AN Ekiti State Chief Magistrates’ Court sitting in Ado Ekiti, on Thursday, struck out the defamation suit filed against human rights activist and lawyer, Dele Farotimi, by the police. Sources revealed that the suit was withdrawn following an application and motion by the prosecutor, Martins Akala, an officer in charge of Legal at the … Read more
LAWYER and activist, Mr Dele Farotimi, will spend Christmas and the New Year at home. He has just been released from the Correctional Centre custody in Ekiti. According to the publisher of Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore, via his X handle, the embattled Farotimi who had been held in Ekiti prison was released Tuesday morning. … Read more
RECENT events in Nigeria have reignited debates on defamation laws, freedom of expression, and the broader implications for democracy and justice. The legal standoff between prominent figures such as Aare Afe Babalola and Dele Farotimi over alleged defamation illustrates the complex intersection of law, cybersecurity, and democratic principles. The case also raises urgent questions about … Read more
NIGERIAN activists on Friday held a #Freedom Concert 2024 titled, “The Forgotten People” at a garden in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja. The social gathering was held to lend their voices towards human rights and emancipation in the country. During the #Freedom Concert 2024, Agena Robert Ande, who represented the Take-It-Back Movement in FCT … Read more
Nigerians should understand that the case of Dele Farotimi against Aare Afe Babalola, CON,OFR, SAN is one of the most significant cases to come up in Nigeria in this decade. It is a case where a man is persecuted with the instrument of state power for saying the truth against a powerful person in … Read more
HUMAN rights lawyer, Dele Farotimi, has been granted bail by the Ekiti State High Court. The court granted Farotimi bail in the sum of N50 million, with a surety of the same amount. The court ruled that the surety must possess a landed property and adjourned the matter to January 29, 2025, for further … Read more
THE question before every lip today is if the embattled lawyer, Dele Farotimi, is proposing an anarchist society where there is no government or system, and how then would law and order be enforced. How would the society be able to enforce the expulsion with force individuals or group that violates the anarchist ideology? … Read more
THE Nigerian police have filed 12 fresh charges against human rights lawyer, Dele Farotimi, before the Federal High Court In Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, over allegations of cybercrime. It would be recalled that Farotimi was arrested in Lagos on Tuesday and transferred to Ekiti State. The activist appeared before the court on Wednesday following charges … Read more
HUMAN rights lawyer and activist, Dele Farotimi has been remanded in prison for allegedly defaming a legal luminary and founder of Afe Babalola University, Aare Afe Babalola, SAN. Trojaninsights earlier reported that Farotimi was arraigned before a Magistrate Court in Ado Ekiti on Monday. The activist was accused of maligning and defaming the character … Read more
HUMAN rights activist, Dele Farotimi, has stated that President Bola Tinubu was one of those that brought ex-President Muhammadu Buhari into power in 2015 and he cannot separate himself from the failures of the immediate past government. The activist appeared on Channels Television Friday where he made the statement. Tinubu succeeded Buhari, his party man, … Read more