A Lagos-based lawyer, Olumide Sonupe, has been hospitalised after he was said to have been detained by the police while seeking the bail of his client at the Moshalashi Police Station in the Alimosho area of the state on December 30, 2023.
The…
Ayokunle Odekunle, a Nigerian-born legal practitioner known for his impactful social commentary, has tragically passed away after a brave battle with stomach cancer that had reached stage four upon his arrival in Edmonton in 2020.
Despite the dire prognosis, Mr. Odekunle continued to…
A former Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission, Prof Chidi Odinkalu, has knocked the judiciary for producing a “confusing” Certified True Copy (CTC) of an appellate court judgement on the Kano State governorship election.
Odinkalu, who was on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Wednesday,…
The N900 billion that the Federal Government plans to spend on electricity subsidy should go to the vulnerable. This is according to George Etomi, the Chairman, of West er and Gas.
He said this in a recent interview with CNBC Africa.…
Special Adviser to the Senate President Godswill Akpabio and former Vice President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Dr Monday Ubani has issued stern warning to sacked Senator Elisha Abbo over allegation that the former influenced his sack by the Appeal Court.
Abbo…
The African Bar Association (AFBA) has proposed the admission of Dr. Monday Ubani, a prominent Nigerian lawyer, into its Governing Council. This was contained in a letter addressed to Dr. Ubani by the Secretary-General of AFBA, Flaviana Charles.
According to the letter,…
Chief Christopher Oladipo Ogunbanjo, one of Nigeria’s pioneering corporate lawyers, has passed away at the age of 99.
Ogunbanjo, who would have turned 100 in December, died after an illustrious legal career spanning over 70 years. He was one of the early advocates…
The Federal Government should scrap the Nigerian Law School because current reality has shown that the institution has outlived its usefulness, a lawyer and former Director-General of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, Dr. Sam Amadi, advised on Friday.
He also suggested ways in…
A Nigerian legal practitioner has taken to social media to lament after he was allegedly ousted from the Ikeja Bar Association WhatsApp group over a derogatory statement the NURTW Chairman in Lagos, Musiliu Akinsanya, popularly known as MC Oluomo.
In a post shared…
Following the verdict of the Presidential Election Petitions Court (PEPC), which asserted that places like the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) were on equal footing with other States of the Federation, an Abuja-based human rights lawyer, Pelumi Olajengbesi, has said that the nation’s…
