File photo: Activists hold a rally in honour of late Gani Fawehinmi in Lagos in September 2016. The family of late respected human and civil rights lawyer, Gani Fawehinmi, has revealed why they will accept the national honour conferred on the activist by the Federal Government. Mr Mohammed, a lawyer and
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Fawehinmi family accepts national award, thanks Buhari
My father would not have rejected the award –Mohammed Fawehinmi The family of late human rights activist, Chief Gani Fawehinmi, on Thursday thanked the Federal Government for its decision to give its patriarch a national award. The first son of the late lawyer, Mr. Mohammed Fawehinmi, expressed the family’s gratitude in an interview with the […] …
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Buhari honours MKO Abiola, declares June 12 Democracy Day
Instead of May 29 every year, Democracy Day will now be celebrated in Nigerian on June 12, President Muhammadu Buhari said on Wednesday. “I am delighted to announce that, after due consultations, the Federal Government has decided that henceforth, June 12 will be celebrated as Democracy Day,” Buhari said in a statement. Nigeria had its, […] …
Lagos unveils Gani Fawehinmi’s statue
Lawyers and human rights activists yesterday eulogised the late Gani Fawehinmi for championing the cause of the masses even at the risk of losing his life.They spoke at the unveiling of a 44-feet statue in honour of Fawehinmi (SAN) at the Gani Fawehinmi Park, Ojota by the Lagos State Government to mark his 8th posthumous birthday. …
LASG unveils Gani Fawehinmi’s 34-foot new statue, as Ambode vows to nurture his ideals
GOVERNOR Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State yesterday unveiled a new 34-foot statue to immortalise late legal luminary and human rights activist, Chief Gani Fawehinmi, SAN, at the new ‘’Liberty Park” Ojota, Onigbongbo Local Council Development Area, LCDA.
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Gani Fawehinmi loomed large in the minds of the people – Ambode
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Sunday unveiled a new statue of the late legal luminary, Chief Gani Fawehinmi at the ‘Liberty Park’, in Ojota, saying that the 44-feet edifice symbolises the phenomenon that the rights activist represented in his life time.
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Buhari pays tribute to Gani Fawehinmi on 80th posthumous birthday
President Muhammadu Buhari has paid tribute to Nigeria’s foremost social critic and selfless legal luminary, Chief Abdul Ganiyu ‘‘Gani’’ Fawehinmi, SAN, on his posthumous 80th birthday, describing the late legal icon ‘‘as a true conscience of the nation, defender of democracy and people’s rights advocate’’.
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All set for the unveiling of Gani Fawehinmi’s new statue
The Lagos State Government is set to unveil a new statue of Chief Gani Fawehinmi, SAN sited at the beautiful park in Ojota which is named after the late legal luminary and human rights advocate on Sunday.
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