LAGOS APRIL 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-More prominent lawyers are lining up on the side of the argument championed by former President of the Nigerian Bar Association( NBA), Olisa Agbakoba (SAN) that a presidential candidate must obtain 25 percent in the Federal Capital Territory(FCT), as a requirement to be declared winner of an election at that category. The contentious issue which…
LAGOS DECEMBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Prominent Senior Advocates of Nigeria and the opposition Peoples Democratic Party members, on Wednesday, faulted the claim by the Attorney-General of the Federation and the Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN, that the National Assembly had no powers to summon the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) over the rising insecurity in…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Senior lawyers on Friday backed the Supreme Court’s judgment on the governorship election in Bayelsa State. Senior Advocates of Nigeria ((SAN) Dr Paul Ananaba and Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa advised aggrieved persons to express their grievances lawfully. But a Lagos lawyer, Jiti Ogunye, said the judgment appeared to be punishing the All Progressives Congress…