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He said that the media should follow up on rights violation cases until resolved as part of its watchdog function.
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Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN), has called on the Federal Government to halt the planned trial of 36 military officers before a General Court Martial over their alleged involvement in a coup plot. Falana made the call in a statement issued on Thursday, following the arraignment of six individuals before the Federal High Court […]
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Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, has defended the decision of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) not to file any process in the ongoing appeal involving the African Democratic Congress (ADC) at the Supreme Court, describing the move as consistent with legal and constitutional provisions.
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Former presidential candidate, Gbenga Hashim, has declared that pro-democracy forces will resist any attempt to impose a one-party system in Nigeria. Hashim made the remark after a strategic meeting with Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana, as part of ongoing consultations with key stakeholders on safeguarding the country’s democratic structure. “We resolved to sustain the […]
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Femi Falana SAN, Chair of the Alliance on Surviving COVID-19 and Beyond (ASCAB), has called for an immediate suspension of political campaigns in the country, citing the need for elected officials to focus on governance. In a statement, Falana noted that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has scheduled the presidential and national assembly elections […]
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By Femi Falana, SAN During the State Visit of President Bola Tinubu to the United Kingdom last week, it was announced that some Agreements were signed by Nigeria and the United Kingdom. In particular, the Migration Partnership Agreement is aimed at fast-tracking the return of Nigerians with no legal right to remain in the UK, […]
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The decision of the Lagos State Government to reintroduce the sanitation exercise where the movement of Lagos residents is restricted for 3 hours during the last Saturday of every month is a sad reminder of one of the primitive legacies of the defunct military junta in Nigeria.
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THE Movement for Credible Elections, MCE, a coalition of leaders of organised civil society and labour movement, has said it would protest over electoral reforms at the National Assembly today.
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Human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana, has called on the National Assembly to make real-time electronic transmission of polling unit results mandatory in the ongoing amendment of Nigeria’s Electoral Act.
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“This is not lawmaking, it is deliberate democratic sabotage against the aspiration of the people of our country, as mandatory electronic transmission of results is not controversial. It is a minimum safeguard against result tampering, ballot rewriting, and post-election fraud. Any legislature that blocks it is openly defending a system that thrives on electoral corruption, stolen mandates and manufactured elections.”
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