Mike Ozekhome

July 2 (THEWILL) — An Abuja High Court, on Thursday, granted renowned constitutional lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Chief Mike Ozekhome, permission to travel to the United Kingdom for six weeks on medical grounds. Justice Chizoba Oji gave...

June 24 (THEWILL) — The Legal Practitioners' Privileges Committee (LPPC) has suspended the Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) rank of prominent constitutional lawyer and human rights advocate, Chief Mike Ozekhome, pending the conclusion of disciplinary proceedings against him. The decision...

March 13, (THEWILL) — A prosecution witness in the ongoing London property fraud trial of human rights lawyer Mike Ozekhome and businessman Ponfa Useni has told an Abuja High Court that a passport bearing the name “Tali Shani”...

February 27, (THEWILL) — Senior Advocate of Nigeria Mike Ozekhome and his co-defendant, Ponfa Useni, pleaded not guilty on Friday to a 12-count charge involving alleged forgery linked to a disputed London property. Following their plea, the High...

February 24, (THEWILL) — The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court in Abuja has struck out a three-count criminal charge against senior lawyer, Mike Ozekhome, following the withdrawal of the case by the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), Lateef...

January 26, (THEWILL) — The Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), has formally taken over the prosecution of constitutional lawyer Mike Ozekhome (SAN) in the criminal case involving alleged forgery and fraud. The...

January 26, (THEWILL) — The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Monday, stalled hearing in the Code of Conduct Bureau’s (CCB) suit seeking the final forfeiture of a United Kingdom property linked to the late former Minister of the...

January 18, (THEWILL) — The Federal Government has filed a three-count criminal charge against Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mike Ozekhome, over alleged forgery and the use of false documents related to a disputed property in the United Kingdom. Ozekhome...

September 21, (THEWILL) — The recent decision of the UK First-Tier Tribunal in Tali Shani v Chief Mike Agbedor Abu Ozekhome UKFTT 1090 (PC) has thrown Nigeria’s legal community into a deep reflection. At first glance, it appeared to be a...

September 16, (THEWILL) — A First-Tier Tribunal in London has dismissed attempts by Nigerian constitutional lawyer, Mike Ozekhome, and one Tali Shani to claim ownership of a disputed property linked to the late former Minister of the Federal Capital...