*Says directive breaches professional rules Femi Falana, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, has warned that lawyers appearing before the General Court-Martial set up to try 36 military officers over an…
By Ibrahim Lawal, Esq, MCIArb UK I am Ibrahim Lawal, the First Claimant in the case in which an ex parte order was obtained restraining the Electoral Committee of the…
Raises alarm over ‘judicial interference’ in party affairs. The Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, has raised concerns over what it described as growing judicial interference in the internal affairs of political…
Dear Chief Jibrin Samuel Okutepa, SAN, I read your write up with more amusement than anger. In other to portray yourself as a victim of political oppression and witch-hunt, you…
A fresh controversy has emerged within Nigeria’s legal community following a petition by the President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Afam Osigwe (SAN), seeking the removal of senior lawyer, Chief…
The President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Afam Osigwe, SAN, has defended the decision to petition the Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee (LPDC) against senior lawyer, Jibrin Okutepa, SAN, insisting…
Over petition to BoB, alleges abuse of power and interference with pending litigation Chief Jibrin Samuel Okutepa, Senior Advocate of Nigeria and Bencher, has fired back at the President of…
By Idowu J. Lawrence Esq. …….When even lawyers are stuck in a legal quagmire PRELIMINARIES When the word – Lawyer, or Legal Practitioner is mentioned, it ordinarily evinces a persona-archetype…