•Asue Ighodalo and Monday Okpebholo Lawyers have predicted an overturn of the verdict on the Edo Governorship Election suit at the Appeal Court, citing what they consider the compromised ruling given on Wednesday by the Election Petition Tribunal. The tribunal, against expectations, awarded victory to Governor Monday Okpebholo, the candidate o...
•Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, has expressed worry over the practice of law in Nigeria and lamented the downturn in the adherence to ethical principles in the legal profession. She noted that strict adherence to ethical principles in the legal profession was not only dwindling but ...
Piqued by the alleged misinterpretation of the Supreme Court on the PDP National Secretary, some lawyers have decried what they described as the mischievous stand of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) spokesperson, Hon Debo Ologunagba on last Friday’s judgement of the Supreme Court which reinstated Senator Samuel Anyanwu as the party’s nation...
•House of Representatives and Tinubu Despite opposition, the National AssemÂbly yesterday approved President Bola Tinubu’s proclamation of a state of emerÂgency in Rivers State through voice vote, as lawyers queried the determination of the constitutional provision that manÂdates two-thirds votes by each chamber for such approval. President Bo...
•Lawyers The Delta Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Mr Ekemejero Ohwovoriole has urged lawyers to ensure their practice is in tune with 21st century as the profession has gone digital and technologically inclined. Mr. Onoriode Etastemi ,Public relations officer (PRO) of the ministry of Justice disclosed this in a press statement in Asaba today. A...
•Incarcerated IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu The Department of State Services (DSS) today finally granted access to the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, following mounting pressure from his family and legal team. Kanu’s lead lawyer, Aloy Ejimakor, had earlier raised the alarm that both his legal representa...
There was mild drama today as two lawyers had verbal altercations at Federal High Court sitting in Akure, Ondo State, over legal representation of New Nigeria People’s Party(NNPP) in a case challenging the qualification of Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa for the November 16, 2024 gubernatorial election in Ondo State. The lawyers involved in the alte...
•Yakubu Dogara A group known as the Concerned Lawyers Of Integrity and Justice has petitioned the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) to investigate and sanction former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, over an allegation of electoral malpractice in the 2019 gubernatorial election in Bauchi State. This was contained in a lette...
•Nigerian lawyers in Bayelsa under the aegis of The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Yenagoa Branch, have sent a protest letter to the Commissioner of Police (CP), Bayelsa State Command, Mr. Francis Idu, over the alleged harassment, molestation and intimidation of a lawyer, Mr. Bodiswowei Oyomowie, by officers of the Puff Adder Unit of the Comm...
•Incarcerated IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu and his lawyers Members of the legal team representing the leader of Indigenous People of Biafra ( IPOB ) described the continued detention of Nnamdi Kanu by the Nigerian government as political and unacceptable. The legal team which include; Aloy Ejimakor, Esq. Nnaemeka Ejiofor, Esq. Maxwell Opara, Esq. ...
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