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•Call for mass action against ruling class •Say political leaders not inspired by desire to serve •Advocate capital punishment for corruption •Resolve we can not continue like this By Dayo Johnson; Jimitota Onoyume; Peter Duru; Rotimi Ojomoyela; Iheamnachor Davies; Shina Abubakar; Ozioruva Aliu; James Ogunnaike & Ibrahim Hassan President Muhammadu Buhari-led All Progressives
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Some lawyers in Lagos on Wednesday urged the judiciary to fully implement virtual court sitting as a strategy to control the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria. In interviews with the Newsmen in Lagos, the lawyers regretted that the judiciary abandoned virtual court proceedings when COVID-19-induced restrictions were eased. A former Chairman of the
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Justice Tanko Mohammad, the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), said on Monday that lawyers who engaged in unprofessional conduct during court proceedings would be sanctioned. Mohammad was represented by Justice Bode Rhodes-Vivour, while marking the 2020/2021 legal year and swearing-in the 72 newly conferred 72 Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SAN). He appealed to lawyers, particularly
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By Ikechukwu Nnochiri – Abuja The Legal Practitioners’ Privileges Committee, LPPC, has conferred the rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, on 72 legal practitioners in the country. The legal body, in a statement it made available to newsmen on Friday, said it took the decision to elevate the senior lawyers to the Inner Bar,
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By Henry Ojelu Some legal practitioners have described the oath of Secrecy administered on members of the panel investigating the Lekki toll gate shooting as a betrayal of trust by the Lagos State Government and the panel members. Some members of the panel were reported to have been compelled to sign an Oath of Secrecy
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…Ayade swears in another Chief Judge, urges him to be fair By Ike Uchechukwu & Emma Una Legal practitioners under the auspices of Concerned Laywers in Cross River State, yesterday, blocked the entrance to Governor Ben Ayade office in Calabar, demanding the appointment of a substantive chief judge for the state. Ayade’s had earlier in
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By Ikechukwu Nnochiri – Abuja A total of 1, 785 new lawyers were admitted into the Nigerian Bar on Tuesday, with Chairman of the Body of Benchers, Chief O. C Okocha, SAN, urging them to embrace professionalism at all times. At the ceremony held at the Eagle Square in Abuja, the Director-General of the Nigerian
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Some lawyers, on Sunday, showed interest in a petition seeking to strip the Attorney-General of the Federation, AGF, and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami, of the title of Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN).
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THE Capital Market Solicitors’ Association, CMSA, Virtual Annual Business Luncheon with the theme: “Financial Opportunities in the Capital Markets – An Aid to Improving the Nigerian Healthcare Sector”, is scheduled to hold September 15.
Read More Opposition to the segment of the Companies and Allied Matters Act (CAMA) 2020 which deals with churches spread at the weekend just as the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) signalled its intention to challenge the ‘offensive’ provision in court.
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