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The News Chronicle provides the most recent headlines, commentary, and political news. Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN, has sued the Federal Republic of Nigeria before the ECOWAS Community Court of Justice over alleged violations of his fundamental rights during successive military administrations in the 1980s and 1990s. Falana, in a suit marked ECW/CCJ/APP/30/2026 and filed in…","published":"2026-09-28T14:23:18Z","seen":"2026-09-28T15:23:27Z","lang":"en","country":"NG","source":{"id":"kite-thenews-chronicle-com-d8cd29","name":"thenews-chronicle.com","domain":"thenews-chronicle.com"},"via":"kite-thenews-chronicle-com-d8cd29","topics":["judiciary","court","ecowas","falana","nigerian govt"],"authors":["Esther Okpe"],"entities":[{"id":"Q5431653","name":"Falana","type":"person"},{"id":"Q30324003","name":"ECOWAS Court","type":"org"}],"story":"st_6p2hg7quxqqbqvk63cqq","category":"politics","category_p":0.58,"sentiment":"negative","tone":-0.79,"political":0.91},{"id":"n_egiycfaz2ciiqruzmvhq","seq":439235,"kind":"article","title":"Falana sues FG over ‘rights violation’ during military era, demands $10m","url":"https://dailypost.ng/2026/09/28/falana-sues-fg-over-rights-violation-during-military-era-demands-10m","summary":"Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN, has dragged the Federal Republic of Nigeria to the ECOWAS community Court of Justice over alleged violations of his fundamental rights during successive military administrations in the 1980s and 1990s. 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