Tag: Senior advocates

Senior Advocates of No-Consequence (SANs), By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu

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The ritual of the “Call to Bar” is the formal ceremony for the  admission of new entrants into Nigeria’s legal profession. The responsibility for administering it resides in the Body of Benchers (BoB), a statutory entity described by law as “a body of legal practitioners of the highest distinction in the legal profession in Nigeria.” […]

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Senior advocates of whatever, By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu

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The office of Attorney-General of the Federation is the only ministerial office or department created directly by Nigeria’s 1999 Constitution. Described in section 150(1) as “the Chief Law Officer of the Federation”, the Attorney-General is also supposed to be the repository and defender of the country’s highest constitutional and civic values. The acronym HAGF, for “Honorable […]

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