Kehinde Ogunwumiju, managing partner of Afe Babalola & Co., is suing Dele Farotimi for alleged false and defamatory statements in his book ‘Nigeria and its Criminal Justice System’. In the suit filed on December 6, the senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN) asked the court to stop the publication and sale of the book at all […]
The magistrate court in Ado-Ekiti has denied bail to human rights activist, Dele Farotimi. Farotimi was taken to court for allegedly defaming Afe Babalola, the founder of Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti. At the court hearing on Tuesday, the presiding magistrate, Abayomi Adeosun, postponed the decision on Farotimi’s bail application to December 20. This happened after […]
Organisers of the proposed protest against the arrest and detention of human rights lawyer, Dele Farotimi over defamation charges, the Take It Back Movement has vowed to go ahead with its planned protests in Ekiti, Lagos, Abuja, London and Canada. Their insistence comes despite a warning by Ekiti State Police Command banning unlawful gatherings, demonstrations, […]
The police command in Ekiti has placed a ban on protests and unlawful gathering in the state. In a statement on Friday, Abutu Sunday, Ekiti police spokesperson, said the command has received an “intelligence report” that some persons intend to unleash mayhem on the state under the guise of a protest. Sunday urged parents to […]
The lawyers to the founder of Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti, Afe Babalola, SAN, have said that embattled human rights lawyer, Dele Farotimi, will be freed until he can prove his allegations against the elder statesman. The senior advocate, represented by his lawyers, Owoseni Ajayi, Olakanmi Falade and Lawrence Fasanmi, who are former chairmen of […]
Kayode Egbetokun, the Inspector General of Police, has filed additional charges against Dele Farotimi, a human rights lawyer and activist who is remanded in an Ekiti State prison. Omoyele Sowore, the 2023 African Action Congress (AAC) presidential candidate, shared court papers which brought 12 charges against Farotimi in the Ekiti Federal High Court on Friday. […]
Afe Babalola, senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN), says Dele Farotimi defamed him over a supreme court judgment on a land dispute. In a petition dated November 19 and addressed to Adeniran Akinwale, Ekiti police commissioner, Babalola narrated how his law firm got hold of the book containing the “defamatory” remarks. On Wednesday, Farotimi was remanded […]
An Imo based Journalist with The Statesman Newspapers, Jude Onyenedogha, has petitioned the Commissioner of Police, C.P Aboki Danjuma, over a threat to his life by one Nath Nwosu of Umuonyeali Ugo Mbieri, Mbaitolu LGA and his boys. Recently, there have been efforts to suppress media and civic space in Nigeria over the years. The […]
Two residents, Taofeek Olatunbosun and Rafiu Abdelmalik, were brutalized by security operatives from the Nigerian Customs Service and soldiers at a checkpoint along the Badagry-Seme Expressway on Sunday, December 1, 2024, after they were caught recording a video. This incident follows an investigative report by journalist Fisayo Soyombo, which exposed the alleged involvement of the […]
The Nigerian Army has released investigative journalist Fisayo Soyombo, the Punch is reporting. One of Soyombo’s lawyers, Abimbola Ojenike, confirmed to Punch in a telephone interview that he was released shortly after 7 p.m. “He has just been released some minutes ago, and we are trying to find our way out of the cantonment. He […]
