Tag: SANs
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Fmr UNN Dean, Diri Mohammed, Wahab Shittu on the list of 62 lawyers to be named SANs in Nigeria
The Legal Practitioners’ Privileges Committee (LPPC) has announced former Dean, Faculty of Law at the University of Nigeria, Professor Joy Ezeilo, legal luminaries, Diri Mohammed, Wahab Shittu on the list of 62 lawyers to be elevated to the rank of Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SANs). The LPPC is chaired by the chief justice of Nigeria,…
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Odili: Raid on second most senior Supreme Court Justice’s residence is ‘executive infraction’ targeted against judiciary – SANs
Some senior lawyers from the South East region have condemned the raid on a justice of the Supreme Court, Justice Mary Odili, by some security operatives. In a statement on Saturday, the legal practitioners described the attack, said to have been carried out on Friday, as an attempt to intimidate the judiciary. “Concerned Senior Advocates…
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LPPC distances self from list of 2021 SANs in circulation
The Legal Practitioners Privileges Committee (LPPC) has distanced itself from reports that the list of successful candidates for the rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) this year has been released. The LPPC, in a statement on Wednesday by the Director (Press and Information), Supreme Court of Nigeria, Dr. Festus Akande said the process for…
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CJN Fixes Sept 23 For Swearing-In Of 38 New SANs
By Emmanuel Bagudu, ABUJA The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad, will on Monday, September 23, swear-in 38 new Senior Advocates of Nigeria, (SANs). The event which holds at the main courtroom of the Supreme Court is one of the several programmes lined up to herald the 2019/2020 legal year of the apex…