Tag: Lawyers

LAGOS - Lagos lawyer, columnist and human rights advocate, Mr. Sonnie Ekwowusi, has been appointed the Chairman, Human and Constitutional Rights Committee of the...

ABUJA—The Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, said yesterday it has identified seven lawyers that influenced judges to issue conflicting court orders, especially on political matters. The...

The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has ordered the Department of State Services (DSS) to allow the leader of the proscribed IPOB group,...

According to a report by SaharaReporters, a Federal High Court sitting in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, has fixed November 22 to rule on...

One of the #EndSARS protesters lawyers, Adesina Ogunlana, says more than nine protesters were killed at the Lekki tollgate on October 20, 2020. He explained...

Senior lawyers in the country under the umbrella of the Body of Senior Advocate s of Nigeria (BOSAN) have met with the Attorney General...

Onaolapo Ademola, a Nigerian man who is one of the 12 associates of secessionist leader, Sunday Adeyemo, aka Sunday Igboho has narrated how operatives...

The leadership of the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has reacted after being ordered to call off its strike by a court on...

There was mild drama at the headquarters of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board(JAMB) Bwari, FCT as a 19-year-old candidate in the 2021 Unified...

Anita Okoye, wife of Nigerian singer, Paul Okoye, popularly known as Rude Boy, has filed a petition for divorce. This was revealed in a leaked...

The Legal Practitioners Privileges Committee (LPPC) has distanced itself from reports that the list of successful candidates for the rank of Senior Advocate of...

There was drama at the Federal High Court Abuja as some lawyers were denied access into the courtroom for the trial of Nnamdi Kanu,...

A Lagos State Magistrate Court sitting in Yaba on Monday granted bail to 49 Yoruba Nation agitators arrested and detained by the Lagos State...

Mrs Amanda Asagba, the President of the African Women Lawyers Association (AWLA) has called for stronger laws to protect widows’ rights in Nigeria. Asagba made...

The 2021 Annual Conference of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Section on Legal Practice is scheduled to hold between June 13 and 16, 2021...

LAGOS - The directive by the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) President, Mr. Olumide Akpata to NBA branches to pay a “visit” to Governors’ offices...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission is yet to release Senator Rochas Okorocha following his arrest yesterday. The ex-Imo State governor, the first high profile...

A London High Court (Queen’s Bench Division) has granted a perpetual injunction restraining Maureen Badejo from publishing further defamatory words against or concerning Dr....

Clement Sargwak, a Nigerian security guard who was assaulted by Danladi Umar, the chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT), in Abuja on...

Anambra State lawyers Monday took to the streets, protesting rising cases of insecurity and the kidnap, killing of one of their members last week...