Tribune Online Afe Babalola and Dele Farotimi: On justice, a just society and the Nigerian state THE feud between elder statesman, Chief Afe Babalola and civil right activist, Mr. Dele Farotimi, is perhaps the most significant discourse that postcolonial Nigerian state has thrown up for the moment, one in a class of those grand defining disputations that sure will gather dust which will take some time to abate. And it is […] Afe Babalola and Dele Farotimi: On justice, a just society and the Nigerian state Tribune Online

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Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee (LPDC) has dismissed the request by legal luminary, Afe Babalola, to revoke the law practising licence of lawyer and author, Dele Farotimi, over allegations bordering on criminal defamation and professional misconduct. The dismissal of the debarment request coincided with the release of Farotimi from prison having perfected his bail conditions. “I […] The post Alleged defamation: LPDC rejects Afe Babalola’s request to revoke Farotimi’s practising licence appeared first on The Sun Nigeria.

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The elite panel that handles disciplinary cases of lawyers in Nigeria has thrown out a lenghty petition by the firm read more Why Legal Panel will not bar Dele Farotimi despite Afe Babalola’s petition

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Controversial human rights advocate, Dele Farotimi, has claimed that he had never lie against anyone in his life, adding that whatever he said about someone or an institution was true. Farotimi led this out while addressing his supporters on Tuesday, shortly after his release from a correctional center in Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State. He stated […] The post Alleged Defamation: I’ve Never Lied Against Anyone – Dele Farotimi Insists After Bail appeared first on Information Nigeria.

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Tribune Online Alleged defamation: LPDC rejects Afe Babalola’s bid to debar Dele Farotimi The Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee (LPDC) has rejected a request by Chief Afe Babalola SAN’s law firm – Emmanuel Chambers, to revoke the law practicing license of a lawyer and author, Tomilola Titus Farotimi, also known as Dele Farotimi, over allegations of criminal defamation and professional misconduct. Farotimi was brought before the LPDC based on […] Alleged defamation: LPDC rejects Afe Babalola’s bid to debar Dele Farotimi Tribune Online

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From Godwin Tsa, Abuja. The Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee (LPDC) has rejected a petition by Chief Afe Babalola SAN’s law firm, Emmanuel Chambers, to revoke the law practicing license of human rights lawyer and author, Dele Farotimi, over allegations of criminal defamation and professional misconduct. The petition filed by Mr. Ola Faro, a lawyer in […] The post Alleged defamation: LPDC rejects Afe Babalola’s request to revoke Dele Farotimi’s license appeared first on The Sun Nigeria.

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By John Ogunsemore Human rights activist, Dele Farotimi said he has never lied against anyone in his quest for a better Nigeria. He said this on Tuesday after his release from a correctional centre in Ekiti State upon meeting his bail conditions. Farotimi is being prosecuted by the police for allegedly defaming senior lawyer, Afe […] The post I’ve never lied against anyone – Farotimi speaks after regaining freedom appeared first on The Sun Nigeria.

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Tribune Online Dele Farotimi meets bail conditions, regains freedom from Ekiti prison Human rights activist and lawyer, Dele Farotimi, has been released from the Ado-Ekiti correctional center after meeting his bail conditions. This came barely five days after being granted bail by the Magistrate Court in relation to an alleged defamation suit filed against him. He was accused in a 14-count charge of defaming renowned lawyer and […] Dele Farotimi meets bail conditions, regains freedom from Ekiti prison Tribune Online

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A human rights advocate, Dele Farotimi, has been released from the correctional centre in Ekiti State after meeting his bail conditions. Farotimi was released on Tuesday morning. Last week Friday, at a magistrate court in Ado-Ekiti, the state granted Farotimi bail conditions, including a N30 million bond, two sureties, one of whom must be a Read More

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