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Teenager Docked For Cyber Crime Knows Fate Thursday

Ihesiulo Grace 19 February 2019 0

Justice Modupe Osho-Adebiye of FCT High Court, Gudu, on Tuesday reserved judgment until Thursday in a cyber crime case involving an 18-year-old man, Magnus Onuoha. Onuoha who is standing trial on a count charge of cyber crime charge levelled against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes

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Paul Usoro charges NBA Lagos Branch colleagues on good cross-examination practices

Ihesiulo Grace 24 July 2018 0

At the 2018 Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Lagos Branch, which held on the 23rd of July at the Lagos State High Court, Igbosere, leading communications and commercial lawyer, Paul Usoro, SAN presented a paper during the Knowledge Sharing session titled, “The Art of Cross-Examination”. Speaking during the session, Usoro […]

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Court of Appeal says only State High Courts can determine land compensation matters

Ihesiulo Grace 14 July 2018 0

In what some analysts say is a landmark judgment, the Court of Appeal in Calabar on July 13, 2018, delivered judgment in favour of Mobil Producing Nigeria Unlimited (Mobil) in an Appeal arising from a Federal High Court, Uyo judgement delivered on March 27, 2014, with respect to compensation to land. Mobil had appealed the Federal […]

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Paul Usoro: A technology-driven Bar will be a great starting point for judicial reform

Ihesiulo Grace 9 July 2018 0

Paul Usoro is one of Nigeria’s leading lawyers, with industry-leading expertise in commercial and telecommunications law. In the sixth part of a series of articles, he tackles the issue of institutional reform of the Nigerian Bar Association. He recently completed a series of articles on the issue of welfare for young practitioners in the legal […]

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NEM Insurance and the case for effective corporate governance in Nigeria

Ihesiulo Grace 3 July 2018 0

Nonso Okpala, the Managing Director/CEO of VFD Group Limited, a company that seeks to implement a long-term investment strategy on June 28, 2018, wrote an article titled ‘NEM Insurance Plc’s 48th AGM and Associated Governance Issues’. The article succinctly points out the modern hindrances to a long-term strategic approach to corporate governance and investment holding.

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Paul Usoro: Streamlining the NBA’s financial reporting is a moral imperative

Ihesiulo Grace 3 July 2018 0

Paul Usoro is one of Nigeria’s leading lawyers, with industry-leading expertise in commercial and telecommunications law. In the fifth part of a series of articles, he tackles the issue of institutional reform of the Nigerian Bar Association. He recently completed a series of articles on the issue of welfare for young practitioners in the legal […]

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Paul Usoro: This is how the NBA can be more fiscally responsible to its members

Ihesiulo Grace 3 July 2018 0

  Paul Usoro is one of Nigeria’s leading lawyers, with industry-leading expertise in commercial and telecommunications law. In the fourth part of a series of articles, he tackles the issue of institutional reform of the Nigerian Bar Association. He recently completed a series of articles on the issue of welfare for young practitioners in the […]

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PENGASSAN loses as Court upholds Labour Minister’s discretion to call for arbitration

Ihesiulo Grace 3 July 2018 0

Honourable Justice Simisola Adeniyi of the National Industrial Court, Abuja has struck out the suit of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) against Mobil Producing Nigeria Unlimited (MPN) in an action to quash the Honourable Minister for Labour and Employment’s referral of an industrial dispute between the parties to the […]

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Paul Usoro: Some reform proposals for a more nimble and responsive NBA

Ihesiulo Grace 22 June 2018 0

Paul Usoro is one of Nigeria’s leading lawyers, with industry-leading expertise in commercial and telecommunications law. In the third part of a series of articles, he tackles the issue of institutional reform of the Nigerian Bar Association. He recently completed a series of articles on the issue of welfare for young practitioners in the legal […]

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Paul Usoro calls for ‘cautious presidential exercise’ of constitutional veto

Ihesiulo Grace 22 June 2018 0

Paul Usoro SAN called for the cautious use of the constitutional power of the veto, saying that its essence is to provide checks and balances in the management of the country’s affairs. Speaking as part of a panel chaired by Mallam Yusuf Ali, SAN, represented by K. Keleja, SAN on the first day of the […]

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Paul Usoro: FG should ‘rigorously pursue’ modernisation of Nigerian agriculture

Ihesiulo Grace 21 June 2018 0

Nigerian Bar Association presidential aspirant, Paul Usoro SAN says in order for Nigeria to metamorphose into an agro-industrialised economy, the federal government should at all levels rigorously push for and apply policies channelled towards improving the focus on agro-industries. READ MORE: Paul Usoro: Rethinking the Nigerian Bar Association’s governance structures In a

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Paul Usoro: Rethinking the Nigerian Bar Association’s governance structures

Ihesiulo Grace 20 June 2018 0

Paul Usoro is one of Nigeria’s leading lawyers, with industry-leading expertise in commercial and telecommunications law. In the second part of a series of articles, he tackles the issue of institutional reform of the Nigerian Bar Association. He recently completed a series of articles on the issue of welfare for young practitioners in the legal […]

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Paul Usoro: The Nigeria Bar Association needs to be more effective and sustainable

Ihesiulo Grace 19 June 2018 0

Paul Usoro is one of Nigeria’s leading lawyers, with industry-leading expertise in commercial and telecommunications law. In the first part of a series of articles, he tackles the issue of institutional reform of the Nigerian Bar Association. He has recently completed a series of articles on the issue of welfare for young practitioners in the […]

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Paul Usoro: We need to have the right debate about a minimum wage for lawyers

Ihesiulo Grace 19 June 2018 0

Paul Usoro is one of Nigeria’s leading lawyers, with industry-leading expertise in commercial and telecommunications law. In the sixth and final part of a series of articles, he tackles the issue of welfare for young practitioners in the legal profession, the structural problems fuelling it and set out a range of proposals the Nigerian Bar Association […]

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Halimat Adeniran secures first prize in 2nd Paul Usoro Pro bono Challenge

Ihesiulo Grace 19 June 2018 0

Following submission of entries and a rigorous screening exercise, three winners have emerged from the second edition of Paul Usoro Pro bono Challenge. The Paul Usoro Challenge is an initiative of the Paul Usoro & Co law firm (“PUC”), which encourages young lawyers to take on pro bono or unpaid cases, as a way of […]

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Paul Usoro: We need more mentorship in the legal profession

Ihesiulo Grace 15 June 2018 0

Paul Usoro is one of Nigeria’s leading lawyers, with industry-leading expertise in commercial and telecommunications law. In the fifth part of a series of articles, he tackles the issue of welfare for young practitioners in the legal profession, the structural problems fuelling it and set out a range of proposals the Nigerian Bar Association should consider […]

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Paul Usoro: Pupillage will not solve the problem of the welfare of young Nigerian lawyers

Ihesiulo Grace 14 June 2018 0

Paul Usoro is one of Nigeria’s leading lawyers, with industry-leading expertise in commercial and telecommunications law. In the fourth part of a series of articles, he tackles the issue of welfare for young practitioners in the legal profession, the structural problems fuelling it and set out a range of proposals the Nigerian Bar Association should consider […]

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Paul Usoro: Strategic planning as the key to the growth of Nigerian legal practice

Ihesiulo Grace 12 June 2018 0

Paul Usoro is one of Nigeria’s leading lawyers, with industry-leading expertise in commercial and telecommunications law. In the third part of a series of articles, he tackles the issue of welfare for young practitioners in the legal profession, the structural problems fuelling it and sets out a range of proposals the Nigerian Bar Association should […]

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Paul Usoro: This is how we should secure opportunities for young Nigerian lawyers

Ihesiulo Grace 6 June 2018 0

Paul Usoro is one of Nigeria’s leading lawyers, with industry-leading expertise in commercial and telecommunications law. In the second of a series of articles, he tackles the issue of welfare for young practitioners in the legal profession, the structural problems fuelling it and sets out a range of proposals the Nigerian Bar Association should consider in […]

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Jokpa Utake: Is Presidential assent necessary for amending the Nigerian Constitution?

Ihesiulo Grace 5 June 2018 0

On May 31, 2018, history was purportedly made in Nigeria as President Muhammadu Buhari reportedly granted assent to the Constitution (Alteration) Bill 2016 which is now more popularly known as “Not-Too-Young-To-Run”. It has obviously taken months of agitation by young people across the country (and possibly, the globe) to effect this change and it is […]