LAWYERS & LAW FIRMS

Lawyer Condemns Reintroduction of National Water Resources Bill

A lawyer, Chief Malcolm Omirhobo, has condemned the reintroduction of the National Water Resources bill. The lawyer said he would lead a delegation of various ethnic nationalities to the public hearing in Abuja to discourage the lawmakers from going ahead with the bill. Omirhobo…

27/09/2022

Lack of Quality Teachers Affecting Education in Nigeria – Afe Babalola SAN

The Founder of Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD), Chief Afe Babalola (SAN), has warned that the dearth of quality teachers in the country posed a great danger to functional education. Babalola, who cited the anomalies noticed in Kaduna, Kwara and Sokoto states where…

27/09/2022

Afe Babalola Faults Fed Govt for Taking ASUU to Court

The Founder of Afe Babalola University Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD), Chief Afe Babalola, has disagreed with the Federal Government for taking the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to court, saying that agreement should be honoured in performance and not in disobedience. The legal icon…

24/09/2022

National Industrial Court Doesn’t Have Jurisdiction to Rule on ASUU case – Falana

Femi Falana, human rights lawyer and senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN), says the national industrial court does not have jurisdiction to rule on the case between the federal government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). After seven months of strike by the…

23/09/2022

Legal Luminary Profile: Ahmed A. Raji, SAN, FCIArb. (UK)

Ahmed Adeniyi Raji SAN is a leading Senior Advocate of Nigeria and the founder of Ahmed Raji & Co a thriving law firm in Abuja. He attended Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, Osun State for his LLB (Hons.) He obtained a Masters Degree…

23/09/2022

Featured Law Firm: Ahmed Raji & Co

Our featured law firm for this week is Ahmed Raji & Co. Established in 1999 as a medium size law firm, Ahmed Raji & Co [ARC] lawyers were primarily solicitors to banks and financial institutions. A sustained growth in clientele and portfolio…

23/09/2022

Nnamdi Kanu Is Ill – Lawyer

Ifeanyi Ejiofor, lawyer to Nnamdi Kanu, says the health of leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) is deteriorating. Kanu has been in DSS custody for over 14 months since his arrest and extradition to Nigeria. He is on trial for treasonable…

20/09/2022

Falana Asks FG to Reopen Probe into Bagauda Kaltho’s Disappearance

Femi Falana, human rights advocate, has called on the federal government to reopen investigation into the disappearance of Bagauda Kaltho, a journalist. Kaltho, a journalist with The News magazine at the time, was said to have disappeared under mysterious circumstances in 1996. The…

20/09/2022

Falana Reacts as Police PRO Says Civilians Can’t Retaliate Against Assault

Femi Falana, human rights lawyer and senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN), has called on Olumuyiwa Adejobi, spokesman of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF), to withdraw his statement on how civilians should react to assault by officers. Reacting on Saturday to a…

19/09/2022

70% of Voters in 2019 Presidential Poll Were Illiterates – Muiz Banire SAN

Muiz Banire, former chairman of the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON), says Nigeria must tame illiteracy to quell ethno-religious tension in the country. Banire spoke on Sunday at the International Conference Centre (ICC) in Ibadan, Oyo state, during the 11th annual…

19/09/2022

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