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PEPT JUDGMENTS: THE FIRST THING WE DO, LET’S KILL ALL THE LAWYERS?

PEPT JUDGMENTS: THE FIRST THING WE DO, LET’S KILL ALL THE LAWYERS? The Court of Appeal which sat as the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPT) delivered its judgments on 6 September 2023. The Judgments pertain to the election petition cases filed by the Labour Party (LP), People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Allied Peoples Movement (APM) and […]

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September 8, 2023
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NBA-AGC 2022: A LEGACY CONFERENCE FOR THE OLUMIDE AKPATA-LED ADMINISTRATION

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NBA-AGC 2022 AND THE “VANDALS OF TIMID TRANSITION”: WHAT’S IN A BAG AND WATER BOTTLE?

Lawyers are trained to imbibe special personality traits which make them natural leaders who positively influence others. Lawyers are expected to be decorous and respectful always, and to exhibit excellent character at all times especially in public places. But some lawyers who forced themselves into the registration booth at the Nigerian Bar Association Annual General […]

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August 28, 2022
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LAWYER DEALT A “BLOW IN MOTION” WHILE MOVING A MOTION: SHOULD NBA TEMPER JUSTICE WITH MERCY?

A lawyer, John Yuwa Esq, has addressed a petition to the President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) against another lawyer named M. K. Gurumyen Esq. According to the petition published by BarristerNG, Mr. Yuwa alleged that on 23 September 2021, he appeared before the Chief Magistrate Court sitting in Gombe, Gombe State, for a […]

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September 25, 2021
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REASONS LAWYERS NEED A MASTERS IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (MBA)

Taking decisions that significantly affect your career is hardly ever comfortable, more so, when the decision is very unconventional. Through the course of our careers, we encounter points along the journey where we are faced with these significant decisions. It is wild to think that someone would spend four or five years studying law and […]

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September 14, 2021
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Notable Pronouncements

COURT ENCOURAGES THE PUBLIC TO SUE LAWYERS FOR PROFESSIONAL NEGLIGENCE

Recently, the Nigerian Court of Appeal made a pronouncement, encouraging litigants to sue their lawyers for any professional negligence. This was in the case of Fasehun & Ors v. Adesida & Ors [2021] 4 NWLR (Pt. 1767) 514 at 525. In that case, Hon. Justice Danjuma, JCA declared: I must reiterate that the scenario of […]

stephenazubuike
April 21, 2021
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“THE COURT IS THE LAST HOPE OF THE COMMON MAN”: HERE IS WHAT IT TRULY MEANS

Courts in Nigeria are created by the Constitution as the third arm of Government. The courts have the primary constitutional mandate to interpret the laws. In doing this, the courts are armed with the powers to make orders and issue directives which should be obeyed until set aside by a superior court. The powers of […]

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February 10, 2021
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ICPC SURVEY: HAS THE NIGERIAN JUDICIARY OFFICIALLY JOINED THE MERRY-GO-ROUND CORRUPTION IN POLITICS?

The Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC) recently carried out a survey – an 84-page survey titled, ‘Nigeria Corruption Index: Report of a Pilot Survey 2020’. According to the report of the Pilot Survey, The total amount of money reported by the justice sector respondents as corruptly demanded, offered and paid between 2018 and 2020 was […]

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December 29, 2020
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NEW CAC: STEP BY STEP GUIDE ON HOW TO INCORPORATE A COMPANY IN NIGERIA

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CAC MOVES THE CHEEZE: LAWYERS MUST MOVE AND NOT SULK

In the famous 1998 motivational business fable, Who Moved My Cheeze?, the concept of the inevitability of change was beautifully presented. We learnt of change at work and in life generally, and reactions to it. When change occurs, people tend to react differently. Some will either move with the times while others will remain stagnant, […]

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August 5, 2020
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FOREIGN NAMES, BLUE-COLLAR WAGES – WHY DO LAW FIRMS PAY SO POORLY?

Whether the story is similar in other Third World countries is fairly debatable, but one incontrovertible fact is that labour dynamics in Nigeria constitute a very murky terrain. The rate of unemployment in the country has no regard for the laws of gravity, graduates are spewed out at all times of the year into a […]

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April 10, 2020
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Law News

PERFECT GENTLEMAN OF THE BAR, TAYLOR-HARRY, TAKEN AWAY BY THE POLICE LIKE A LAMB FOR SACRIFICE

The unfortunate incident of 28 January, 2020, involving a legal practitioner, Onari Taylor-Harry Esq., has saddened lawyers across the country. Many have raised alarm and the leadership of the Nigerian Bar Association has issued statement. Taylor-Harry, as he is fondly called, was alleged to have been arrested by the Nigeria Police – Inspector General of Police […]

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January 29, 2020
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