LAWYERS & LAW FIRMS

Activist and lawyer, Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, says the manner in which President Bola Tinubu submitted his ministerial list to the Senate violates the constitution. Tinubu sent the list in two batches, the first containing 28 names while the second had 19 names. Adegboruwa, while appearing…

One of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s  ministerial nominees, Lateef Fagbemi SAN has announced his intention to seek the merger of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related matters Commission (ICPC) and other anti-graft agencies if…

Femi Falana, SAN, on Tuesday, called on the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to “impose more stringent sanctions on Niger and adopt measures to make them work, particularly given the intransigence…

Human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mr. Femi Falana has said the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and its allies have legal right to protest against government policies that negatively affect their members. But the Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Assembly (NECA) has called…

A leaked Lagos State Government memo on the secret mass burial of 103 victims of the October 2020 EndSARS protest is one of the many surprises to come, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, has said. The senior lawyer stated this on…

Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, has urged the authorities of federal universities across the country to “immediately suspend the plan to increase tuition and school fees especially because the majority of the people have been pauperised as a result of the removal…

A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana on Tuesday asked the Federal Government to direct the Department of State Services (DSS) to obey court orders. Falana’s calls came on the heels of the faceoff between DSS operatives and those of the Nigerian Correctional…

A Senior Advocate of Nigeria and International Arbitrator, Mrs. Dorothy Ufot has faulted the position of the Supreme Court which held that the enforcement of an award starts from the day of the contract breach, on the basis of the statute of…

Human rights lawyer Femi Falana, SAN, criticised the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited for its adjustment of the pump price for Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), or petrol, from around N500 to N617 per litre. Falana was reacting to the NNPCL’s seemingly overnight price…