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The Nigerian Body of Benchers is a professional body concerned with the admission of successful candidates at the Nigerian Law School Bar Final Examination into the Legal Profession. Members of the body are called Benchers .
There are several Legal practitioners across the six geopolitical zones of Nigeria. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] This is a list of notable jurists in Nigeria , arranged in alphabetical order.
Nigeria portal Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lawyers from Nigeria . This category is for articles about lawyers from the African country of Nigeria .
The legal profession's return was marked by the renewed efforts of church and state to regulate it. In 1231 two French councils mandated that lawyers had to swear an oath of admission before practising before the bishop's courts in their regions, and a similar oath was promulgated by the papal legate in London in 1237. [ 25 ]
Fabian Ajogwu is a Nigerian lawyer and a senior partner at Kenna Partners [16] Festus Keyamo (21 January 1970) became Nigeria's Minister of State for Niger Delta Affairs on 21 August 2019. [17] Folashade Alli, a Nigerian and UK-qualified lawyer and Chartered Arbitrator. [18]
English law in Nigeria is derived from the colonial Nigeria, while common law is a development from its post-colonial independence. [ 1 ] Customary law is derived from indigenous traditional norms and cultural practices, including the dispute resolution meetings of pre-colonial Yoruba land secret societies and the Èkpè and Okónkò of ...
National Judicial Council (Nigeria) National Judicial Institute (Nigeria) National Senior Citizens Act, 2018; Nigerian Bar Association; Nigerian Body of Benchers; Nigerian Courts of Appeal; Nigerian passport
The Legal Practitioner's Act refers to Nigerian lawyers as Legal Practitioners, and following their call to the Bar, Nigerian lawyers enter their names in the register or Roll of Legal Practitioners kept at the Supreme Court. For this reason, a Nigerian lawyer is often referred to as a Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Nigeria ...