Supreme Court jurist, Justice Helen Ogunwumiju and former Dean of Law, University of Lagos, Prof. Ibidapo-Obe are among the top jurists billed to speak at the 2022 ACLARS/WARCLARS CLE conference on Law and Religion. The conference is organized by the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Lagos and Ikeja Branches in collaboration with the West African Regional...
Foremost human rights advocate and Executive Director of Prisoners’ Rehabilitation and Welfare Action (PRAWA), Dr. Uju Agomoh has been elected as a member of the United Nations Sub-Committee on Prevention of Torture (UN SPT). The election was held at Geneva, Switzerland on 20th October, 2022. The UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT) is the...
THE FIRM The Law Office is a full-service law firm situated at Lekki, Lagos. THE POSITION Counsel THE CANDIDATE • 3-5 years post call • Corporate practice skills • Computer literate • Must have research skills • Must be resident along the Lekki axis QUALIFICATIONS Admitted to the Nigerian Bar. SALARY The salary is competitive...
BY MUTALUBI OJO ADEBAYO I just watched and listened to Professor (Paul) Ananaba, SAN on CHANNELS TV (a repeat broadcast of Sunrise Daily). All that he said were just not a gross misconception of the law but he indeed turned the law on its head with respect to the subject of the discourse. We are...
FEATURE FOI COUNSEL FELICITATES WITH NEWLY APPOINTED DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC PROSECUTION OF ZAMBIA 18th October 2022 GILBERT ANDFORD PHIRI, ESQ Director of Public Prosecution Federal Ministry of Justice, Fairley Road, Lusaka, Republic of Zambia My dear friend, LETTER OF FELICITATION The above subject matter refers. I am delighted to hear of your appointment as the...
The Chairman of Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Lagos Task Force on Illegal Practice of Law, Mr. Lotanna Okoli SAN has decried rising cases of professional misconduct among lawyers. In a paper titled “LEGAL PRACTICE IN AN AILING ECONOMY: BETWEEN PERSONAL SURVIVAL AND PROFESSIONAL INTEGRITY, DO WE HAVE A CHOICE?” Okoli noted that many lawyers have...
A Bayelsa State based lawyer has cried out for an amendment of the dress code for lawyers to include the wearing of shorts and sandals to court in view of the ravaging floods across the country. Wading through the flood in his lawyer’s robes but while wearing shorts and sandals, the lawyer urged that the...
These are not the best of times for embattled former Lagos State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Olasupo Shasore SAN as he would today be arraigned on fresh charges by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) before Justice Mojisola Dada of the Lagos State High Court. According to a news report, the new...
The Federal Government has appealed the judgment of the Appeal Court freeing the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. The government, in a motion for a stay of execution filed on Wednesday at the apex court, is asking the court to stay execution of the Appeal Court judgment of October...