A popular lawyer, Chief Thompson Joseph Okpoko, SAN, today confessed that the Academic Staff Union of Universities’ (ASUU) seven months strike has been taken too far. He implored the union of lecturers in the universities to ideally negotiate with the Federal Government and bring an end to the strike. Chief Okpoko made this revelation during…
The chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association Section on Public Interest and Development Law (NBA- SPIDEL), Monday Ubani, has issued a threat to take the federal government to court if the government went ahead to ban cow hide, also known as Ponmo, in the country. The Informant247 recalls that the Federal Government has suggested a…
A lawyer, Adamson Adeboro, has lamented the teaching of law in unqualified Nigerian universities. The legal practitioner also condemned practices that are not ethical exhibited by some colleagues in the learned profession. He informed newsmen that the government should focus more its attention on law departments. Adeboro revealed lamented that some universities where law programmes…
Nigeria on Wednesday got a fresh batch of 1507 new lawyers who were called to her Bar amid tight security provided by various security agencies in the country. The new wigs and gowns were inaugurated at the Body of Benchers Complex in Jabi District of Abuja as against the Nigerian Law School premises in Bwari….
An Islamic rights organisation, the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), has criticized the manner a lawyer, Malcolm Omirhobo, proceeded to the Supreme Court on Thursday in an attire of a traditional doctor. The Informant247 had earlier reported that a Lagos-based human rights lawyer, Malcom Omoirhobo caused a stir in the Supreme Court, Abuja, on Thursday when…
By Akewushola Afeez Members of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) in Kwara State, on Wednesday, protested against the non-implementation of financial autonomy for the Judiciary. The lawyers, who converged at the entrance of the Kwara State Government House in Ilorin, chanted solidarity songs and carried placards with several inscriptions calling for autonomy such as “Withholding…
