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Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana, has accused the President Muhammadu Buhari administration of human rights violation, stating that a government that negotiates with bandits and terrorists shouldn’t harass law-abiding citizens. Falana was reacting to the invasion of the secretariat of...

Femi Falana Human rights lawyer and activist, Femi Falana, has advised the federal government of Nigeria to assemble a team of lawyers to seek legal redress for the victims of the attacks in South African courts. Speaking in a statement titled “Beyond the condemnation of xenophobic attacks by...

Human rights lawyer, Mr Femi Falana, SAN, on Thursday, prayed the Federal High Court, Abuja, to give him a date for hearing in his application regarding Mr Omoyele Sowore’s, Convener, #RevolutionNow protests detention.... Read more via Newtelegraph – https://ift.tt/31VslMk Get More Nigeria...

Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN) says President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration knows those causing unrest in the country and should bring them to book. Falana said this on Monday at the Coalition for Revolution’s (CORE) working consultative assembly themed “Democracy, state repression...

Femi Falana (SAN), renowned human rights lawyer, has stated that many political leaders in Nigeria have called for revolution at one point or the other, and the call for revolution in the country is not new. Falana stated this on Monday, August 19 while speaking at a symposium organised …...

The attack on the immediate past Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, in Nuremberg, Germany during the annual New Yam festival has continued to elicit reactions from Nigerians, both at home and in the diaspora. The spontaneity of the... Read more via The Guardian Nigeria News – Nigeria...

Human Rights lawyer Femi Falana says the call for revolution is not new in Nigeria as many political leaders had called for revolution at one point or the other. He said Nigerians called for revolution during.... Read more via Premium Times Nigeria – https://ift.tt/2TLGR6D Get More Nigeria...

Lagos Lawyer, Femi Falana, has protested the arrest of participants and the sealing off of the venue for a symposium organised by the Coalition for Revolution (CORE) in Lagos Monday.... Read more via Thisdaylive Newspaper – https://ift.tt/30gRY9L Get More Nigeria Metro News

The Coalition for Revolution, CORE, organisers of the RevolutionNow have organised a programme which seeks to address the ills of the government, with Femi Falana and Wole Soyinka set to participate. The programme which has the theme, “Democracy, State Repression and The State of Insecurity …...

The proscribed Islamic Movement has thanked human rights lawyer Femi Falana and other people of conscience that made possible the departure of Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky and his wife, Zeenat to India for medical treatment. In a statement, Abdurrahman Abubakar Yola, Chairman, Free Zakzaky...

5 Sheikh Ibrahim El-zakzaky has left Abuja for India for medical treatment. The leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, left with his wife and other security personnel aboard an Emirate Airline.... Read more via Channels Television – https://ift.tt/2TqalGU Get More Nigeria Metro News

Controversial Investigative Journalist, Kemi Olunloyo, has revealed that two lawyers have now turned down offer to represent the Dakolos in the allegation of rape levied against.... Read more via Information Nigeria – https://ift.tt/2OREK27 Get More Nigeria Metro News

Is it constitutional for a judge to order the detention of a citizen for 90 days as provided under the Terrorism Prevention Act? Activist-lawyer Femi Falana SAN said yesterday that it is time to find out. Falana said the detention of the convener of #RevolutionNow protests, Omoyele Sowore, has...

The Buhari Media Organisation (BMO) has asked Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, Femi Falana (SAN) and other Nigerians who condemned the arrest of leader of ‘RevolutionNow’, Omoyele Sowore to retrace their steps. In a statement on Monday by its chairman, Niyi Akinsiju and Secretary...

It has been revealed that bullets are still lodged inside Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zazaky and his wife’s bodies. As Kaduna State High on Monday adjourned ruling in the application for permission... Read more via Tori News – https://ift.tt/2GAZlky Get More Nigeria Metro News

Femi Falana, lawyer to the leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, has condemned the action of the Federal Government to proscribe the Shiite group. In a statement on Saturday, described the proscription as “immoral and illegal”. Falana also noted that the IMN was...

Revered Nigerian lawyer, Femi Falana has cleared the air, insisting that he is not holding brief for Mr Timi and Mrs Busola Dakolo.... Read more via Tori News – https://ift.tt/2XXyrOJ Get More Nigeria Metro News

The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has ordered that petitions from the Senior Pastor of the Commonwealth of Zion Assembly, Abuja, Biodun Fatoyinbo, and the Dakolos, be merged and investigated at the Force Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department, Alagbon, Ikoyi...

Human rights activist, Femi Falana has warned the Federal Government of Nigeria against its violent approach to handling members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria who are protesting the.... Read more via Nairaland – https://ift.tt/2lAlSX9 Get More Nigeria Political News

Some members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN), otherwise known as Shiites, took their struggle for the release of their detained leader, Sheik Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, to Lago yesterday..... Read more via The Guardian Nigeria News – https://ift.tt/2LgV61O Get More Nigeria Metro News