Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN, his son and musician, Folarin Falana, senior lawyers and human rights activists gathered in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja on Monday to celebrate the conferment of Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) on Mrs Funmi Falana, the wife of the fiery lawyer. The SAN, which is the highest legal honour ...

    I extend my warmest greetings to the Law Officers Association of Nigeria as you convene for the National Executive Council Meeting in Ekiti State from November 22nd to 24th, 2023. Your dedication to upholding justice and the rule of law is commendable, and this gathering reflects your commitment to advancing legal excellence. May ...

The Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, has said the government would not back down on the enactment of whistleblowers law as plans were underway to reintroduce the aborted bill to the 10th National Assembly. He stated this at a town hall meeting organised by the Progressive Impact Organisation ...

  I am deeply saddened to learn about the passing of Hon. Justice Edith Agbakoba, a respected figure in the legal community and a dedicated member of the National Industrial Court of Nigeria. Her contributions to the justice system and the legal profession have been invaluable. Justice Edith Agbakoba’s commitment to upholding the principles of ...

  The spokesperson for the family of Prof. Ben Nwabueze, SAN, Eni Nwabueze, in a statement on Monday, confirmed that the legal icon had died on Sunday evening in his home. “With great sadness, we announce the passing on to celestial glory of our patriarch, Professor B. O. Nwabueze SAN, NNOM, CON, pioneer Secretary-General of ...

  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 ...

Gombe State Governor, Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya, has congratulated a distinguished son of the state, Yakubu Philemon, Esq., on his well-deserved nomination for the prestigious rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN). The Governor said that the recognition of Barr. Yakubu by the Legal Practitioners Privileges Committee (LPPC) is proof of his outstanding legal acumen and ...

  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 ...

The Nigerian Bar Association, Abuja (Unity Bar) is happy to announce that Sixteen of our members made the list of the 58 newly designated Senior Advocates of Nigeria who are: 1. AGADA JOHN ELACHI, ESQ 2. PAUL KASIMANWUNA MADUEMENE, ESQ 3. PAULYN OSOBHASE ABHULIMEN, ESQ 4. OLUKAYODE ABRAHAM AJULO, ESQ 5. OLUMIDE AKINWALE OLUJINMI, 6. ...

  The President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Mr. Yakubu Chonoko Maikyau, OON, SAN, has congratulated all the advocates and the sole academic who were confirmed for elevation as Senior Advocates of Nigeria by the Legal Practitioners Privileges Committee (LPPC) on 12 October, 2023. Mr. Maikyau has also commended the LPPC under the chairmanship ...

The Legal Practitioners Privileges Committee (LPPC) has approved the elevation of 58 Legal Practitioners to the inner Bar. A statement signed by Chief Registrar of the supreme court, Hajo Sarki Bello and made available to The Metro Lawyer (TML), read that the rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria is awarded as a mark of excellence ...

    Mazi Afam Osigwe SAN’s visit to the NBA Ota Branch (Utter Bar) Annual Law Dinner turned into a whirlwind of networking and professional exchanges that extended beyond the event itself. During his time in Abeokuta, he made a series of courtesy visits to notable legal figures, enhancing the bonds of camaraderie within the ...

  INDEPENDENCE DAY MESSAGE BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE NIGERIAN BAR ASSOCIATION, MR YAKUBU CHONOKO MAIKYAU, OON, SAN Dear Learned Colleagues, Notwithstanding the myriad of challenges confronting us as a nation and our present-day experience, we cannot afford to give up on the Nigeria of our dream – a Nigeria where we all live in ...

    I read with shock the allegations by our colleague Douglas Ogbankwa about the assault and threat to shoot him by some officers of the State Security Service in Benin, Edo City. It is worrisome that law enforcement agents would not only prevent a lawyer from exercising a statutory power to be present while ...

  Onueze Chukwujinka Joe Okocha, OFR, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, has described deputy governors as “spare tyres” with no specific constitutional duties. Okocha stated in a commentary on the crisis between Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki and his deputy, Philip Shaibu, that deputy governors could only perform the functions assigned to them by the ...

  Legal giant, Aare Afe Babalola, SAN has decried Nigeria’s huge debt describing it as distressing and unhealthy. Speaking at a reception in honor of one of his mentees and Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Prince Lateef Fagbemi(SAN), the founder of Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti said “When a person inherits suffocating debt, he does ...