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Full U.S. report on Nigeria’s human rights record in 2020

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The United States on Tuesday released its yearly reports on human rights in Nigeria. The 47-page document is essentially a rehash of events and reports during 2020 and draws substantially from the assessment of Nigeria’s human rights record by Amnesty […]

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PAYMENT OF 2021 ANNUAL BAR PRACTICING FEES AND ATTENDANT BENEFITS – 7 DAYS TO GO

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Isn’t it funny how time flies? We are already approaching the end of the 1st quarter of the year. For lawyers who are yet to pay their Annual Bar Practicing Fee for the year 2021, it’s seven days to closure […]

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Trial of Adeyemi Ikuforiji suffers another adjournment

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By Sandra Umeh/Lagos The trial of Adeyemi Ikuforiji, former speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, for money laundering, has been adjourned again. A Federal High Court in Lagos on Wednesday, adjourned the case till 19 May. Ikuforiji is […]

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NBA President One Day Working visit to Kaduna State, Pays Courtesy Call On Attorney General, Chief Judge And Executive Governor of Kaduna State; Holds Interactive Session With Members of Kaduna Bar

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The NBA President, Olumide Akpata today 23rd March 2021 paid a day working visit to Kaduna State where he visited the Executive Governor; Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, Hon. Attorney General & Commissioner for Justice; Aisha Dikko, Heads of Courts including the […]

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NBA-YLF Ikeja Branch Set to Hold Annual Summit, 1st April, 2021

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The Young Lawyers Forum of the Nigerian Bar Association, Ikeja Branch is set to hold her annual summit on the 1st of April, 2021. Theme of the summit: Disruptive Technologies and the Future of Law Practice in Nigeria: Challenges and Prospects. […]

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What Manner of Man is Olabode Rhodes-Vivour, CFR, JSC? – By Chief Wole Olanipekun, OFR, SAN

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Chief Wole Olanipekun, OFR, SAN All men are bound by invisible strings. These strings, hard as iron and flexible like the wind, tie themselves around us from birth, and stay with us till our departure from this earthly plane. Jointly […]

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Lawyers debate relevance of presidential advisory committee against corruption

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When President Muhammadu Buhari conceived the idea of a Presidential Advisory Committee against Corruption (PACAC) in 2015, his intention was to have a body to advise his administration on the prosecution of the war against graft and the implementation of […]

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Court stops EFCC from arresting Ozekhome for criticising Magu

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The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday, restrained the EFCC from inviting, harassing and threatening to arrest or detain Mr Mike Ozekhome, SAN, for criticising the former Acting Chairman of The commission, Ibrahim Magu. Delivering judgment, Justice Inyang Ekwo held […]

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Mass redeployment of judges at Federal High Court

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By Eric Ikhilae, Abuja Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice John Tsoho, has deployed 53 out of the 77 judges of the court. The affected judges are to resume at their new stations on April 12 when the […]

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Shoot-on-Sight Order: Extrajudicial Killing by Another Name?

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No one can safely say when Nigeria’s battle against insurgency, banditry and kidnapping will end. So far, every measure that this administration has applied to curb the menace of arm bearing murdering criminals (which hitherto, many adjudged to be half-hearted), […]