LAW HISTORY SERIES JANUARY EDITION: THE TWO SISTERS WHO DID THE IMPOSSIBLE IN THE HISTORY OF THE NIGERIAN JUDICIARY

By Toheeb Mustapha Babalola. Happy new month, ladies and gentlemen. I welcome you to the year 2021 and another monthly edition of the Law History Series, which is aimed at promoting and unearthing the history, unknown facts and celebrating the heroes of our beloved legal profession.  In this edition, we will be discussing two women […]

LAW HISTORY SERIES DECEMBER EDITION — FAMILY DYNASTIES IN THE NIGERIAN LEGAL PROFESSION

Happy new month ladies and gentlemen, I welcome you to another monthly edition of Law History Series which is aimed at promoting and unearthing the history, unknown facts and celebrating the heroes of our beloved legal profession. In this edition, we will be discussing the families who have metamorphosed into dynasties in the Nigeria legal […]

LAW HISTORY SERIES NOVEMBER EDITION: THE FAMOUS LOVE TANGO BETWEEN TWO SILKS

Happy new month, ladies and gentlemen. I welcome you to another monthly edition of the Law History Series, which is aimed at promoting and unearthing the history, unknown facts and celebrating the heroes of our beloved legal profession. Recently, I have been doing some research on several legal luminaries with the intention of getting some […]

LAW HISTORY SERIES OCTOBER EDITION: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF GANI FAWEHINMI

Good day ladies and gentlemen. I welcome you to October’s edition of our Law History Series, which has always been about unearthing unknown facts in the legal profession, discussing historical events in the legal profession, and also celebrating legal luminaries. This month has been a memorable one for us in Nigeria as so many events […]

LAW HISTORY SERIES SEPTEMBER EDITION: THE FIRST COUPLE TO BECOME SANs

Happy new month ladies and gentlemen, I welcome you to another monthly edition of Law History Series which is aimed at promoting and unearthing the history, unknown facts of our beloved legal profession. In this edition, I will be discussing two individuals who, over the years, have established themselves as one of the best in […]

Law History Series: First Female Senior Advocates from the three Regions in Nigeria

Good day everyone, this is another edition of the Law History Series (August Edition). Before forging ahead, I must appreciate the positive feedback I got from our readers as regards the July edition and how it has been very educative. So, some of our readers wanted me to write about female icons in the legal […]

Law History Series: First Senior Advocates of Nigeria

A few weeks ago, I started researching lawyers who became Senior Advocates of Nigeria at an early age. The positive responses I got pushed me to dig deep and discover more interesting facts about the Nigerian legal profession. After carrying out some surveys aimed at ascertaining how much our law students and the general public, […]