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Olanipekun Writes AGF to Amicably Settle $5.8bn Mambilla Power Project

A former President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Chief Wole Olanipekun, has asked the federal government to seek an amicable settlement, and revive the execution of the $5.8 billion Mambilla hydro-electric power project by Sunrise Power Transmission Company of Nigeria Limited…

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Tinubu Can’t Reinstate 27 Cross Carpeting Rivers Lawmakers — Falana

Amid the controversy trailing the intervention of President Bola Tinubu in the crisis rocking Rivers State, human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, has said that the President cannot reinstate 27 cross carpeting members of the Rivers State House of Assembly. In a statement on…

20/12/2023 0Comments

Supreme Court Had Powers To Grant Kanu Bail — Ananaba SAN

Following the Supreme Court’s verdict mandating that Nnamdi Kanu face trial, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) Paul Ananaba says the apex court had the power to grant bail to the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). An appeal court had dismissed…

16/12/2023 0Comments

Emeka Obegolu, SAN is the New President, Abuja Chamber of Commerce

Chief Dr. Emeka Obegolu SAN is the new President of the Abuja Chamber of Commerce and Industry, (ACCI). The ex-president, Pan African lawyers Union and Founding Partner Greenfield Chambers takes over from Alhaji Al-Mujtaba Abubakar. After his inauguration at the 33rd Annual General Meeting (AGM) of ACCI…

15/12/2023 0Comments

‘Stop Parading Yourself as Petroleum Minister’ – Falana to Tinubu

Human rights lawyer Femi Falana has told President Bola Tinubu to stop parading himself as the Minister of Petroleum Resources. Falana argued that the President’s role as Minister of Petroleum contravened Section 147 of the Constitution, cautioning Tinubu not to imitate former presidents…

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‘No Division In PDP,’ Falana Says 27 Rivers Lawmakers To Lose Seats

A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Femi Falana, on Wednesday said there is no division in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to warrant the members of the Rivers State House of Assembly to dump the party for the All Progressives Congress (APC). On…

14/12/2023 0Comments

Compensate Victims of Accidental Airstrikes or Face Legal Action – Falana

A human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, has asked the Federal Government to compensate the victims of military airstrikes in the past seven years. Falana, who is the chairman of Alliance on Surviving COVID-19 and Beyond, warned that if the Federal Government failed to…

11/12/2023 0Comments

Tinubu Determined to Strengthen Anti-corruption Fight – Fagbemi

The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), has said that President Bola Tinubu is determined to strengthen the fight against corruption. Nigeria has also so far been able to recover and mobilise $7.2 billion through years…

10/12/2023 0Comments

African Leaders Urged To Promote Use Of Local Languages

A legal luminary, Professor Yusuf Olaolu Ali, SAN, has called on African leaders to promote the use of local languages in academic activities. Ali, who issued the advice while delivering a lecture at the Thomas Adewumi University Oko, Irepodun Local Government Area of…

08/12/2023 0Comments

NJC Reports Chief A.A. Aribisala SAN To LPPC

The National Judicial Council (NJC) has resolved to drag popular Lagos lawyer, Chief A. A. Aribisala, SAN to the Legal Practitioners Privileges Committee (LPPC) over “unpalatable and derogatory remarks” he allegedly made against a judicial officer. The NJC has the Chief Justice…

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