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Killing all the lawyers, By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu

December 18, 2022Bode DoluLeave a Comment

“The first thing we do, let’s kill all the lawyers.” – William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part 2, Act IV, Scene 2 Tamuno Igbikiberebima is an unlikely star in an action movie. He is a lawyer employed by Nigeria’s national hydro-carbons monopoly. On 17 December, 2020, Tamuno was at home in Rumuigbo, in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area (LGA) of Rivers […]

Goldmine Season For Lawyers, By Reuben Abati

May 17, 2022Bode DoluLeave a Comment

It is goldmine season for Nigerian lawyers, meal time, boom time as every election season has been, but now more than ever. Every electoral process, pre- during, and after – often provides opportunities for aggrieved politicians to take their disputes to court, and over the years this has been so much the pattern that lawyers […]

Lawyers can pay practicing fees in bank’s cash deposits ―Nigerian Supreme Court

March 22, 2022Bode DoluLeave a Comment

Nigerian Supreme Court has clarified its position on the contentious new mode of bar practising fees by legal practitioners in the country introduced by the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA). In a circular, the NBA had directed lawyers in the country to henceforth pay the statutory annual Bar Practicing Fee via an online payment portal called […]

What lawyers say on the Senate Bill of 15 years jail for ransom payment in kidnappings in Nigeria

May 21, 2021Bode DoluLeave a Comment

Mixed reactions by lawyers have greeted the proposed bill by the Senate that anyone who pays for ransom is guilty of a felony and liable to 15 years in jail. Some lawyers in Lagos on Friday kicked against the proposed bill while others commended the lawmakers for thinking outside the box to curb the menace. […]

Can husband be found guilty of raping his wife in Nigeria? See what lawyers, others say

May 14, 2021Bode DoluLeave a Comment

Some Abuja-based lawyers, on Friday, expressed divergent views committed by himself upon his lawful wife under the Nigerian law. The lawyers, who made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja, said the spousal or marital exemption principle implies that by mutual matrimonial consent and contract the wife had […]

How we foiled alleged EFCC’s plot to plant foreign currencies in Ambode’s house -Lawyers

August 20, 2019Bode DoluLeave a Comment

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) allegedly tried implicating Akinwunmi Ambode, former governor of Lagos state, with some foreign currencies, according to some lawyers. Operatives of the anti-graft agency had invaded the Epe residence of the ex-governor on Tuesday. In a statement, Fatai Adebanjo, Busari Olanrewaju and Samson Okuneye, all lawyers, said they stood their […]

Lawyers, CSOs protest over CJN Onnoghen’s suspension (Video)

January 28, 2019Bode DoluLeave a Comment

On Monday, lawyers and Civil Society organisations (CSOs) have gathered at the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) secretariat, Abuja to protest the suspension of CJN Walter Onnoghen. The protesters were seen displaying placards with inscriptions such as: “NJC must reconvene now and expel Justice Tanko Mohammed,” “Tanko Mohammed, stop parading yourself as CJN,” “NBA must act […]