Tag: Femi Falana

Femi Falana, COVID-19 Fund And Art Of Misrepresentation, By Temitope Ajayi

ADEOLA YUSUF

“It is important to state here that Mr. Falana has a strong reputation for exaggerations and embellishments.” Here is the proof.   There is a viral video where human rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana, made allusion to the sum of N135 billion given to the 36 states in December 2023 at a memorial event in honour of Dr. Beko Ransome-Kuti. It is important to state here that Mr. Falana has a strong reputation for exaggerations and embellishments. What the Lagos lawyer rendered in that trending video was total misrepresentation of…

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UPDATE: ASUU Reacts, Vows to Appeal Court Order on Resumption

Abibat Babalola

BE CALM, BE UNITED: Full Content of the message the union sent to.members after industrial court ordered it to end seven-month strike + ERC’s call on NLC and TUC to declare a 48-hour nationwide warning strike in reaction to the court order on ASUU   The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has said it is set to appeal the order by the National Industrial Court (NIC) directing the suspension of its seven months old strike. In a terse statement sent to members of the union on Wednesday by the Chairman of Lagos Zone…

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Oromoni: Police Arrest 3 Dowen College Students, Go After 2 Others At Large

Gbenga Adeoti

Fiery Lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN, hired in the case against Dowen College as over 100,000 Nigerians have signed an online petition to prosecute the perpetrators of the dastardly crime   The Lagos State police command on Tuesday arrested three students of Dowen College in connection with the death of Sylvester Oromoni Jnr. Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, who made the disclosure confirmed that three out of the five students are already in custody, while two are currently at large. Recall that late Sylvester Oromoni had mentioned five senior…

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Contractor demands $400m as Mambilla Power deals tear Nigeria, Firm Apart

Precious Ibekwe

Here are the detailed reasons power contractor, Sunrise Power & Transmission Co., dragged President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration before the ICC in Paris + why this posed a fresh threat to Nigeria’s China loan A Nigerian company that lost out on a contract to build a multibillion-dollar hydropower plant has filed a $400 million arbitration claim against the nation’s government, further hampering its plans to access Chinese financing for the project. Sunrise Power & Transmission Co., a report by Bloomberg shows, accuses the government of reneging on a settlement accord agreed…

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