The Magistrate Court hearing the bail application of Dele Farotimi in Ekiti State on Friday ordered the human rights activist and lawyer to drop his international passport with the court. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports Farotimi is facing charges of defamation of Chief Afe Babalola, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, in his book, titled, “Nigeria … Read more
Chief Afe Babalola (SAN) has described the Federal Government’s approval of an agro-allied cargo airport in Ekiti as the best thing to happen to the state in the outgoing year 2024. It would be recalled that the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) recently granted license to the Ekiti state government to commence non-scheduled … Read more
Former Minister of Sports, Solomon Dalung has shared his thoughts on the rift between Senior Advocate of Nigeria and elder statesman, Afe Babalola and activist lawyer, Dele Farotimi. Dalung opined that Babalola may not win his defamation case against Farotimi. Recall that Babalola had claimed that the content of the 104-page book, ‘Nigeria and its … Read more
A lawyer representing embattled human rights activist and lawyer, Dele Farotimi, Tope Temokun, has stated that his client did not ask the former presidential candidate of the Labour Party(LP) Peter Obi, to plead to the octogenarian legal icon, Afe Babalola, regarding an alleged defamation suit. TheNewsGuru.com(TNG) recall that Farotimi is currently being detained in … Read more
A lawyer representing human rights activist and legal practitioner Dele Farotimi, Tope Temokun, has refuted claims that his client sent former Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, to appeal to the octogenarian legal icon, Afe Babalola, regarding an alleged defamation suit. Henzodaily reports that Temokun clarified this during an appearance on the Sunday edition of Inside … Read more
The Labour Party (LP) Presidential Campaign Council spokesman in the 2023 general elections, Yunusa Tanko, has stated that Afe Babalola and Dele Farotimi are both members of the Obedient Movement. According to him, this is why the 2023 LP flag bearer, Peter Obi, is trying to mediate the issues between the duo. Henzodaily reports that … Read more
Human rights lawyer, Kenneth Okonkwo, has raised fear that the life of human rights lawyer, Dele Farotimi, may be in danger. The former spokesman of Obi/Datti Campaign Organization, Okonkwo, said the author of ‘Nigeria and Its Criminal Justice System’ stance on what he wrote in his book, may force the corrupt elites to take extreme … Read more
The law firm of Afe Babalola has submitted a petition to the Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee (LPDC) requesting the removal of Dele Farotimi, from the roll of Nigerian legal practitioners. The petition accuses Farotimi of breaching rules of professional conduct rules governing lawyers. The 90-page document, dated December 6, 2024, was signed by Ola Faro, a partner at … Read more
The law firm of Afe Babalola has submitted a petition to the Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee (LPDC) demanding the removal of Dele Farotimi, from the roll of Nigerian legal practitioners. Babalola based his request on the premise that Farotimi violated certain provisions of the rules of professional conduct for lawyers. The 90-page petition, dated December … Read more
A lawyer, Fred Nzeakor, has submitted that the alleged defamation case between rights activist, Dele Farotimi and legal icon, Afe Babalola, has divided Nigeria into two. He submitted that on one side are the conservatives who are sympathetic to Babalola and the radicals who are not sympathetic to anybody other than the fact that they want … Read more