Femi Falana

Falana urges the Federal Government to abandon reliance on diplomatic protests and impose economic sanctions on South African companies operating in Nigeria over recurring xenophobic attacks targeting Nigerians. The senior advocate says Nigeria must invoke the principle of...

May 20, (THEWILL) – Human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana, has called the proposed bill to make voting mandatory in Nigeria unconstitutional. Titled, “A Bill for an Act to Amend the Electoral Act 2022 to...

January 04, (THEWILL) – The Alliance on Surviving COVID-19 and Beyond, chaired by human rights lawyer Femi Falana, SAN, has disputed former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s explanation for the reversal of the sale of the Port Harcourt Refinery under his...

October 15, (THEWILL) – The Lagos State High Court, on Tuesday, ordered controversial social media activist, Martin Vincent Otse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan, to take down what it called defamatory comments and videos on social media about human rights...

August 20, (THEWILL) – The chambers of Human Rights Lawyer, Femi Falana, has written to the Nigerian Police Force, informing it of the inability of its client, the President of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero, to honour...

January 24, (THEWILL) - The Federal High Court in Lagos, on Wednesday, dismissed a suit filed by human rights activist, Femi Falana (SAN), challenging a purported sale of Polaris Bank. Justice Lewis Allagoa dismissed the suit following an application...

December 30, (THEWILL) - Human rights activist, Femi Falana, has petitioned the Lagos State Police Command over the alleged death threats against the wife and son of the late singer, Ilerioluwa Oladimeji Aloba, popularly known as Mohbad. Mohbad died on...

October 16, (THEWILL) - Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Femi Falana, on Monday, said the federal character principle strictly forbids the chairmen of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences...

September 19, (THEWILL) – Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN), has requested a coroner’s inquest into the death of the late Nigerian singer, Ilerioluwa Aloba, popularly known as Mohbad. This request was contained in a letter to the Chief...

September 02, (THEWILL) - Legal luminary and human rights activist, Femi Falana (SAN), has called for the suspension of flight operations into Nigeria by British Airways and Virgin Atlantic, until such a time when Nigeria's Air Peace is allowed...