Browsing: Femi Falana

Femi Falana, a human rights lawyer, expressed his support for the planned protest at the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission headquarters and offices of the Electricity Distribution Companies across the country on Monday over the increase in electricity tariff. The Organised labour under the auspices of the Nigeria Labour Congress and Trade Union Congress, had […]

The Senate may be set to recall Senator Abdul Ningi from his three-month suspension. The President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, gave this indication while fielding questions from reporters on arrival from the Inter-Parliamentary Union meeting in Geneva, Switzerland. Ningi was suspended for three months after about three hours of debate over his interview where […]

Human Rights lawyer, Mr Femi Falana (SAN), has decried the state of customary courts in Lagos State, which he stressed had allegedly been neglected. Falana spoke on Thursday at the Citizens Accountability and Rights Forum, an event organised by the Committee for the Defence of Human Rights, in the Ikeja area of Lagos State. According […]

Human rights attorney, Femi Falana, has criticized the way state governments are giving out aid packages, saying it violates the rights of Nigerians. Falana made this statement at the Citizens Accountability and Rights Forum, an event organized by the Committee for the Defence of Human Rights, in the Ikeja area of Lagos […]