A Senior Advocate of Nigeria and renowned Human Rights Activist, Femi Falana has lent his voice to the recent controversies which the legal profession is embroiled in.
It is common knowledge that all has not been well with the legal profession in…
A law firm has denied selling some assets it was engaged by the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, to recover on behalf of the federal government.
Mr Malami had secretly awarded a multiple-billion naira assets recovery contract…
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mike Ozekhome has said the privatization of the means for the enforcement of judgements in Nigerian courts should be explored as the traditional institutions for doing such has failed.
He made these remarks on Friday, August 5,…
The former Secretary of the Nigerian Bar Association, Mazi Afam Osigwe SAN, has described the challenges faced with the enforcement of court judgements in Nigeria as self-inflicted by the judiciary.
Speaking at the NBA-SPIDEL Conference with the theme: “The undermining of Judicial…
The Director of Abuja School of Social and Political Thoughts, Sam Amadi, has argued for a strategic approach to conserving the integrity of the judicial institution in Nigeria’s democracy, in such a way that protects democracy without inciting pushbacks from the more…
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria J.S. Okutepa SAN, has strongly admonished the NBA president, Olumide Akpata to be weary of early victory celebration with regards to the process that produced him as the 30th president of the association; describing the nobility and…
Adekunbi Ogunde, a Partner at the law firm of Wole Olanipekun & Co., who has been at the centre of controversies arising from a letter of solicitation written by her to one Saipem Ltd on 20th June in her statement lamented that…
Femi Falana; lawyer, activist, senior advocate ,has accused the government of President Muhammadu Buhari of “failing to satisfactorily address the crisis of insecurity in the country, and doing nothing to end the mismanagement of the economy under his watch.”
Falana stated this in…
The Chairman of the Body of Benchers (BoB), Wole Olanipekun (SAN) has revealed how his group made President Muhammadu Buhari to commit to ensure that urgent steps were taken to improve the welfare of the nation’s judges.
Olanipekun said last Thursday’s meeting…
In recent weeks, some legal practitioners and commentators have exchanged thoughts on the implication of Section 115(D) of the Electoral Act (as amended 2022) on the issue of double nomination by Politicians. The section provides that “that any person who signs a…
