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Nigerian Lawyers
Lagos Lawyer Ekwowusi Appointed Chairman, AfBA Human Rights Committee
A Lagos lawyer, columnist, essayist and human rights advocate, Sonnie Ekwowusi, has been appointed as Chairman, Human and Constitutional Rights…
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Crime
“Osinachi’s Husband Holds Her Down And Makes Her Kids Hit And Stomp On Her” – Lawyer Claims
A lawyer identified as Honey G. Evarist has revealed the inhumane and humiliating treatment that was meted out on late…
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Law Enforcement
Lawyer Backs Arrest Of Osinachi’s Husband, Demands Justice
An Abuja-based human rights lawyer, Pelumi Olajengbesi, has commended the Federal Capital Territory Police Command over the swift arrest of…
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Law Enforcement
Innocent Man Who Spent 4 Years in Ikoyi Prison Because He Had No Lawyer, Helped By Foundation
Headfort Foundation, a prison reform initiative, has recounted how Ikenna Dike, a Lagos-based businessman, spent four years in custody because…
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Opinion
The New Practice Directions On Terrorism Trials Is Unconstitutional By Aloy Ejimakor
The new Practice Directions on terrorism trials recently issued by the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court is unconstitutional…
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Nigerian Lawyers
Lucius Nwosu, SAN, Lawyer Who Secured N46billion Shell Compensation For Ogoniland, Dies
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Lucius Nwosu, is dead, a report by TheCable said. The legal luminary was said to…
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Nigerian Lawyers
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Opinion
Professional Ethics For The 21st Century Lawyer (1) – By MIKE OZEKHOME
Introduction This dissertation hopes to open up the entrails of the facts, myths and truths about what is expected of…
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Litigation
DStv, Gotv Subscription Prices: Why We Dragged MultiChoice To Tribunal — Lawyer
A legal practitioner, Festus Onifade, has revealed the reason MultiChoice Nigeria Ltd. was dragged before Federal Competition and Consumer Protection…
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Crime
NDLEA Operatives Nab Lawyer, ‘Mkpuru Mmiri’ Cook In Ekiti
A legal practitioner and a professional methamphetamine (‘mkpuru mmiri’) cook were among those arrested by operatives of the National Drug…
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Litigation
Anambra Lawyer Asks Court To Stop Former Military Heads Of State From Council Of State
*Says, "we're legitimising coups!"
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Features
Marital Rape Isn’t A Crime In India But One Lawyer Is Fighting To Change That
In 2017, Karuna Nundy wrote an open letter to Indian women, laying out the protections in the country’s constitution if…
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Nigerian Lawyers
Family Of Murdered Lawyer, Ikoikwak Petition IGP
Family members of a deceased Legal Practitioner want the Federal government, the Inspector General of Police and the Akwa Ibom…
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Nigerian Lawyers
Sad News As Former Bayelsa Commissioner And Law Professor Shortlisted For SAN Rank In 2021 Is Crushed To Death By Truck Driver
Professor Sylvanus Abila, a former Commissioner for Environment in Bayelsa State, has allegedly been crushed to death by a truck…
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Crime
Anambra Catholic Priest, Lawyer Arraigned Over Stealing, Assault
A Catholic priest, Rev. Father Ejike Nwankwo and his lawyer, Chukwu Kingsley Idenyi, have been arraigned before an Umunze Chief…
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Foreign News
‘I Like What I See’ — UK-Based Nigerian Lawyer Fined €23.85k For Sexual Comments To Job Seeker
Victor Nwosu, a UK-based Nigerian solicitor has been fined €23846.09 by the UK solicitors disciplinary tribunal for making sexual comments…
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