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LPDC MOVES TO RESCUE ALUKO & OYEBODE FROM MALICIOUS HARASSMENT BY AN EX-EMPLOYEE — LESSONS

On 15 December 2025, the Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee (LPDC), delivered its Final Direction in a matter initiated by the Partners of the Law Firm of Aluko & Oyebode against the Firm’s erstwhile employee, Stephen Ikemefuna Nwoye. The LPDC found Mr. Nwoye guilty of infamous conduct and ordered the suspension of his name from the […]

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February 23, 2026
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“SWITCHING MERCHANTS” OF THE LEGAL PROFESSION: HOW WOLE OLANIPEKUN & CO. ALLEGEDLY WOOED A MULTINATIONAL FOR BRIEF

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NBA VS KUNBI: WHY WOLE OLANIPEKUN & CO AND OTHER LAWYERS MAY HAVE NO QUESTION TO ANSWER

We are familiar with the story of how a Nigerian legal practitioner, Adekunbi Ogunde (Kunbi), who, until quite recently, (was) a Partner leading the oil & gas practice group in Wole Olanipekun & Co. sought to woo a multinational company, Saipem Nigeria, a subsidiary of Saipem S.P.A., for a brief (USD130 Million case at the […]

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August 3, 2022
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HOW LPDC “PERVERSELY” BREACHED THE FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS OF A LAWYER SOUGHT TO BE DEROBED

The Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee (LPDC) is the body charged with the responsibility to hear and determine allegations of professional misconduct against any legal practitioner in Nigeria. Although the LPDC is not a regular court, it however ranks as a “court” in the sense that an appeal can be lodged against its decision; and it […]

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October 31, 2021
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Lawyer derobed for fraudulently increasing the price of property.

Summary of Facts Adapted from the Judgment of Bage, JSC: Anthony Ojigho v. NBA & LPDC (2019) LPELR-46895(SC); [2019] 9 NWLR (Pt. 1678) 399. A lawyer, Mr. Anthony Ojigho, was petitioned for fraudulently increasing the price of a property which the Petitioner (Banjo Onanubi) paid the vendor through the lawyer. It was alleged that the […]

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July 30, 2019
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NIGERIAN LAWYERS TREMBLE IN FEAR AS JUDGE ORDERS COUNSEL TO KNEEL DOWN IN OPEN COURT: ISSUES

JUSTICE BEYOND MEDIA TRIAL: WAS ORIENT PETROLEUM MD JAILED FOR 14 YEARS FOR N25 BILLION FRAUD?

FALSE ACCUSATION OF RAPE: ANY CRIMINAL CONSEQUENCE?

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NIGERIAN LAWYERS TREMBLE IN FEAR AS JUDGE ORDERS COUNSEL

JUSTICE BEYOND MEDIA TRIAL: WAS ORIENT PETROLEUM MD JAILED

FALSE ACCUSATION OF RAPE: ANY CRIMINAL CONSEQUENCE?

LPDC MOVES TO RESCUE ALUKO & OYEBODE FROM MALICIOUS

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NIGERIAN LAWYERS TREMBLE IN FEAR AS JUDGE ORDERS COUNSEL

JUSTICE BEYOND MEDIA TRIAL: WAS ORIENT PETROLEUM MD JAILED

FALSE ACCUSATION OF RAPE: ANY CRIMINAL CONSEQUENCE?

LPDC MOVES TO RESCUE ALUKO & OYEBODE FROM MALICIOUS

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LPDC MOVES TO RESCUE ALUKO & OYEBODE FROM MALICIOUS HARASSMENT BY AN EX-EMPLOYEE — LESSONS

HOW LPDC “PERVERSELY” BREACHED THE FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS OF A LAWYER SOUGHT TO BE DEROBED

Lawyer derobed for fraudulently increasing the price of property.

NIGERIAN LAWYERS TREMBLE IN FEAR AS JUDGE ORDERS.

JUSTICE BEYOND MEDIA TRIAL: WAS ORIENT PETROLEUM MD.

FALSE ACCUSATION OF RAPE: ANY CRIMINAL CONSEQUENCE?

LPDC MOVES TO RESCUE ALUKO & OYEBODE FROM.

NIGERIAN LAWYERS TREMBLE IN FEAR AS JUDGE ORDERS.

JUSTICE BEYOND MEDIA TRIAL: WAS ORIENT PETROLEUM MD.

FALSE ACCUSATION OF RAPE: ANY CRIMINAL CONSEQUENCE?

LPDC MOVES TO RESCUE ALUKO & OYEBODE FROM.

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