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Lawyers Seek Disciplinary Action Against Malami Over ICC Tribunal Findings

THE Society of Public Interest Lawyers in Nigeria (SPI-LAW) has asked the Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee (LPDC) to initiate disciplinary proceedings against Abubakar.

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CJN Bans Use Of ‘Barrister’ Title In Supreme Court Official Engagements

THE Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, has directed lawyers and court officials to stop using the title “Barrister” as a.

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FULL LIST: 68 Lawyers Elevated To Rank of Senior Advocate

THE Legal Practitioners’ Privileges Committee has approved the elevation of 68 legal practitioners to the prestigious rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN)..

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Badejo-Okusanya Inches Closer To Becoming NBA’s Second Female President As Voting Closes

OYINKANSOLA Badejo-Okusanya is on course to become the next president of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) following the emergence of results from the.

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Supreme Court Directs Lawyers To Upload Case Documents Ahead Of September Sittings

THE Supreme Court has instructed lawyers handling appeals and motions slated for hearing between September and December 2026 to upload all relevant court.

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Africa

Uganda Judges Push Back Against Lawyers’ Bid To Scrap ‘Colonial Titles

UGANDA’s judiciary has pushed back against a directive by the country’s lawyers’ association instructing its members to stop addressing judges as “My Lord”.

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Social Media Posts Could Cost Candidates Their Call To Bar, Law School Warns

THE Council of Legal Education has warned candidates awaiting their Call to the Bar to desist from wearing barristers’ regalia and presenting themselves.

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Over 100 Senior Nigerian Lawyers Facing Corruption Charges, EFCC Chairman Reveals

THE Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, has disclosed that no fewer than 100 senior lawyers in Nigeria.

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Chimamanda Adichie’s Lawyers Take On Hospital As Lagos Govt Suspends Doctor

SOLICITORS representing globally acclaimed Nigerian author, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, and her partner, Dr Ivara Esege, have written a formal legal notice to Euracare.

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Bayelsa Lawyers Shut Courts Over Kidnapped Judge, Demand Release

THE Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Yenagoa Branch, on Monday, embarked on a symbolic court boycott across Bayelsa State to protest the abduction of.

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‘Stop Your Biased Rulings’, el-Rufai Accuses Judges, Lawyers Of Corruption

FORMER Kaduna State Governor, Nasir el-Rufai, has alleged widespread corruption in the Nigerian judiciary, saying many judges and lawyers are corrupt. Also, the.

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19 States Vs EFCC: 5,000 Lawyers Back Govs, Insist EFCC Law Unconstitutional

A HISTORIC lawsuit filed by 19 state governors challenging the constitutionality of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has gained the support.

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87 Lawyers Elevated To Senior Advocates Of Nigeria

THE Legal Practitioners’ Privileges Committee (LPPC) under the Chairmanship of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, has approved the conferment of.

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Yahaya Bello: EFCC’s Action Best Described As ‘Trial By Mischief’, Ewa Okpo, Constitutional Lawyer

CONSTITUTIONAL Lawyer, Ewa Okpo, has described the actions of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in the ongoing face-off with the immediate past.

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Africa

Dethroned Niger President’s Lawyers Deny Escape Bid Story By Coup Leaders

LAWYERS for Niger’s ousted president on Friday rejected claims by the new military rulers that he had tried to escape, as France said.

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Why Tribunal’s Judgment Has Our Watermark – Tinubu’s Lawyers

THE Tinubu Presidential Legal Team (TPLT) has explained that they did not write the judgment delivered by the Presidential Election Petitions Court which.

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Judiciary

Lawyers Applying For SAN To Pay N1m

LAWYERS applying for the 2023 award of the rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) would pay N1 million as a fee. This.

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