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Legal Disciplinary Committee Rejects Afe Babalola’s Bid To Debar Dele Farotimi Over Alleged Criminal Defamation

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Olayiwola Oshunrinade 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 controversial 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 […]

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Defamation: Dele Farotimi Released From Prison

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Olayiwola Oshunrinade Human Rights lawyer, Mr Dele Farotimi was on Tuesday released from the correctional center in Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti state capital. The Federal High Court and the Ekiti State Magistrate Court had granted the bail application of the embattled lawyer. Farotimi’s legal counsel  while confirmed his release said he has fulfilled his bail conditions. […]

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BREAKING: Court Grants Dele Farotimi N30m Bail In Defamation Case

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Olayiwola Oshunrinade A magistrate court in Ado-Ekiti has granted N30 million bail to Dele Farotimi, the human rights activist. Abayomi Adeosun, the magistrate, made the ruling on Farotimi’s bail application on Friday. The bail conditions include two sureties, who must be responsible citizens in society, with the defendant required to leave his international passport with […]

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Afe Babalola Writes Legal Disciplinary Committee, Wants Dele Farotimi Derobed As A Lawyer

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Olayiwola Oshunrinade  The Law Firm of Afe Babalola has written a petition to the Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee, (LPDC) asking it to strike out the name of Lagos-based legal practitioner, Dele Farotimi, from the roll of legal practitioners in Nigeria for allegedly violating certain provisions of the rules of professional conduct for lawyers. The 90-page […]

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Afe Babalola Obtains Court Order To Block Sale Of Farotimi’s Book On Amazon, Others

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Olayiwola Oshunrinade The Federal High Court in Abuja has issued an order to halt the distribution and production of the book “Nigeria and Its Criminal Justice System” authored by embattled lawyer Dele Farotimi. The court ruling follows an application spearheaded by Afe Babalola through his chambers. The court, under suit number CV/5372/2024, granted an interlocutory […]

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BREAKING: Dele Farotimi Sued For ₦500M Over Allegations Of Judicial Corruption

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Olayiwola Oshunrinade  Senior Advocate of Nigeria Kehinde Ogunwumiju has filed a N500 million lawsuit against lawyer and author Dele Farotimi   Farotimi’s book “Nigeria and its Criminal Justice System.” According to court papers obtained by this newspaper, Kehinde Ogunwumiju, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) and managing partner at Afe Babalola & Co, is suing lawyer […]

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Alleged Defamation: Peter Obi Visits Afe Babalola, Pleads For Forgiveness For Farotimi

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Olayiwola Oshunrinade The Labour Party’s 2023 presidential candidate, Peter Obi, on Monday, visited the founder of Afe Babalola University, Aare Afe Babalola, in Ado Ekiti to discuss ongoing legal cases involving activist lawyer Dele Farotimi. Farotimi faces defamation and cybercrime charges in an Ekiti State Magistrates’ Court and the Federal High Court, Ado Ekiti. The […]

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Ekiti Court Grants Farotimi N50m Bail

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Olayiwola Oshunrinade The Federal High Court in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, has granted a lawyer and human rights activist, Dele Farotimi a N50 million bail. The court’s decision was disclosed by the presidential candidate of the African Action Congress in the 2023 election, Omoyele Sowore, via his X handle on Monday. “The first hurdle was crossed. […]

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Dele Farotimi: Read Full Petition By Afe Babalola That Sent Him To Prison

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Olayiwola Oshunrinade The petition by elder statesman, Aare Afe Babalola, that sent rights lawyer, Dele Farotimi, to prison, has been obtained. Recall that a High Court in Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital, on Wednesday remanded the human rights lawyer in prison. His remand followed his arraignment by the police over a petition by Babalola in […]

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