Alliance Française, a non-governmental organisation (NGO) and language institute, has organised the 2025 edition of ‘La Journée du Droit (The Legal Day), featuring a quiz competition for four schools in Port Harcourt. Mrs Marina Lacal, the Director of Alliance Française Port Harcourt, expressed that the event is meant to educate and promote the French Language.
The Nigerian Association of Law Teachers (NALT) will hold its 56th annual conference in Abuja from October 26 to 30, focusing on Artificial Intelligence, biotechnology and legal reform as key themes driving national development. The conference, hosted by the Faculty of Law, University of Abuja, will be held under the theme “Law, National Development and
Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University (COOU) has announced a new annual ₦500,000 prize for its Faculty of Law, funded by alumna Summer Okibe, a UN Development Programme analyst and climate-justice advocate. The award, to run for the next five years, will recognise the best graduating female law student for academic excellence, leadership, and commitment to the
The 19th edition of the ÆLEX Annual Lecture, one of Nigeria’s respected platforms for legal and economic dialogue, will take place on October 14 in Lagos. This year’s theme is “Rule of Law and Economic Development: The Nigerian Experience.” Speaking on the upcoming event, Adedapo Tunde-Olowu, SAN, Managing Partner at ÆLEX, said: “The rule of
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has warned that the growing disregard for university law admission quotas is straining the Nigerian Law School, causing overcrowding and putting pressure on its facilities. Speaking on Sunday, NBA President Afam Osigwe (SAN) stated that many universities are admitting law students far beyond the approved limits, resulting in more graduates
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has hailed the achievement of Benedict Ater, a graduate of Moses Orshio Adasu University, Makurdi, who won 18 awards at the Nigerian Law School’s recent call to bar ceremony in Abuja. Ater received the Council of Legal Education (CLE) Star Prize, the Overall Best Student Award, and the Most Promising
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has ordered the construction of 600-bed hostels at the Nigerian Law School in Abuja and a new road linking the Body of Benchers Secretariat in Jabi District to Nile University. The directive was conveyed through the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, and announced in a statement on Tuesday
Some 2024–25 Nigerian Law School graduates have petitioned the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), accusing two professional bodies of fraud in a mediation training programme. In a petition dated September 17, co-signed by Goodluck Enebeli and Freedom Eje, the graduates called on EFCC Chairman Ola Olukoyede to investigate the Mediation Training Institute (MTI) and
For Adefowora Adedeji, the dream of becoming a barrister has been on hold for more than five years. Like thousands of other law graduates from the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN), he has been waiting for admission into the Nigerian Law School — the final step before being called to the Bar. However, this
Over 4,000 law graduates of the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) have petitioned the Attorney General of the Federation, Lateef Olasunkanmi Fagbemi SAN, over their exclusion from the 2025/2026 Nigerian Law School Bar Part II admission. The petition, signed by NOUN Law Graduates’ Association President, Mr. Adefowora Adedeji, and Secretary-General, Mr. Samuel Udofia, described
