LAGOS JANUARY 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Activist lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN) has commended the decision of President Muhammadu Buhari not to seek reelection for the third term. He stated this on Tueday while reacting to the New Year broadcast of President Buhari. He however recalled that the unconstitutional third term agenda for the president was started by some…
LAGOS DECEMBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal High Court, Abuja, will, on Dec. 23, rule on a suit filed by Omoyele Sowore, Convener, #RevolutionNow, to demand for his unconditionally release from the Department of State Service (DSS)’s detention. Sowore, in a motion ex-parte number: FHC/ABJ/CS/1409/19, filed by his lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN, before Justice Inyang Ekwo, demanded…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Convener of #RevolutionNow protest, Omoyele Sowore, has embarked on hunger strike following his continued detention by the Department of State Services (DSS) despite a court order for his release. The DSS arrested Sowore for planning a nationwide protest tagged ‘Revolution Now’ over the state of the nation but the court has twice…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-As the waiting game continues at the headquarters of the Department of State Services in Abuja over the release of Omoyele Sowore, his lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN), has vowed to remain at the facility pending the release of his client. The human rights lawyer insisted that he and his team would stay…
LAGOS AUGUST 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Femi Falana, a senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN), says the government will be making a mistake if it files charges against Omoyele Sowore. Sowore, who is the convener of #RevolutionNow movement, has been detained by the Department of State Services (DSS) since Saturday. The DSS had accused him of threatening public peace…
LAGOS AUGUST 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Human rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN) has expressed disappointment that the convener of #RevolutionNow protests, Omoyele Sowore, has not been arraigned. The publisher of Sahara Reporters and presidential candidate of the African Action Congress in the February 2019 elections was arrested in the early hours of Saturday by operatives of the…
LAGOS AUUST 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Kaduna State High Court has granted the embattled leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, and his wife Zeenat, leave to seek medical attention abroad. In his ruling on Monday, Justice Darius Khobo ordered that the IMN leader be accompanied abroad by officials of the Kaduna State government….
LAGOS AUGUST 5TH (NEWSRANGRS)-Human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Femi Falana, says protest marches in Nigeria are not treasonable offences. Falana made this known on Sunday in a statement he issued. His comments follow the arrest of former Presidential Candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC) in the 2019 General Elections, Omoyele…