July 13, 2023
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A Federal High Court, Abuja on Thursday, dismissed a fundamental rights enforcement suit filed by Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra against the Department of State Services. Justice ...
June 26, 2023
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Nigerian inmates in Kaliti prison, a maximum-security prison in Addis Abba, Ethiopia, have again called on the government to facilitate their transfer to prisons in Nigeria. The inmates are pleading to be allowed to ...
October 14, 2022
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The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) Justice Olukayode Ariwoola has stated Nigeria requires the services of judges who are God fearing and guided solely by their conscience and the law. Ariwoola said: ...
February 24, 2022
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, has called its first witness against Femi Fani-Kayode, a former Minister of Aviation who is on trial in Ikeja, Lagos, before Justice Olubunmi Abike-Fadipe of the Special ...
February 3, 2022
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A witness of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Rukkayat Ibrahim, on Wednesday in Abuja admitted that the offences for which a former chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team, Abdulrasheed Maina, was ...
February 17, 2020
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Olakunle Churchill has slammed a N500 million lawsuit on his estranged wife, Tonto Dikeh, over her infamous May 2019 interview. Tonto had revealed shocking details of her short-lived marriage to Churchill, a ...
January 14, 2020
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The alleged mastermind of president Muhammadu Buhari’s fake second wife’s wedding video Kabiru Muhammad maybe facing maximum jail sentence of three years. Nigeria’s secret police arraigned Muhammad before a ...
August 2, 2017
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A lawyer went duck hunting for the first time in Texas. He shot and dropped a bird, but it fell into a farmer’s field on the other side of the fence. As the lawyer climbed over the fence, an elderly farmer ...
August 2, 2017
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A lawyer and a blonde are sitting next to each other on a long flight from LA to NY. The lawyer leans over to her and asks if she would like to play a fun game. The blonde is tired and just wants to take a nap, so ...
August 2, 2017
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A lawyer boarded an airplane in New Orleans with a box of frozen crabs and asked a blonde stewardess to take care of them for him. She took the box and promised to put it in the crew’s refrigerator. He advised ...
September 21, 2015
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One day in Contract Law class, the professor asked one of his better students, “Now if you were to give someone an orange, how would you go about it?” The student replied, “Here’s an ...
May 4, 2015
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A non-governmental organisation, Society for Good Governance, has called for the relocation of the Rivers State Election Petitions Tribunal from Abuja, where it is currently sitting, to Port Harcourt. The group’s ...
April 29, 2015
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Two lawyers walking through the woods spotted a vicious-looking bear. The first lawyer immediately opened his briefcase, pulled out a pair of sneakers and started putting them on.The second lawyer looked at him and ...
April 29, 2015
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A lawyer finds out he has an inoperable brain tumor. It’s so large, they have to do a brain transplant. His doctor gives him a choice of available brains. There’s a jar of rocket scientist brains for $10 ...
March 31, 2015
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Three lawyers and three MBA’s are traveling by train to a conference. At the station, the MBA’s each buy tickets and watch as the three lawyers buy only a single ticket “How are three people going ...
March 31, 2015
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A Mexican bandit made a specialty of crossing the Rio Grande from time to time and robbing banks in Texas. The banks offered a reward for his capture, dead or alive, but offered a much larger award for the recovery ...
March 25, 2015
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Not exactly what you’re asking for, but when I graduated from law school a professor/mentor of mine (also a state prosecutor) gave me a granite plaque with my name on the front, “Attorney at Law,” ...
February 16, 2015
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A young person is approached by the devil, who shows him the two paths in life to follow (the straight and narrow and well, you know…). He also shows him hell, to which, as we all know, the latter path leads. ...
February 16, 2015
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The lawyer was beginning to grasp at straws during his cross-examination. “You say, Mrs. Dawson, that this took exactly five minutes?” The witness replied that she was sure. “I am going to give you ...
January 14, 2015
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There are three sorts of lawyers – able, unable and lamentable. – Robert Smith Surtees Whoever tells the best story wins. – John Quincy Adams A Lawyer will do anything to win a case, sometimes he ...