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Lawyers Are Being Trained By FG To Vet Contracts – AGF
The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), on Tuesday, said the rising debt profiles of government across all levels in the country were dangerous to the economy of the nation as well as its existence. To prevent this, the AGF noted that his ministry had initiated a collaborative ... -
Cybercrime: Nigeria Steps Up Awareness For Safer Online Environment
Nigeria is expanding the campaign against cybercrime, not only to increase awareness but also to secure the country’s online environment. According to the Ministry of Justice, as technology evolves rapidly, the complexity and scale of cyberthreats increase, hence the need to tackle the dangers that come with the negative impacts of the internet. During an ... -
Fundamental Right To Life And Clean, Healthy Environment Is Threatened By Indiscriminate Use Of Pesticides- Nnimmo Bassey
The Executive Director, Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF), Dr Nnimmo Bassey, says the indiscriminate use of pesticides has dire consequences on human right to life and health. Bassey said this on Wednesday in Abuja during a training held by HOMEF in collaboration with Alliance for Action on Pesticides in Nigeria (AAPN) and ... -
NBA Notice: Advanced Legal Opinion Writing For Lawyers
Please be informed that one of the NBA Institute of Continuing Legal Education’s (NBA-ICLE’s) accredited service providers, the Institute of Communication and Corporate Studies (ICCS) will be organizing a training on Advanced Legal Opinion Writing for Lawyers. This training is scheduled to hold as follows; Date: 12 November 2023 Venue: Online Time: 4:30 pm ... -
IBA 2023 Opening Ceremony: An Unforgettable Evening In Paris
The International Bar Association (IBA) 2023 saw a resounding start yesterday with a grand opening ceremony held at the Palais des congrès in Paris. Leaders League, a proud partner of this significant weeklong event, was on-site to capture the key moments. The evening commenced with a musical piece featuring extracts from the beloved ... -
Institute Trains Nigerian, Ghanaian Lawyers Handling Cases Involving Capital Offences
The Makwanyane Institute Nigeria Network has offered refresher training to 20 legal practitioners on rendering quality legal services to suspects of capital offences. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the three-day train-the-trainers workshop held on Friday in Abuja was organised for criminal defense lawyers selected from Nigeria and Ghana. It had “Defending ... -
Even A Junior Lawyer In My Chambers Won’t Take Atiku’s Case To Supreme Court–Robert Clarke, SAN
Robert Clarke, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), says the lawyers who represented the Labour Party and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in suits challenging President Bola Tinubu’s election did not display a good sense of legal practice. The Supreme Court of Nigeria on Thursday affirmed the election of President Tinubu in the 2023 ... -
The Limits of the Sub Judice Rule By Onikepo Braithwaite
Definition of Sub Judice Lately, the term ‘Sub judice’ has been flying around. It is actually pronounced ‘sub-joo-di- see’, and not ‘sub-joo-diss’ as Nigerians love to mispronounce it! It’s a Latin term which simply means, ‘under judgement’. Black’s Law Dictionary defines the term as, “Before the Court or Judge for determination”. The First Leg ... -
Ondo Lawyers Ask Gov Akeredolu To Declare Medical Fitness Within 14 Days
A group of concerned lawyers in Ondo State have called on the Governor of the state, Mr Rotimi Akeredolu, to make known his medical state to people of the state through a press briefing on local or national media within 14 days to enable people of the state to know his current state of health. ... -
Ex-Chairman Seeks Overhaul Of NBA, Says Lawyers Get To Conference Venue “Late With Nasty Hangover”
A former Chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Ikorodu branch, Bayo Akinlade has called for an overhaul of the association to keep it in tune with appreciable standards. Akinlade made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos. The lawyer is the Convener of the Fight Against ... -
Nigerian Lawyers Are Running Away; Japa Has Arrived In The Legal Profession By Stanley Alieke
I visited the law firm of a very senior lawyer who happens to be a close friend and as we were discussing he was intimating me on how lawyers have been leaving his firm. He said about fifteen lawyers have left his firm altogether in the three cities they have an office in Nigeria just ... -
SAN: Adeleke Congratulates 4 Osun Lawyers On Their Elevation
Governor Ademola Adeleke has expressed his delight over the conferment of Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) on four legal practitioners of Osun State extraction describing their elevation as a thing of pride and joy for the state. In a congratulatory message signed by his spokesperson, Mallam Olawale Rasheed, Governor Adeleke extolled Messrs Kazeem Adekunle ... -
Direct Your Energies At Fighting Injustice, Odili Tells 1,097 New Lawyers
Retired Justice of the Supreme Court and Chairman of the Body of Benchers (BOB), Justice Mary Odili, has advised lawyers to direct their energies at fighting injustice in the country. Justice Odili spoke yesterday in Abuja at the Call-to-Bar ceremony organised by the BOB for 1,097 new lawyers. She reminded the new lawyers that by ... -
Delta Monarch And Lawyer Pictured With His 3 Lawyer Daughters (Photos)
The Pere of Kerebiri-Mein kingdom in Bomadi Local Government Area of Delta State, HRM (Barr) Godspower Oporomo, is pictured with his three daughters who are also lawyers. One of the daughters shared the photos on Wednesday, October 11, 2023. “So today we welcomed the latest Barrister in the family into the Largest Bar in Africa. ... -
[WATCH] Trending Video Of Two Lawyers Nearly Coming To Blows In Enugu Courtroom
A video is currently making the rounds on social media, in which two lawyers close to assaulting each other inside a court room. The two lawyers engaged in a war of words and nearly came to blows in a customary court in Obukpa, Nsukka, Enugu State. In the video which has been shared ... -
Tinubu’s Certificate Saga: I’m Ashamed of Lawyers, This Public Nonsense Must Stop – Agbakoba
A former President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Olisa Agbakoba, SAN has reacted to the ongoing controversy surrounding the academic records of President Bola Tinubu. According to him, he is ashamed to see lawyers on national television arguing the merits or demerits of President Bola Tinubu’s Chicago State University matter. He spoke via ...
