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A mild drama ensued last Thursday at the Lagos State High Court after a judge ordered arrest of an alleged fake lawyer. The suspect, who was fully robed in lawyers’ regalia including wig and gown, was in the court to represent a client but was taken into custody after the judge questioned his status as a legal practitioner. In the...

United States President Donald Trump has appointed Dr. Karl Von Batten, Managing Partner of Von Batten-Montague-York, L.C., as a member of a presidential commission. Von Batten-Montague-York, L.C. is at the centre of a publicity blitz over President Bola Tinubu’s alleged drug dealing Freedom of Information (FOI) case in the United States. Announcing the appointment, the lobbying firm stated Batten would...

Federal Capital Territory Minister and former Rivers State Governor, Mr. Nyesom Wike, has stirred fresh controversy within Nigeria’s legal community following his comments on the election that produced Mrs. Oyinkansola Badejo-Okusanya as President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA). Wike, while speaking about the NBA presidential election, disclosed that he did not support Badejo-Okusanya’s candidacy despite having been approached by...