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Alliance on Surviving Covid 19 and Beyond (ASCAB) through its Chairman,  Femi Falana SAN, has said it is illegal for some ministers to withdraw their resignation letters. The Lawyer reported that the Minister of Labour and Productivity, Chris Ngige, dropped out of the…

A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mr. Jibrin Samuel Okutepa, has reacted to the killing of Deborah Samuel, a 200-level student of Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto State, who was burnt alive on Thursday. The student was beaten to a pulp and burnt…

A Senior Advocate of Nigeria and Human Rights Activist, Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa has called for the relocation of the 2022 Annual Summit of the Nigerian Bar Association Section on Public Interest And Development Law (NBA-SPIDEL) earlier scheduled to hold in Sokoto State from…

The Chairman of the Body of Benchers (BoB), Chief Wole Olanipekun (SAN), has described as unconstitutional, immoral and a threat to the nation’s democracy the call by Robert Clarke (SAN) on President Muhammadu Buhari to extend his tenure on account of the…

Senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Olisa Agbakoba, says former President Goodluck Jonathan is eligible to contest for president in 2023. Recently, there have been varied legal arguments on the eligibility of Jonathan to contest in the 2023 presidential election. Jonathan was Nigeria’s vice-president between…

An elder statesman and senior lawyer, Robert Clarke, SAN, Monday in Abuja, said the President Muhammadu Buhari, should serve for an extra six months to give him enough time to address the country’s security woes. Clarke stated that with less than a year…

Renowned lawyer, Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, has described the suit by Godwin Emefiele, on his eligibility to contest the 2023 presidency, as a comedy. The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor filed the case at the Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday. The court however…

Renowned Law Professor and a Former Deputy Director-General of the Nigerian Law School, Prof. Ernest Ojukwu SAN has asked questions pertaining to the suit instituted by the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria at the Federal High Court Abuja. In his…

NIGERIAN workers are constitutionally-free to participate in politics, lawyer, Mr Femi Falana has said. He was responding to the warning from the central government to civil servants to stay off politics. The Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) relied on the position of the…