INEC hires ex-NBA president, 8 other SANs to defend 2023 presidential election results

Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has briefed nine Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SANs) to defend the Commission’s declaration of the results of the February 25 presidential election. The legal team of the commission will be led by Abubakar Mahmoud SAN, former president of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) while other members will include Stephen […]

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As National Assembly votes today, SANs reject immunity for CJN, Senate President, etc

Some Senior Advocates of Nigeria on Monday rejected the proposed immunity clause for the Chief Justice of Nigeria, the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the Senate President just as voting on the amendment to the 1999 Constitution begins on Tuesday (today). The Joint Senate and House of Representatives Special Ad Hoc Committee on […]

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Nigerian Supreme Court and LPPC say viral SANs-designate list is fake

In a statement issued on Wednesday by the Director of Press and Information of the Nigerian Supreme Court, Mr. Festus Akande, the Supreme Court and the Legal Practitioners’ Privileges Committee (LPPC), have denied a list being circulated online as names of lawyers penned for the award of Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SANs) rank for 2021, […]

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How SANs frustrate the anti-corruption war, evade taxes -Magu

Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) acting Chairman, Mr. Ibrahim Magu has lamented that some Senior Advocates of Nigeria have been frustrating the anti-corruption war. He disclosed that a particular senior advocate received N1.7bn in legal fees from a corrupt politician. Magu said, the same individual received N300m from a South-south governor as legal fees […]

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