Senior Advocate of Nigeria

August 01, (THEWILL) – The Legal Practitioners’ Privileges Committee (LPPC) has approved the elevation of 87 legal practitioners to the status of Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SAN). The rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) is awarded as a mark...

February 14, (THEWILL) - The Federal Government has said its Trade and investment partnership agreement with the United Kingdom (UK), has no provision allowing British lawyers licenced in the U.K to practice in Nigeria. Minister of Trade and Investment, Doris...

October 12, (THEWILL) - The Legal Practitioners Privileges Committee (LPPC) has approved the elevation of 58 senior lawyers to the coveted rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN). Chief Registrar of the Supreme Court and Secretary of the Legal Practitioners’...

An Abuja-based human rights lawyer, Pelumi Olajengbesi, says it will be injustice for the indigenous people of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), if the current administration does not give the FCT a ministerial slot. Olajengbesi, who is the Managing Partner...

April 06, (THEWILL) - A Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court in Apo, Abuja, has vacated its earlier order, freezing the bank accounts of the Abia State government. THEWILL reported that Justice Bello Kawu, in an ex parte motion no:...

Justice appears to be for sale in Nigeria to anyone with a deep pocket. This is our current reality and the earlier we acknowledge this problem, the quicker the fix. Is it not ironic that the judiciary, which should...

Eyitayo Jegede, Senior Advocate of Nigeria and former 2019 governorship candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP has been installed as the Baba Ijo of the Cathedral Church of Saint David Anglican church communion, Ijomu, Akure in Ondo State. The...