LAGOS JULY 24TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-The Legal Practitioners’ Privileges Committee (LPPC) has unveiled the list of lawyers newly elevated to the rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN). The list sighted by THISDAY on Thursday revealed that it comprises 56 advocates and one from the academia. According to the Chief Registrar of the Supreme Court and…
LAGOS APRIL 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen have killed two aides and kidnapped their boss, who is a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. The kidnappers also shot three of the police escorts attached to the senior lawyer. It was gathered that the policemen, who sustained various degrees of injuries in the attack, have…
LAGOS OCTOBER 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Supreme Court of Nigeria has dropped a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, designate, Nworka Chidi Benjamin 24 hours after his elevation to the rank was discovered to have been done in error. The apex court through The Legal Practitioners’ Privileges Committee (LPPC) said on Friday that the list of Senior Advocates…
LAGOS AUGUST 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Legal Practitioners Privileges Committee (LPPC) has described as fake and untrue the list of candidates for the award of Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) published by an online newspaper. The committee, in a statement by the Director, Information, Supreme Court, Dr. Festus Akande, described the publication as false, fake and calculated…
LAGOS AUGUST 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Muiz Banire, says that a Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, could turn himself in to the Interpol if he is certain that he is innocent of the allegations preferred against him by the United States Attorney’s Office, Central District of California. The American court had issued…
LAGOS MAY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-In reference to the Osun Guber Appeal Court Ruling which was held in Abuja 9th May, The PDP candidate Senator Ademola Adeleke has officially hired about 7 SANS ( senior advocates of Nigeria ), 17 other senior counsels who are set to challenge the judgement at the Supreme Court. .In reference to…