Bar Misconduct: Supreme Court judgment puts LPDC in the dock
By Ikechukwu Nnochiri The Supreme Court, on June 26, delivered a landmark judgment that appears to have placed in the dock decisions of the Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee (LPDC) on allegations of misconduct by lawyers.In a five-to-two decision, a seven-member panel of the court declared section 12(7) of the Legal Practitioners Act (as amended) (LPA) […]
3,000 PDP members decamp to ACN
FORMER Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Edo State, Mr Edward Sado; former councillor and former youth leader of the party, Peter Ekun, led over 3.000 members of the party to Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, at two separate rallies at Okpella and Akoko Local Government Areas of the state.
Senior lawyers no longer show interest in NBA – Okey Wali
Ahead Nigeria Bar Association NBA, elective conference in July in which new national executive officers are expected to emerge, few aspirants are already warming up to succeed incumbent president Mr. Joseph Daudu SAN. One of them is fellow silk Mr. Okey Wali SAN.
Chief Emeka Ojukwu, also a war lord in the court room? (3)
This has since been followed in subsequent cases. In Ojukwu v. Obasanjo & Others (2004) 12 NWLR (pt.666) 169 the question which called for determination at the Supreme Court was whether Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, having been appointed as Head of State in 1976, was disqualified from contesting the office of President in 2003 having also served in that capacity from 1999 to 2003.
Counsel’s Corner: House sold without tenants’ knowledge
It is a known fact that most Nigerians don’t know their rights over certain matters in respect of the law. I have been following your Counsel Corner for a while and want to give you kudos for educating Nigerians over their rights as the law demands. I wish to commend you for this wonderful job you are doing.
‘Our ordeal in the hands of court police orderly’
IN what appeared like a pent up anger against some judiciary correspondents attached to the Ikeja division of the Lagos State High Court, some newsmen including this writer last week Wednesday had a raw deal in the hands of some policemen attached to Area ‘F’Ikeja division of the Lagos State Police Command and court officials who arrested and maltreated the journalists while carrying out their constitutional duties.
