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...
Fiery human rights lawyer, Chief Malcolm Omirhobo, has sued the Federal Government at the Federal High Court, Abuja seeking an order of the court to bear AK-47 automatic rifle. Omirhobo, who confirmed levying the suit to CITY LAWYER, also alleged in the suit that the Federal Government has refused to respect the right of Nigerians...
PRESS RELEASE NBA PRESIDENT DECRIES THE NARRATIVE THAT THE NIGERIAN JUDICIARY IS CORRUPT, URGES IMPROVED WELFARE OF JUDICIAL OFFICERS The President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Mr. Yakubu Chonoko Maikyau SAN OON has declared that the Nigerian judiciary is not corrupt and that the legal profession in Nigeria cannot be compromised. In his address at...
Former Lagos State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Olasupo Shasore SAN has hired four leading senior Advocates of Nigeria (SAN) to lead his defence as he is set to be arraigned before Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke of the Federal High Court, Lagos today. Leading the team is respected law reform advocate, Mr. Charles Candide-Johnson SAN....
THE FIRM The Law Office is a full-service law firm that is based in the Lekki area of Lagos. The law firm is undergoing transformation to provide cutting-edge clientele services while deepening its commitment to public interest law, pro bono criminal litigation, and ICLE training. THE POSITION Associate Counsel SELECTION CRITERIA Ability to provide quality,...