Justice Gbolagunte, of the Oyo State Judiciary, is survived by his widow, Wuraola Ayoola, and three children.
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The duo are workers at Dexin Nigeria Limited, a plastic company which manufactures single use food packs.
Among the new wigs included a former Governor of Rivers State and immediate past Minister of Transportation, Chief Rotimi Amaechi.
This was made public on Tuesday, in Abuja.
Former Chairman, Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Awka Branch, Amaka Ezeno, said sexual harassment, violence and patriarchy, are some of the reasons female lawyers abandon active legal practice.
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), has trained media practitioners, lawyers and other stakeholders on access to information, data and digital rights in Nigeria.
A non-governmental organisation in Nigeria, Lawyers Alert has released a report on petty offence violations in the country, revealing deep societal challenges and the need for reforms.
The full list of Senior Lawyers shortlisted for the rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria has been released.
The Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, Prof. Bolaji Owasanoye (SAN), has called on legal practitioners and members of the Nigerian Bar Association to work in tandem with law enforcement agencies to curb money laundering and terrorism financing.
A group known as the Coalition of Nigerian Civil Society on Tuesday prayed a Federal High Court to allow it hold a watching brief in the arraignment of immediate past Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele charged with illegal possession of firearms
The Lawyers are facing trial on a four-count criminal charge bordering on false information with intent to mislead the Court of Appeal into entering a consent judgment of N52 million in their favour.
The Electoral Committee of the NBA (ECNBA) had at 6:30pm on Wednesday circulated the final list of accredited voters, while elections began at 11pm on the same day.
A group, Friends of Olumide Akpata, on Sunday announced the setting up of a N5 million welfare fund for the benefit of 1,000 lawyers in Lagos.
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mia Essien, on Tuesday decried sexual harassment of female lawyers by their senior colleagues, urging that lawyers’ Rules of Professional Conduct should condemn sexual assault and bullying.
Lawyers have called on the Supreme Court to expedite the hearing of the appeals arising from Freedom of Information cases that are presently pending before it in order to clear up the controversy over the applicability of the Act to public institutions at the State and Local Government levels and other constitutional issues.
Lawyers in Imo on Friday boycotted court sittings while protesting the alleged assassination of Senior Magistrate, Remmy Ogu.
The protesting lawyers displayed placards with different inscription such as “IGP please redeploy Imo CP now over impunity”, and “Police Service Commission must sack the DPO who led attack on lawyers”.
Metuh in a statement issued on Saturday in Abuja said he had also asked his lawyer to take appropriate steps for redress.
A mild disagreement over car parking spaces involving lawyers and operatives of the Department of State Services disrupted the…