank when the Central Bank of Nigeria had recently bailed out commercial banks, collapsed by the rich, and it is currently wiping out the toxic debts owed by the same set of few pampered citizens

Falana noted that the earlier decision was unanimously adopted the delegates in plenary during the discussion of rules and procedures of conference on March 24, 2014

Falana, who made the call at the ongoing National Conference, stressed the need to solve the problem of education, health, unemployment and other issues that directly affect the common man

The top lawyer’s son-in-law, Majekodumi, died in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, while on vacation with his family in the beautiful city

Falana has been identified as a great talent by music veterans such as Eldee, Don Jazzy and MI

A source in the Presidency told The Eagle Online that the biggest fear is that politicians will frustrate the work of the new agency, being an outfit that can sue and be sued