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Only rule of law, due process will win war against graft  —Awomolo, SAN

Only rule of law, due process will win war against graft —Awomolo, SAN

Chief Gboyega Awomolo, a senior advocate of Nigeria was admitted into the inner bar in July 1992 after 14 years of legal practice. In this interview, he spoke on the reason no major conviction has been secured by the government on high profile corruption cases, the controversies trailing agitation for restructuring as well as constitution review among others. Excerpts

Gaddafi: Tribute to a revolutionary

Gaddafi: Tribute to a revolutionary

IT will be six years exactly tomorrow since Libya’s Muammar Gaddafi was conspiratorially killed in a western-instigated uprising in Libya, following the Arab Spring of the Maghreb. Since then, the North African Arab nation that was promised ‘freedom’ and ‘democracy’ in exchange for the lush Eden that Gaddafi’s 43 years of benevolent dictatorship had created, now faces disintegration, from two warring parliaments each seeking legitimacy to constitute itself into Libya’s new sovereign.

How policemen frustrate court orders — Lawyer

How policemen frustrate court orders — Lawyer

A LAGOS-based legal practitioner, Mr. Kayode Fasetire, has urged the Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, to stop some of his officers who are allegedly being used to frustrate a court order, in Lagos.

Lawyers must invest in acquisition of expertise to offer competitive services

Lawyers must invest in acquisition of expertise to offer competitive services

Mrs. Mfon Ekong Usoro is a maritime lawyer with rich national and international experience. She was at a time the director general of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Authority, NIMASA; chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association Section on Business Law (NBA-SBL) and secretary general of the Port State Control Memorandum for West and Central African Region of the World Trade Organisation, WTO. In this interview, she speaks on the maritime wealth of the country, the challenges of globalization and sundry issues.