Law & Human Rights

Lawyer in trouble for testing Supreme Court’s finality, gets ban, N50m fine

By Ikechukwu Nnochiri The extent to which legal practitioners can stretch the provisions of Order 20 Rule 4 of the Supreme Court Rules 2024 became a matter of public discourse recently. This was after the apex court unleashed the sledgehammer against a lawyer it ordered to personally pay a cost of N50 million for bringing […]
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SNC will address our distorted federation – Orbih

CHIEF FRED ORBIH (SAN), one of the finest legal luminaries from Edo State in this interview spoke on diverse national issues including the insecurity in the country, the removal of fuel subsidy and the need for the convocation of Sovereign National Conference, SNC, by the leadership of the country to look into the problems facing the nation. Excerpts

SNC will address insecurity in the country – Sagay

In this interview, he spoke on the renewed calls for Sovereign National Confference, Constitution amendment and the Supreme Court judgment on tenure elongation, especially as it affects Kogi state. Excerpts.

The F.R.A. Williams ‘Will’ battle rages

The battle over the Will of the late legal luminary, Chief F.R.A. Williams, is lingering. The four sons, Chief Oladipupo Akanni Olumuyiwa Williams (SAN), Chief Kayode Adekunle Olusegun Williams, Folarin Rotimi Abiola Wiliams and Tokunbo Eniola Williams (SAN), are in court on matters concerning the Will.

Tenure elongation judgment ‘ll deepen our democracy – Carol Ajie

CAROL Ajie is a lawyer and activist. She is the founder and moderator of “Our Country Nigeria” internet forum and Fellow of Leadership and Advocacy for Women in Africa, LAWA, programme of Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, D.C. In this interview, she spoke on Supreme Court judgment on the tenure elongation suit by the five governors and some other national issues. Excerpt:

Bayelsa legal tussle: Can there be silver lining in Sylva’s political cloud?

As celebrations and clinking of glasses gradually wine down in Bayelsa state, a sore point remains that the multiplicity of legal actions that heralded the February 11 governorship election in the state will continue to jungle judicial butterflies in the stomach of both the winners and the losers.

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