Mary Akanbi 5th August, 2025 In the past few days, we’ve seen the long-awaited release of the results for backlog students of the Nigerian Law School, a moment that has stirred a wide range of emotions across the legal community. To everyone who passed, congratulations. Your perseverance, in the face of delay and uncertainty, has…
Mary Akanbi 25th July, 2025 At the recently concluded 2025 NBA Ikeja Branch Law Week, I spoke on the importance of asking hard but necessary questions including: “The fall in the standard of the legal profession: Who do we blame?” I addressed the possible root causes and the need to confront the institutional weaknesses that…
By Dr. Tonye Clinton Jaja,Executive Director,Nigerian Law Society (NLS) There is a particular scene in the Godfather III movie that reminds me of the recent actions of Rt. Hon. Martin Amaewhule. In that scene a Reverend Father of the Catholic church took the protagonist, Michael Corleone to a fountain of water inside the Vatican. He…
