Tag: Lawyers
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Alleged $5m diversion: Lawyers join Ahmed-must-go protests in Abuja
..demand probe of NMDPRA boss The ongoing protests in the Nigerian Federal Capital, Abuja, against the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA), Engr. Farouk Ahmed, on Friday, received a boost, as popular Lawyers and Activists joined procession. The Activists, who joined the procession under the aegis of…
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SEE LIST: LPPC shortlists 72 lawyers for rank of SAN in 2025
The Legal Practitioners’ Privileges Committee (LPPC) has shortlisted 72 lawyers for the award of the rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) for 2025. The Secretary of the LPPC, Kabir Eniola Akanbi, Esq., who also serves as the Chief Registrar of the Supreme Court, announced this in a public notice dated 17th June, 2025. The…
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Senior Lawyers clash over NBA’s funding source for conference
Two prominent lawyers have expressed opposing views on the Nigerian Bar Association’s (NBA) decision to seek financial support from the government for its annual conference.
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Confusion in court as 2 lawyers appear in suit seeking Rivers expenditure shutdown
There was confusion in a Federal High Court in Abuja, on Wednesday, as two counsel announced appearance for Rivers House of Assembly in a suit seeking an order shutting down all expenditures of the state government. The Rivers assembly, led by Martin Amaewhule, had filed the suit before Justice Emeka Nwite to restrain
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LPPC shortlists 98 prominent lawyers for SAN conferment
The Legal Practitioners Privileges Committee (LPPC) has shortlisted 98 Nigerian lawyers, including professors of law, for elevation to the rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) in 2024.
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Economic woes causing untold hardship on lawyers – Afe Babalola
Aare Afe Babalola, a senior lawyer and the founder of Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD), , has expressed as worrisome the effect of economic hardship on many especially lawyers in the country. Babalola made his position known on Tuesday during the 13th edition of the Annual Aare Afe Babalola Public Bar Lecture, instituted by Ado-Ekiti…
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Yahaya Bello: NBA disowns protesting ‘lawyers’
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) on Tuesday, disclaimed a protest by lawyers over what they called the illegal approach of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in handling its allegations against former Governor of Kogi, Yahaya Bello The no fewer than 500 legal practitioners from across the country on Monday, stormed the Supreme Court…
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Falana faults police brutality as Lagos lawyers protest
Femi Falana, Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), has berated the police for inhuman treatment of lawyers and the general public.
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Kano: 500 private lawyers to defend Gawuna in Supreme Court
No fewer than 500 private legal practitioners have volunteered to defend Alhaji Nasir Gawuna, the Kano governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) at the Supreme Court. Mr Joseph Onwudiwe, a spokesperson for the lawyers
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Burna Boy vows to hire 100 lawyers, sue Nigerian bloggers
Grammy-winning singer, Damini Ogulu, aka Burna Boy, said he is contemplating hiring 100 lawyers to sue Nigerian bloggers for defamation. He said he would have sponsored a series of legal battles against Nigerian bloggers with the money he earlier promised to give to them to stop posting about him but he is being considerate because…