Lawyers: Legislative business shouldn’t be full-time Will the scrapping of the Senate, as canvassed by Ondo State Governor Rotimi Akeredolu, bring down the cost of governance and relieve the nation of the huge financial burden of maintaining the second arm of government? Lawyers say yes. AKEEM NAFIU reports Some senior lawyers have thrown their […]
Oluwakemi Deborah Aderakinyo hails from Ede South Local Government Area of Osun State. Aderakinyo, an alumnus of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, was called to Bar in 2017. She shares her experience in the legal profession with JOHN CHIKEZIE Background My name is Oluwakemi Deborah Aderakinyo (Nee Ogunsola). I am from Osun State, […]
No less than 50 houses on Kudeti Street, Akora Villa in Adeniyi Jones, Ikeja, have been marked for demolition by the Ministry of Land and Urban Development after their owners were accused of erecting illegal structures and failing to comply with building regulations. The buildings which were marked for demolition included houses on Oluyemisi […]
‘Mounting insecurity threatening Nigeria’s corporate existence’ As the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari clocked two years in its second term in office on May 29, lawyers have expressed deep concerns over the state of affairs in the country, particularly the worsening insecurity. They asked the president to rise up to the challenge before things […]
Lawyers: Centralized policing system fueling insecurity AKEEM NAFIU writes that lawyers have thrown their weights behind the demands by both the Southern and PDP Governors’ Forum for a review of the Constitution to allow for the creation of state police in order to arrest the rising tide of insecurity in the country Some […]
Ibukunoluwa Olaide-Oladosu hails from Itugbemi, Epe Local Government of Lagos State. Olaide-Oladosu who obtained her LL.B at Obafemi Awolowo University in Ile-Ife was called to Bar in 2016. She shares her experience in the legal profession with JOHN CHIKEZIE Background I am Mrs. Ibukunoluwa Olaide- Oladosu, a vibrant young lawyer with a […]
Lawyers: State of emergency’ll worsen insecurity AKEEM NAFIU writes that lawyers are pushing against the declaration of a state of emergency on insecurity by President Muhammadu Buhari. To the lawyers, rather than declaring a state of emergency on insecurity, the president should exhibit political will to galvanize all the resources God has given Nigeria to […]
The chairman, Planning Committee of the 2021 Annual Conference of the Nigerian Bar Association Section on Public Interest and Development Law, NBA-SPIDEL, Monday Ubani, has said that pressing and critical issues plaguing the nation will form the basis of discussion at the forthcoming event. Ubani, who spoke during a press conference in Lagos, said […]
‘Cases congestion hamperingspeedy justice dispensation’ Lawyers have faulted the House of Representatives’ rejection of a Bill seeking to reduce the inflow of cases to the Supreme Court. They called for a review of the appellate jurisdiction of the apex court as provided for under Section 233 of the Constitution in order to lessen the […]
Grace Ibukunoluwa Aborisade hails from Saki West Local Government Area of Oyo State. Aborisade, who obtained her LL.B at Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) in Ile-Ife and attended Bagauda Law School Campus in Kano, was called to Bar in 2017. She told JOHN CHIKEZIE how her journey into the law profession began Background I […]