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Lawyers seek transparency in security votes
Some lawyers in Lagos State on Saturday called for transparency in the utilisation of security vote by top political office…
Lawyers Blame High Rate Of Divorce On Recession
Hajia Iyabo Salmot-Mohammed, the Chairperson of international Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA) in Kwara, has blamed the current recession in…
Legal Fees Hike: Lawyers Boycott Osun High Court
The premises of Osun High Court were on Wednesday deserted following a protest by the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) over…
Toke Makinwa’s ex husband sues her
Following the release of a tell-all memoir, On Becoming, documenting her relationship with Maje Ayida, Toke Makinwa, has been asked…
Lawyers seek strict enforcement of laws on rape
Some Abuja based lawyers have advocated full enforcement of laws on rape to curb the increasing cases of rape and…
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Lagos lawyers hail passage of bill on death penalty for kidnappers
Some Lagos-based lawyers have lauded the Lagos State House of Assembly for passing into law the bill stipulating the death…
Legal practitioner advises men to respect their wives
A Legal Practitioner, Mr Dele Joshua, on Tuesday said that women deserved some respect from their husbands for their role…
Domestic violence on women should be checked- Lawyers
Some Lagos based lawyers have stressed the need for adequate measures to be put in place to check the spate…
Lawyers say rapists must face full wrath of law
Some lawyers have urged judges and magistrates to ensure that anyone convicted for rape is sanctioned in accordance with the…
Lawyers, judges not vultures – EFCC
Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, said Nigerian lawyers and judges ”are peopled by very many seasoned, upright members,…
Parade of suspects unconstitutional- Lawyers
Some Lagos-based lawyers have condemned parading of arrested suspects by the police, saying it is unconstitutional and damaging to the…
Security agencies, lawyers, judges delay corruption cases – Lawyers
Some Abuja-based legal practitioners say all stakeholders such as anti-graft agencies, the prosecutors, private lawyers, and prison officials should be…
Police prosecutors engage in illegalities- Lawyers
Some members of the Nigerian Bar Association in Lagos State have accused the police of engaging in illegalities and undermining…
Dubious Lawyers, Dubious Senators Et Al
By Joe Igbokwe A fierce battle is going on in Nigeria today between the Agents of Change and the Agents…
Finally, DSS to grant lawyers access to Zakzaky
Nigeria’s Shiite leader, Sheikh Ibrahim el-Zakzaky incommunicado since 13 December, 2015 when he was arrested by the military authorities will…
El Zakzaky still don’t have access to him – Judicial Commission
The non-release of Sheikh Al Zakzaky by the military-police authorities detaining him, may bring to an abrupt end to the…
Bad lawyers, judges giving good ones a bad name – EFCC boss
The acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu has reassured lawyers and judges that comments…
Saraki’s Trial: NBA to investigate lawyers action
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) says it will investigate the action of the senior counsel who represented the Senate President,…
Insecurity: Lawyers advocate community policing
Two lawyers have advocated community policing to curb insecurity in the country. The lawyers expressed the view in separate interviews…
Rape: Lawyers task police on proper investigation
Some lawyers in Lagos have advised the police to support investigations in rape and defilement cases with adequate medical reports…
Lawyers support Buhari on implementation of TSA
Legal Practitioners in the Federal Capital Territory, on Wednesday expressed their support for the implementation of the Treasury Single Account…
Bangladesh arrests 3 lawyers linked to Islamist militants
Bangladeshi police have arrested three lawyers for allegedly financing a local militant group called Shahhid Hamza Brigade, an official said…
Lawyers Seek Improved Prison Condition
Some legal practitioners in the FCT have urged the Federal Government to improve on the state of prisons across the…
EFCC must do more to win cases – Lawyers
Three prominent Lagos-based lawyers on Sunday said that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) needed to do more in…
Buhari’s speech gives hope, says lawyers, labour leaders
Some prominent lawyers in Lagos on Friday hailed the inaugural speech of President Muhammadu Buhari, describing it as encompassing and…
Chief Judge advocates English language lessons for lawyers
Justice Ishaq Bello, acting Chief Judge of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court, has advocated for continuous education for…
Police Arraign 2 Lawyers For Forging Dead Man’s Will
Jethro Ibileke/Benin The police in Benin have arraigned two lawyers and a 50-year old man before an Oredo Magistrate Court…
Lawyers disagree on ‘Death Sentence’ on mutinous soldiers
By Akin Kuponiyi&Henry Ojelu The death sentence passed on 12 soldiers by a military tribunal over their alleged in mutiny…
Lawyers, Edo traffic officials clash In Benin
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Officials of the Edo state War Against Indiscipline (WAI), on Monday clashed with some lawyers in Benin, the…
Confab: Lawyers, lecturers differ on referendum
Some lawyers and university lecturers have expressed divergent on whether or not the recommendations of National Conference should be subjected…