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Falana Tackled Over Suit Slammed Against Akwa Ibom CJ

August 18, 2022 5:03 pm

Some of the media Aides to the Akwa Ibom State Governor, Udom Emmanuel have openly blasted a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana, SAN, and some twelve other lawyers for their recent legal action of  dragging the state Chief Judge, Justice Ekaette Obot to court while slamming a suit on him for not releasing the Certified True Copy of court proceedings on July 27.

They had also described Falana’s and Associates’ action as a height of complete embarrassment to their legal profile as court proceedings which are only regulated and provided by Registrar and not the Judge.

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Gov. Akeredolu Laments Over Abandoned Projects In Nigeria

Gov. Akeredolu Laments Over Abandoned Projects In Nigeria

July 24, 2022 8:36 pm

The Ondo State Governor and the Chairman of the Southern Nigeria Governors’ Forum, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, has come out to lament ton he spate of abandoned projects in Nigeria.

Governor Akeredolu had noted that abandoning projects at this critical period in the economic life of the country is not cost-effective.

The Governor, who identified corruption, resource control, project goals, contractor selection and supervision as some of the major challenges behind abandoned projects, noted that a reasonable government must work towards achieving successful completion of projects in its state.

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Gov. Akeredolu Laments Over Abandoned Projects In Nigeria

Double Salaries: Gov Akeredolu Laments Over Losing ₦400m

July 21, 2022 3:55 pm

The Ondo State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, has vented over the rising spate of ghost workers and double salary recipients while directing the Head of Service in the State to make sure that they dismiss officers who are receiving double salaries from the state payroll.

Governor Akeredolu had also given the directive while he was receiving the scheduled report of the Committee for Verification, Scrutinization, and Clean-up of the State Payroll.

The Governor, who had voiced out his suspecion that the State Payroll including some of the salaries and pensions had been compromised had also set up a seven-member …

Nigeria At 60: I Am Extremely Sad – Ozekhome

Nigeria At 60: I Am Extremely Sad – Ozekhome

September 29, 2020 3:19 am

A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Mr. Mike Ozekhome, has said that he was extremely sad about Nigeria at 60.

Ozekhome explained that after 60 years of existence as a nation, Nigeria still grapples with the issue of social justice, equity, religious and inter-ethnic tolerance.

He stated this on Monday in Abuja while articulating his thoughts on how the country has fared after 60 years as an independent nation.

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He said: ‘I’m extremely sad about Nigeria at 60. Surely, a 60 year and above old man or woman, is

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Malami Set To Lose SAN Title, As Lawyers Move Against AGF

Malami Set To Lose SAN Title, As Lawyers Move Against AGF

September 15, 2020 3:53 am

Lawyers in the country have begun a move to strip the Minister for Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami of his Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, title.

This is following Malami’s amendment to the rules of professional conduct for legal practitioners (RPC), 2007.

The AGF is said to have removed the requirement for the NBA stamp and seal on court processes.

The lawyers accused the Minister of taking the decision without proper consultation and creating room for non-lawyers to submit court processes.

The AGF took the decision barely a week after a splinter group known as the New …

#EndSARS: Keyamo clarifies Ughelli incident, says victim not dead

774,000 Jobs: Keyamo Clears Air On Jobs Being For APC Members Only

July 20, 2020 4:56 am

Festus Keyamo, SAN, the Minister of State for Labour and Employment, has warned that the Federal Government’s Special Works Programme (SPW) is for all Nigerians.

He said the job scheme is not only for members of the All Progressives Congress, APC.

The senior lawyer who is in charge of the project said this in a series of tweets on his handle on Sunday.

He said he had never ordered that the forms for the SPW be given to APC members.

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Festus Keyamo said the final list of those …

Nigeria’s Non-Participation In WASCE Will Cause Damage – Babalola

Nigeria’s Non-Participation In WASCE Will Cause Damage – Babalola

July 15, 2020 5:52 am

Legal icon Chief Afe Babalola, (SAN), has said that disallowing students in Nigeria from writing the 2020 West Africa School Certificate Examination, WASCE, would cause irreparable damage.

The Founder of Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti, (ABUAD), said this in a statement on Tuesday in Ado Ekiti.

He said that the decision by the government would particularly cause irreparable damage to students sitting for the 2020 WASCE.

According to him, WASCE is an annual examination for final year secondary school students in Ghana, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Liberia and Gambia, of which Nigeria cannot pull out.

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Nigeria At 60: I Am Extremely Sad – Ozekhome

Magu: Don’t Do To Him What He Did To Others – Ozekhome Begs Buhari

July 8, 2020 9:55 am

Human rights lawyer, Chief Mike Ozekhome, SAN, has pleaded with Nigerians and those in authority, not to accord Ibrahim Magu, the suspended Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, the same shameless media trial as he (Magu) did with most public officers accused of corruption.

Ozekhome also said that the former EFCC boss be presumed innocent until he has been subjected to the due process of law, through a free and fair public trial.

“The fact that he did it to others did not and does not mean it was right. Two wrongs can never make a

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NBA Election - Junior Lawyers Trying To Take Position Of NBA President From SAN

Jnr Lawyers Trying To Take Position Of NBA President From SAN

June 27, 2020 1:51 pm
A former Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice in Osun State, and the Secretary to Body of Senior Advocates of Nigeria, BOSAN, Adegboyega Awomolo, SAN, has expressed worries over some developments ahead of the forthcoming Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) national elections.

Awomolo in a letter to Chief T.J.O Okpoko, SAN, and the Body of Senior Advocates of Nigeria, BOSAN, expressed concerns over an alleged move by members of the Outer Bar to wrestle the office of the NBA president from the members of the Inner Bar.

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He said that the

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Gov. Wike Becoming A Dictator In Rivers – Senior Lawyer

Gov. Wike Becoming A Dictator In Rivers – Senior Lawyer

May 9, 2020 2:09 pm

A frontline activist, Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, SAN, has accused the Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike of turning into a dictator.

He listed some attributes of dictatorship being displayed by the Governor to include the arbitrary arrest of pilots and oil workers; the closure of State boundaries and now an executive order to auction all vehicles impounded for allegedly violating the State’s lockdown rules.

Africa Daily News reported earlier that Wike on Friday arrested 14 persons hidden in two trailers conveying cattle from Adamawa State to Port Harcourt, the State’s capital

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Femi Falana

Falana: I Know An Ex-Governor Who Had A Killer Squad

February 4, 2020 8:33 am

Human rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana, SAN, said on Monday that he knew a former governor in one of the South-West states who had a killer squad that helped him to eliminate his political opponents.

Falana, who spoke at the University of Ibadan, said the former governor’s killer squad was headed by a police officer, who was the Chief Security Officer to the then-governor.

He said one of those killed by the killer squad was “a World Bank expert,” but he did not name the former governor in question.

Falana said one of the arguments against the creation of state …

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