The Lagos State University Vice Chancellor, Olanrewaju Fagbohun and the Director General of the Nigerian Law School, Isa Hayatu Chiroma are among the 31 newly promoted to the rank of the Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN). This is contained in a press…
The National Industrial Court (NIC) has directed the Governing Council and the management of Yaba College of Technology (YABATECH) to immediately reinstate its embattled Bursar, Olu Ibirogba, who was sacked in 2015 for exposing alleged corrupt practices in the institution. This is…
The National Universities Commission (NUC) has made public a list of universities that are operating illegally in Nigeria. These universities, according to the NUC, are yet to be licensed by the federal government and have been shut down for violating the national…
The Legal Practitioners’ Privileges Committee (LPPC) of the Nigerian Supreme Court has shortlisted the Vice Chancellor of Lagos State University, Olarewaju Adigun Fagbohun and 63 others for the 2018 rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN). According to the Chief Registrar (CR)…
The Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court room was filled with disgust as a clinical psychologist, Olive Ogedengbe presented a video of a two year, 11 month-old pupil of Chrisland School, Lekki, Lagos portraying her alleged serial defilement by a member…
The Governor of Lagos State, Akinwunmi Ambode has on Thursday signed a bill making the usage and teaching of Yoruba compulsory in schools across the state. It is called the Yoruba Language Preservation and Promotion Law. He also signed six other important…
The Muslim Lawyers’ Association of Nigeria (MULAN) has described as unlawful the recent refusal by the Nigerian Law School to allow Firdaus Amasa entrance into the venue of the “Call to Bar” ceremony recently in Abuja because she put on hijab. MULAN…
Some people suspected to be fraudsters have on Monday duped school owners in Osun State of sums of money totalling over one million naira. The fellows had approached the school proprietors inviting them to participate in a scholarship exercise. An official of…
The Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) has threatened nationwide protests and legal action against violators of Muslim women’s right to wear the hijab. The umbrella body of Nigerian Muslims did so while reacting to the ongoing hijab controversy rocking the…
In this article, Jiti Ogunye gives a perspective on how religion interfaces with the law in Nigeria. Rules were set by the Body of Benchers and the Council of Legal Education regulating attendance of the Nigerian Law School and the Call to…
