•Nigerian Senate The Senate yesterday passed a bill to amend the Legal PractiÂtioner Act, 2004 into second readÂing, proposing a two-year mandaÂtory pupillage for all newly called to the Nigerian Bar as part of its reforms to regulate the country’s legal profession in line with modÂern realities. The upper chamber also agreed that the bill [&h...
•Nnamdi Kanu Aloy Ejimakor, Former counsel to the proscribed leader of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, says no number of lawyers could have altered the court’s decision convicting him of terrorism. Ejimakor spoke on Channels Television today where he dismissed suggestions that stronger legal representation might have changed t...
•The scene of the face-off Lawyers and a Civil Society Group have flayed the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Nyesom Wike over his altercation with a military officer over the demolition of a property belonging to an ex-Chief of Naval Staff yesterday. Speaking to our correspondent, the Executive Director of the Civil Society [&h...
•Nigerian lawyers Lawyers, rights advocates and civil society groups have staged a procession in Lagos to demand justice for the late Mr. Temitope Odu, a lawyer, 56-year-old wife and mother, who was allegedly killed in a case of domestic violence. The memorial walk, convened by the Gnosis Help Initiative in collaboration with several human rig...
•Incarcerated IPOB leader Nnamdi Kanu in court today Following the sudden sacking of his legal team today, the planned commencement of the defence by detained self-acclaimed leader of the proscribed separatist group Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has been stalled. Kanu was scheduled to open his defence in his ongoing terroris...
•IPOB leader Nnamdi Kanu in court today Kanu Agabi, former Attorney-General of the Federation and lead counsel to the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, today, applied to withdraw his representation in the ongoing terrorism trial before the Federal High Court in Abuja. Kanu is facing trial on a seven-count charge ...
•Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Kudirat Motomori Olatokunbo Kekere-Ekun, has approved the commencement of online applications for lawyers seeking appointment as Notaries Public of Nigeria. The initiative, described as a landmark step by the Supreme Court, is aimed at revolutionising the appointment proc...
•Tinubu and Mele Kyari President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has come under pressure to prove his anti-corruption credentials as more than 500 lawyers, professionals and civil rights activists marched to the headquarters of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in Abuja yesterday. The demonstrators called for action on the $4 billion refin...
•Embattled Police officer Abba Kyari A group of lawyers under the platform, The Blue Pen, has appealed to President Bola Tinubu to grant presidential clemency to the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Abba Kyari, citing his record of service in the fight against violent crimes and terrorism in Nigeria. The demand was contained in an […...
The Intellectual Property Lawyers Association Nigeria (IPLAN) has urged law enforcement agencies nationwide to end the persistent profiling of Nigerian content creators as criminals, fraudsters, or scammers. The Chairman of the Board of Trustees of IPLAN, Mr Folarinwa Aluko, in a press statement said content creators are legitimate drivers of ...
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