LAWYERS & LAW FIRMS

During a panel discussion at the NBA SBL Conference held in Lagos on the theme “Forging a Path to Effective Commercial Dispute Resolution in Africa: Exploring the Need for an African Arbitration Centre,” Mazi Afam Osigwe, SAN, strongly advocated for the establishment…

Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), has accused the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu of spending public funds while the State Executive Council has not been duly constituted. Adegboruwa accused the governor of running a one-man show for over one month…

Human rights lawyer Femi Falana, SAN, has stated that “plutocracy has replaced democracy in Nigeria”, the effect of which is that “people have lost confidence in the democratic process.” According to Falana, “out of the 93 million voters that were registered, only 22…

Human rights lawyer Femi Falana has asked the Department of State Services (DSS) to speed up the investigation into the cases involving the suspended Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa and the embattled Governor of the Central…

Founder of Afe Babalola University Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD), Afe Babalola (SAN), has cautioned Nigerians migrating to foreign countries, saying no nation has opportunity for self-development like Nigeria. The legal icon said that if he had accepted to remain in England in the 60s, he…

A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Wahab Shittu, has expressed concern over the trend of upheavals that have plagued the leadership of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) since its inception. This comes after Wednesday’s suspension of EFCC Chairman Abdulrasheed Bawa by…

A Senior Advocate of Nigeria and former President of Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Olisa Agbakoba has asked President Bola Tinubu to remove the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mahmoud Yakubu. The senior lawyer, in a statement on Thursday, said the…