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A former Deputy Director-General of the Nigerian Law School, Prof. Ernest Ojukwu (SAN), has said that there is no legal impediment on the payment of Bar Practicing Fees online. Ojukwu, in a statement made available to The Lawyer dated January 2 signed…

The Pioneer Chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association Section on Public Interest and Development Law, Chief Joe-Kyari Gdazama, SAN has recounted his past experiences to mark the new year. Gadzama, in a message made available to The Lawyer, recounted how he survived…

A senior lawyer and human rights activist, Chief Mike Ozekhome (SAN), yesterday, picked holes in former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s position that the oil found in the Niger Delta belonged to the country and not the region. Ozekhome argued that as a military…

Human rights’ lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN, has said that the leadership of the African Union (AU) and the United Nations must ensure that former Gambian dictator, Yahya Jammeh, and senior members of his government are extradited to Senegal to face trial before…

Human rights lawyer and a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Femi Falana said President Muhammadu Buhari is a beneficiary of direct primary. Falana in a statement issued on Tuesday said the All Progressives Congress (APC) had also adopted the direct primary for the…

A former president of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Chief Wole Olanipekun, has expressed displeasure that the zone had been relegated to the background in the state’s convoluted political equations despite its humongous electoral weight in terms of population, the calibre of…

A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) and human rights activist, Chief Mike Ozekhome, has pleaded with President Muhammadu Buhari to assent to the Electoral Act Amendment Bill which has been transmitted to him since November 19, 2021. The legal luminary urged the…

Human rights lawyer, Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa (SAN), has urged the 9th National Assembly to prove its autonomy by passing the Electoral Act Amendment Bill into law should the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), failed to assent to the bill by Sunday. The…

A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, J.S Okutepa, has commended the National Judicial Council for sanctioning judicial officers who issued indiscriminate Exparte orders in favour of politicians across Nigeria recently. The Learned Silk commended the NJC for the prompt investigation of the erring judicial…

Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN), has demanded the immediate and unconditional release of protesters arrested in the Federal Capital Territory and other parts of the North under the #Northisbleeding movement. In a statement personally signed by Falana on Thursday, he accused the…