Tag: lawyers
Ibori Deserves His Fate —Sagay, Aturu, Falana
Human rights activists and lawyers in the country have hailed the conviction and sentencing of former Governor of Delta State,…
INEC Seeks More Lawyers For Electoral Prosecution
The INEC has requested the NYSC to post more lawyers to its offices to assist it in the prosecution of…
World Bank Job: Lawyers Commend Okonjo-Iweala
Some lawyers in Lagos have described Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala’s failure to win the World Bank presidency as a sign of…
Lawyers Disagree Over Second Trial Of Ibori
Some Lagos-based lawyers have expressed mixed feelings about the statement credited to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) that…
Why Journalists Are Better Than Lawyers, Doctors —Simon Ateba
I am discombobulated and even flabbergasted that our society today seems to give a relatively greater respect to lawyers, doctors…
Panic As Police Tender Python As Exhibit
There was drama and pandemonium as lawyers, litigants and policemen scampered to safety at Ejigbo Magistrate’s Court in Lagos, Southwest…
Alaafin’s Suit Suffers Setback As Judge Prepares For Son’s Wedding
A law suit filed by the Alaafin of Oyo town, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi III praying for High Court 11, Ring…
Scrapping Of SAN: Braithwaite Leads Court Battle
There is no cause to celebrate yet for the lawyers newly selected for the award of Senior Advocate of Nigeria,…
Lawyers Boycott Ikorodu High Court
Lawyers have began a one-week warning boycott of the Ikorodu High Court in Lagos to protest the “manner†proceedings were…
AIG Zone 6 Inducts 50 Into Officers’ Mess
Fifty persons ranging from bishops, lawyers, chiefs, doctors, and businessmen on Monday, 16 May took up membership of Zone Six…
Elections Tribunal Seeks Cooperation Of Lawyers
The Election Petition Tribunal in Katsina State has solicited the cooperation of lawyers and litigants to enable it complete its…
Mass Arrest Of ACN Officials
Nigerian authorities have arrested scores of opposition members in the southeastern state of Akwa Ibom in a campaign of intimidation…
Salami’s Call Logs: Senior Lawyers To Sue For Libel
Some senior lawyers accused of engaging in telephone conversations with the President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Ayo Isa…
Ex-Bauchi Gov. Not Fit For NIMASA Job —Activists
Two human rights activists and lawyers in Festus Keyamo Chambers, Oghenovo Otemu and Alexander Oketa have dragged the Nigerian Federal…