Photos: Prominent civil rights lawyer, Bamidele Aturu, laid to rest

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 Prominent civil rights attorney, Bamidele Aturu, who died on July 9th has been laid to rest. He was buried today July 25th in his country-home of Ogbagi Akoko, Ondo State. See more pics after the Jump.
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Human Rights lawyer assassinated in his home in Lagos

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Human rights lawyer and social commentator, Barrister Kunle Fadipe (pictured above) was on July 3rd  murdered at his residence at Harmony Estate near Karaole Estate, College Road in Ifako Ijaiye, Lagos.

 

In accordance with reports, the estate where in fact the late barrister lived was plunged into total darkness after power outage and the lawyer asked his son to go and start the generator. As his son made his way to the generator, a person armed with a blade accosted him and ordered him to take him to his father. When the person surely got to Mr Fadipe, he stabbed him in the neck and back. His daughter who was in the home immediately ran out of the home and asked for help. Two security officials mounted on the estate immediately ran there and was able overpower the killer.Continue..

US on the wrong side of history for supporting Israeli atrocities in Palestine - lawyer

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Ramallah, West Bank, Palestine: Protesters run as tear gas canisters are fired by Israeli security forces. February 15, 2013.

Diana Buttu

The Israeli military has discovered the bodies of three Israeli teenagers who were kidnapped on June 12, in the West Bank. Their abduction shocked the nation and triggered a full-scale violent offensive against the Palestinians that is unlikely to stop even now the bodies have been unearthed. That's the view of Diana Buttu, a Palestinian lawyer. The remains of Gilad Shaer, Naftali Frenkel, both 16, and Eyal Yifrah, 19, were found in a field near Hebron, the largest city in the West Bank, not far from where they were allegedly abducted
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Gov Elechi talks about rescuing Nigeria. ( Do you agree with him?)

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Gov Elechi wrote-

“When the airways collapsed, they did not rescue Nigeria. Jonathan revived the airports and allowed the private sectors to operate. And now, we have a total result,” he said. They did not come to rescue us. When the Nigerian railways collapsed, they did not rescue the railways until Jonathan revived the railway system.  

“When the power sector was in comatose, they said nothing about it until the road map was given by the current president and we see positive changes happening, they say they want to rescue Nigerians.

“When the economy was so bad, they did not rescue Nigeria, now that World Bank has found out that Nigeria has over taken South Africa and has become number one economy of the continent that is the time they are rescuing Nigeria,” 

Missing Woman Lawyer Discovered dead, Mutililated In Her Chambers

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 Authorities in Abuja are examining the suspected killer of a lady lawyer, Mrs. Ijeoma Micah, whose lifeless body was discovered mutilated, yesterday, in her chambers in the highbrow Maitama part of Abuja. Ijeoma, who owns Micah and Micah Chambers, was discovered dead in her company three times after she was claimed to have gone missing. Her husband, who it had been discovered, arrived from London on Wednesday morning, hurried to her company, because it was gathered that he hadn't heard from her for couple of days , only to find her lifeless body.

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Photo: Lawyer commits suicide, hangs Self In Office

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A 44-year-old lawyer, Kofi Yawson-Adjei, yesterday committed suicide by hanging himself. According to Ghanaweb.com, Yawson-Adjei, who is the Secretary of the Ghana Institution of Surveyors (GIS) and valuers, hanged himself in his private office on the first floor of a rented premises at Adabraka.

The father of three is said to have left his Kokomlemle residence about 3 a.m. for his office (in a taxi), where the incident took place.

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Lawyer and activist Mike Ozekhome released by Kidnappers

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Almost three weeks after he was kidnapped, human rights lawyer & activist Mike Ozekhome (SAN) has reportedly been freed. He was freed at about 8am this morning by his kidnappers in Benin. Mr Ozekhome is said to be in the office of the State Security Service in Benin as of this morning.

Lawyer rejects govt report on underage prisoners

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A lawyer, Mr. Ahmed Adetola-Kazeem, has rejected the report of the Lagos State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Ade Ipaye, on the alleged imprisonment of some under-18 children by the state’s Special Court.

Adetola-Kazeem, through his group, Prisoners’ Rights Initiative, had petitioned Ipaye alleging that there were underage children among those who were sentenced for minor environmental offences by the Special Court in Alausa, Ikeja on May 2, 2013.

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Serious Matter: Drama in court as lawyer, client quarrel over dud cheque

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A mild drama unfolded at the Surulere Magistrate’s court, Lagos, after a woman alleged to have presented a dud cheque to her lawyer as payment for his legal services, attempted to out smart him. The client, a staff of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria, PHCN, one Mrs Nnenna Christiana Olusile, appeared in court with a new lawyer, prompting the Magistrate, Mrs R.B Lawal, to as why. Unknown to her, her previous lawyer, Charles Alonge was also in court.

The relationship between Olusile and her lawyer, as gathered, went sour following the former’s alleged refusal to pay him for his legal services on the case of stealing and obtaining items worth N300,000. Olushile, a resident of 16, Michael Akinwunmi Street Alakuko, in the outskirts of Lagos, was alleged to have specialized in hypnotizing sales girls and carting away goods in the shops.

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Top American Lawyer takes Underage To Another Country for S-èx (Pictured)

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A U.S. lawyer was jailed after being charged with taking a child to Canada, in order to produce child pô-rn, according to court proceedings in New Hampshire.

The New Hampshire lawyer who is accused of s-èxually exploiting a child and transporting a minor to Ontario to participate in s-èxual activity, has been ordered to have no contact with the 14-year-old victim, prosecutors say she victimized.

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Chidi Lloyd messed, cuffed like a common criminal and taken to unknown location, lawyer claims

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Emenike Ebete, counsel to Rivers State Lawmaker, Chidi Lloyd, says he fears for his client’s life based on claims that the police have hidden him in an unknown location.

Ebete told Nigerian Telegraph that he wants the public to be watchful so that what happened in the case of the late Moshood Kashimawo Abiola did not repeat itself.

“In Abuja, they told us they were transporting him to Port Harcourt to charge him for conspiracy and didn’t say more than that. When we got to Port Harcourt, there were more than five hundred policemen waiting to escort him to the command office. From there, he was moved to the Police officers’ mess and handcuffed like a common criminal. Now I do not know where he is,” Ebete said.

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Banker: Court fines lawyer for delaying trial

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An Ikeja High Court on Wednesday ordered Akolade Arowolo’s lawyer, Mr. Olanrewaju Ajanaku, to pay a fine of N2, 500 for delaying his (Arowolo) murder trial.

Ajanaku had prayed the court on January 29, 2013 to adjourn the case to enable him to produce the witnesses at a later date.

However on Wednesday, after presenting two witnesses in court, Ajanaku again prayed the court to adjourn the matter till Thursday (today) in order to enable him to produce another witness.

“I pray this honourable court to give me until tomorrow (today) to present our last witness. The witness is not prepared to take the stand at this time. I hereby ask for an adjournment for tomorrow (today)”, he said.

Justice Lateefa Okunnu however berated the lawyer for what she described as a waste of tax payers’ money and the time of the court.

Falana faults demolition of Abuja houses

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Mr. Femi Falana
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Human rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN),  has faulted the position of the Federal Capital Development Authority on the demolition of 500 housing units in Minanuel Estate,  Goza, Lugbe phase 11, Abuja.