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[INTERVIEW] Great Number Of Appointments To Bench Have No Business Sitting There– Ogunleye
Martin Ogunleye, former chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Lagos branch. In this interview, he talks about flaws…
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Features
Concerns Mount Over Non-Implementation Of Supreme Court Ruling On Local Government Autonomy
The continued delay in implementing the Supreme Court’s landmark judgment granting financial autonomy to local governments in Nigeria has…
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Jobs & Careers
NBA Investigates 20 Petitions Against Lawyers Over Alleged Misconduct
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has confirmed receiving no fewer than 20 petitions against lawyers in the country,…
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Nigerian Lawyers
Right Of Reply: When Will The Judges Who Cheated On Their Age Be Made To Account? By Johnson Agwu
On 20 October 2024, I was gloomy. It has been four years since the #EndSARS protests by Nigerian…
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Law Enforcement
Lawyer Urges NBA To Act On Amnesty Report, Activists Demand Probe Into #EndBadGovernance Crackdown
A Lagos-based legal practitioner, Barrister Emeka Iheonu, has called for serious attention to the recently released Amnesty International (AI)…
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Features
Special Cases Where Abortion Is Legal Under Nigerian Law By Godfrey George
Abortion remains a contentious issue in Nigeria, shaped by the nation’s intricate blend of cultural, religious, and legal frameworks. Broadly…
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Opinion
Reuben Abati And Davido As “cockroaches” By Festus Adedayo
In 1992, Leon Mugesera, a senior politician in the then Rwanda ruling party, gathered a crowd of supporters at a…
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Metro News
AWLA Nigeria, Oyo Govt Push For United Action Against Gender-Based Violence
The African Women Lawyers Association (AWLA) Nigeria and the Oyo State Government have called for robust collaborations among civil…
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Law Enforcement
Nation Drowning In Laws: Nigeria’s Paradox By Prince Charles Dickson
The Latin axiom “Corruptissima re publica plurimae leges” rings painfully true for Nigeria. It translates to “the more…
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Litigation
Appeal Court Frees Dr. Olaleye, Overturns Conviction For Defilement Of Minor
The Court of Appeal in Lagos has acquitted and discharged Dr. Olufemi Olaleye, the Medical Director of Optimal Cancer…
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Foreign News
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Secures Second Term As WTO Director-General
Nigeria’s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has been reappointed for a second term as the Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO),…
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Crime
Benue State University Law Class Of 2007 Condemns Brutal Assassination Of Colleague, Mark Ofikwu
The Class of 2007 of the Faculty of Law, Benue State University, has expressed profound shock and deep sorrow…
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Articles
The Nigerian Correctional Facilities: Who Is Responsible? By Nwabueze Obasi-Obi, ESQ.
ABSTRACT This paper investigated and discussed the responsibility of ensuring the Defendant’s attendance to his trial within Nigeria’s…
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Law Enforcement
Yahaya Bello Appears Before EFCC Again
Former Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, has once again presented himself to the Economic and Financial Crimes…
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Nigerian Lawyers
Lawyers Slam Nigeria’s GMO Regulations, Demand Immediate Reforms
The recently held public hearing at the House of Representatives Joint Committee on Agriculture, Privatisation, Public Assets, Science, and…
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Crime
NBA Otukpo Secretary Mike Ofikwu Shot Dead Outside His Home
Tragedy struck in Otukpo, Benue State, as Mike Ofikwu, the Secretary of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Otukpo Branch,…
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