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…
Six senior lawyers in the country have thrown their weight behind some members of the National Assembly over their six-week ultimatum to President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately halt the rising insecurity in the country or face removal from office.
The lawmakers, particularly some…
In his statement, Oluwemimo Ogunde SAN who is the Father to the embattled Partner of the law firm of Wole Olanipekun & Co categorically dissociated himself from the statement made by the Justice Reform Project where they called for the resignation of…
A prominent human rights activist and a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Femi Falana, has claimed that the reason the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) dragged other political parties in Rivers state to Court over primaries is because PDP wants to be sole…
Popular human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, has condemned the National Assembly for going on vacation while the country is facing one of its biggest security challenges in a long time.
Falana expressed dismay that the lawmakers were not taking the security crisis as…
Senior Advocate of Nigeria and Bar leader, J.S. Okutepa, has reacted to criticisms on his position that Chief Wole Olanikepun, SAN, is and remains a senior ranking member of the profession despite any allegation against him and as such should be accorded…
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Benbella Anachebe has faulted the rationale behind the recusal letter written and signed by the NBA President, Olumide Akpata against the chairman of the Body of Benchers.
Anachebe who noted, during an interview with vanguard, that the…
Chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association Section on Public Interest and Development Litigation (NBA-SPIDEL), Dr. Ubani has condemned attempt to persecute and imprison counsel, Inibehe Effiong in the course of defending his client.
“I have been careful not to jump into this…
The Chairman of the Body of Benchers (BOB) Wole Olanipekun (SAN) has urged lawyers not to see the Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee (LPDC) as a forum for settling scores with perceived enemies.
Olanipekun said the LPDC, as an independent agency of the…