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How correctional centres could be decongested- NHRC

The Head, Monitoring Department, National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), Mr Benedict Agu has said that non-detention of simple offenders would reduce

Debate over number of years’ pupillage for young lawyers resurfaces

By John Chuks Azu & Adelanwa Bamgboye, Lagos The debate over the role and extent of pupillage for young lawyers before embarking on law practice t

Debate over number of years’ pupillage for young lawyers resurfaces

The debate over the role and extent of pupillage for young lawyers before embarking on law practise to prevent professional pitfalls in the country ha

AGC stampede: New NBA exco sets up inquiry committee

The new President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Mr Yakubu Maikyau (SAN) has set up a committee of inquiry to investigate the stampede which l

Lawyers examine impediments to execution of judgments

For 23 years, a Lagos-based lawyer has been frustrating the enforcement of a Supreme Court judgment delivered since April 1999 on a disputed land. The