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  Globally subsidies, whether for food, transportation, energy or housing, are part of good governance. So, the issue is not subsidies but who benefit from them.   In Nigeria, subsidies are primarily of the rich, by the rich and for the rich.   I will highlight a few, how they are being manipulated and how huge sums of money can be recovered not just to subsidize fuel but also provide funds for development.    ...

Renowned human rights advocate and senior lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN), has urged the administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to engage in dialogue with the young Nigerians driving the ongoing nationwide #EndBadGovernance protests.   Falana spoke on Thursday evening while featuring on Channels Television’s Politics Today.   He emphasised the need for the government to listen to and address the grievances of the youth, who have been vocal about their discontent through peaceful demonstrations.  ...

The Inspector General of Police Kayode Egbetokun will hold a virtual meeting with prominent human rights lawyers Femi Falana (SAN) and Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa (SAN), representatives of the Nigerian Bar Association, and various civil society organisations on Tuesday afternoon.  The meeting, scheduled for 3:30 pm via Zoom, aims to discuss the planned #EndBadGovernance protest.  Earlier on Tuesday, SaharaReporters reported that the Take-It-Back Movement, a pro-democracy group, had proposed a Zoom conference with police authorities to facilitate...

Kaduna House Of Assembly has hired human rights lawyer, Mr Femi Falana (SAN) to prosecute the former governor of the state, Nasir El-Rufai corruption. SaharaReporters learnt that Falana will lead a battery of lawyers to begin unravelling the monumental corruption on Thursday in Kaduna. Earlier in July, the Kaduna State House of Assembly reaffirmed its position on the allegations of financial misconduct levelled against former Governor El-Rufai. According to the Assembly’s findings, El-Rufai’s administration diverted...

Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN, has warned the Nigerian military not to bungle the case of the 17 Nigerian Army personnel killed in Okuama Community in the Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State.    Falana, who said that murder was not a military offence said that the authorities of the armed forces should be made to realise that the military could not arrest, detain, investigate and charge civilian suspects with any offence...