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A former President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Chief Wole Olanipekun (SAN), said, on Wednesday, that former President Olusegun Obasanjo almost punched him for advising that the 1999 Constitution be amended when Obasanjo was the sitting President. Olanipekun said while delivering the Convocation…

Aare Afe Babalola, a prominent lawyer in Nigeria, has revealed some of the high legal fees he has charged clients, including a $30 million fee for helping the government recover $300 million from banks and a $5 million fee for an appeal…

A legal icon, Barrister Niyi Akintola, (SAN) has asked the Federal government to hands off  regulatory of the Solid minerals which  is on its exclusive list to the respective state government. His 24 bed Hotel located at House 40, Dejo street was affected…

Senior lawyer and former President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Dr. Olisa Agbakoba, SAN, has urged President Bola Tinubu not to apply military solutions to irregular warfare. Agbakoba made this appeal while fielding questions from newsmen in Lagos. He said, “We cannot resolve our…

Falana & Falana’s Chambers, led by human rights lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN), has dismissed claims of threats made by Mr. Joseph Aloba, father of the late MohBad. In response to Aloba’s accusations of a plot to kill him, the law firm clarified their…

Renowned senior lawyer and human rights activist, Femi Falana, has said that rather than being sacked, Former CEO of the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission Babatunde Irukera, should be sent a letter of commendation for turning around the agency. Falana stated that the…

The first Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) in Kwara State and a life member, Body of Bencher,  Dr. Aliyu Alarape Salman, is dead. Salman, the legal luminary died in Ilorin the Kwara state capital, in the early hours of Sunday at the age of…

Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, says the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Betta Edu, should resign for “betraying the confidence reposed in her”. Falana, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), in a statement on Sunday, urged the Economic and Financial Crimes…