Tag: Lawyers
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Video: Drama as two Nigerian lawyers fight with chairs, exchange hot words in court
Two Enugu based lawyers were captured verbally and physically assaulting themselves in a court premises on Thursday in the state. Litigants and court officials were shocked seeing both legal practitioners engaging in hot exchange of words. The reason for the guagmire between both legal practitioners cannot be ascertained as of the time of filing this…
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Keep your opinion on Tinubu’s certificate saga – Agbakoba tells lawyers
The former chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, Olisa Agbakoba, SAN, has warned lawyers to keep their opinions on President Bola Tinubu’s Chicago State University controversy. He advised the legal experts to await the Supreme Court judgment before
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Lawyers pray court to watch brief in charge against Emefiele
A group known as the Coalition of Nigerian Civil Society on Tuesday prayed a Federal High Court to allow it hold a watching brief in the arraignment of immediate past Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria Godwin Emefiele charged with illegal possession of firearms The group represented by five senior lawyers stormed
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Lawyers with disabilities lament discrimination at work, society
Lawyers with Disabilities have expressed dissatisfaction against the continued discrimination towards them thereby calling on all stakeholders to treat everyone with physical disability same as those without disability
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60 Lawyers sue DSS over refusal to release Emefiele
No fewer than 60 legal practitioners on Monday, approached a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory to begin committal proceedings against the Department of State Services (DSS). The lawyers said the suit was hinged on what they described as violation
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Avoid technicalities, focus on substance, PEPC panel tells lawyers
The Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC), sitting in Abuja, has asked lawyers representing all those who filed petitions before the court to avoid unnecessary technicalities and address the substance of their petitions. The five-member panel with Justice Haruna Tsammani as Chairman, said this at the inaugural sitting of the panel. Newsmen reports that the panel…
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Arrest and prosecute electoral offenders, NBA tells security agencies
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has demanded the arrest and prosecution of electoral offenders identified during the just-concluded General Elections. The association made the call in a communique by its National Publicity Secretary, Akorede Habeeb-Lawal at the end of its National Executive Council (NEC) quarterly meeting held in Kebbi on March 23. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports…
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Get lawyers to plead your case in court – APC to Atiku
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has advised Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate to get his lawyers to plead his case in court rather than leading a street protest. Mr Bayo Onanuga, Director, Media and Publicity, APC Presidential Campaign Co
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Lawyers applying for SAN to pay N1m
Lawyers applying for the 2023 award of the rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) would pay N1 million as a fee. This was disclosed in a notice by the Legal Practitioners’ Privileges Committee (LPPC). According to the notice by its Secretary/Chief Registrar of the Supreme Court, Hajo Sarki Bello, the application began on January…
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Lawyers must ensure Bolanle Raheem does not die like others – Falana
Senior lawyer and human rights activist, Mr. Femi Falana, has urged Nigerian lawyers to ensure that the death of the Lagos-based legal practitioner, Mrs Bolanle Raheem is not in vain. Raheem was shot dead on December 25 2022 in the Ajah area of the state sparking