Category: Law – General
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Eko Akete 1924 By Editor, Adekambi Indispensible part in the Administration of justice The legal education in recent years has attracted a lot of attention locally. This fact is evident from the… read more
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Folake Solanke is a lawyer and women activist, who in 1981 became the first female Senior Advocate of Nigeria. Folake was born in March 1932 in Abeokuta where she, among other intrigues,… read more
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Hezekiah Oladapo Davies was a leading Nigerian nationalist, born in Lagos on 5 April 1905 to “Spiritual Moses”, who was one of the founders of the Cherubim and Seraphim Church. Hezekiah was… read more
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Dipomu, in Yoruba language, Di opo mu, meaning ‘catch hold of the post’. Ancient judicial practise in southwest Nigeria in which an offender or anyone who was in trouble sought sanctuary in… read more
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Judiciary makes the third arm of the Nigerian government, the other two being executive, and the legislature. The law, including the ones being made by the legislative arm is interpreted and applied… read more
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Kitoyi Ajasa was a key figure in Colonial Lagos born in 1866. His original name, Edmund Macaulay was relinquished upon his attainment of full qualifications as a lawyer in London. His family… read more
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ADEMOLA Adetokunbo, Doyen of Nigerian Judiciary. Ademola was the last Chief Justice of Nigeria appointed by the colonial authorities, thereafter the longest indigenous Chief Justice of the nation, serving fourteen years from… read more
