Tuesday 30 October 2012

Legal Practitioners

Nigeria: Falana Urges National Assembly to Grant Total Autonomy to Anti-Corruption Agencies


A human rights lawyer, Mr Femi Falana (SAN), on Monday called on the National Assembly to urgently enact a legislation granting total autonomy to anti-corruption agencies in the country.Falana made the call in Lagos while speaking at a media-round table on "Promoting Ethics and Integrity within the Courts System - The Role of Lawyers".The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the forum was organised by the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) in collaboration with The Royal Netherlands Embassy, Abuja. Full story...Source:http://allafrica.com/stories/201210300297.htmlPosted by Amaka, 30 October 2012

Babatunde: A Man Law Breeds


By Joseph Onyekwere
 HE hardly speaks but when he does, everybody listens. This is because Olayiwola Moronmubo Babatunde, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), speaks only when it is extremely important and in his own area of legal expertise.As a legal authority who combines law practice with publishing, he still would not like to comment on issues outside his scope of practice, thereby entrenching himself as an archetype of professional integrity. Full story...Source:http://www.ngrguardiannews.com
Posted by Amaka, 30 October 2012



Odiadi: In Pursuit For National Legal Assignments


IN one of his highly celebrated works, the fourteenth century French writer, Michel de Montaigne said: “ The great and glorious masterpiece of man is to know how to live to purpose.”This luscious quote from the man termed the father of Modern Skepticism seems to describe the life of Barrister Odiadi Anthony Nyemike. At 49, he has indeed lived to purpose and is still continuing in rendering service to his fatherland in his area of calling – law. Effervescent, unassuming and industrious, Odiadi has proved that nothing is impossible with focus and determination. Due to his legal dexterity, especially in the area of commercial law, he has caught the attention of the authorities at the federal level who are always eager to appoint him into important national assignments. Full story...
Source:http://www.ngrguardiannews.com
Posted by Amaka, 18 September 2012



Chief Justice Swears in Falana, 24 others as Senior Advocates


The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Mariam Alooma Mukhta on Wednesday swear in twenty Five lawyers who were recently elevated to the rank of Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SAN) as part of activities marking the commencement of a new legal year by the Supreme Court.Lagos based lawyer and human rights activist, Femi Falana and the others were conferred as senior advocates by the Legal Practitioners Privileges committee. The elevation, the Committee said, was in accordance with the provisions of the Legal Practitioners’ Act 2004. Full story...
Source:http://www.channelstv.com
Posted by Amaka, 13 September 2012




Tokode: Forensic Lawyer With Forte in Commercial Practice


By Bertram Nwannekanma
WHEN asked the secret of their success, outstanding lawyers are usually quick to say law is their lives. Late Chief Gani Fawehinmi (SAN), is an archetype of those in this group. Now, Fawehinmi has gotten a progenitor in Barrister Olusegun Olayinka Tokode. Tokode lives and speaks law. He loves the profession so deeply that he vowed to sacrifice his life to see to the improvement of the profession.He said: “My interest in life is to work for law and develop law, even if my children do not read law. Law is part of my blood and I don’t think I can do any other thing in life other than legal practice”. Full story...
Source:http://www.ngrguardiannews.com
Posted by Amaka, 11 September 2012

Nigerian Lawyers Are Corrupt – Former Minister



A former minister of information, Chief Edwin Clark has called on the Nigerian judicial system to put its house in order, claiming that both the bar and bench have thrown away ethics of the profession. The Ijaw leader made this known on Wednesday in Abuja, where he was the guest lecturer of the Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal Studies’ (NIALS) annual lecture on the State of the Federation. According to Chief Clark, “The Bench and The Bar have some questions to answer.” “Both the bench and the bar are not doing anything to address corruption and if nothing is done about it, Nigeria will remain in the bottom list of corrupt countries in the world” he affirmed. Full story...
Source: www.channelstv.com
Posted by Ufuoma, 2 August 2012



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