An Assistant Commissioner of Police, Simon Asamber, who made history as the first Police Officer to be elevated to the rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) has recounted how he got the SAN rank on his first application and the challenges…
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana, on Monday, warned the regime of President Muhammadu Buhari , to drop the plan to remove subsidy on petroleum products.
Falana, who is the Interim Chair, Alliance on Surviving Covid and Beyond, described the planned subsidy…
A Kebbi-based lawyer, Aminu Kalgo has called on the federal government to abrogate the N50,000 deposit made on appeals by litigants, to allow for access to justice.
A new Court of Appeal Rules 2021 (Order 8 Rule 11 and 12), which became effective…
A former Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister for Justice, Chief Kanu Agabi, SAN, has written to the incumbent, Abubakar Malami and warned against actions that could compromise the hearing of alleged unlawful dismissal from office of a formal Acting…
Frontline energy law expert and the Deputy Vice Chancellor, Academic, Research, Innovation and Strategic Partnerships (ARISP) of Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti, Professor Damilola S. Olawuyi, SAN has called on the Federal Government of Nigeria to put in place mandatory requirements for…
Human rights lawyer Femi Falana has alleged a massive coverup concerning the death of Dowen College student, Sylvester Oromoni (Jnr).
Falana who spoke on Channels TV, while reacting to the recent statement by Lagos Police Commissioner, Hakeem Odumosu, that Sylvester died a natural…
Human rights lawyer, Dr. Mike Ozekhome has rebuked the federal government for resorting to brute force in the handling of the Magodo Estate issue between the Lagos State Government and the estate owners.
The constitutional lawyer gave the scathing criticism while appearing yesterday…
An Ibadan based Lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Chief Yomi Aliyyu, has described the current controversy over the ascendancy of the throne of the Olubadan as ‘man-made’. According to him, the constitution of the king makers is proper and in line…
The former Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice of Oyo State, Michael Lana, has reacted to the conferment of Obaship on some chiefs in Ibadan.
Lana, in an interview with the PUNCH Newspaper, said the Yoruba tradition precludes one from being both an Oba and…
Human rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN), has berated Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, for saying deceased Dowen College student, Sylvester Oromoni, died of natural causes when the facts had not been established by the coroner’s inquest.
Falana also rejected…