He said: “The Legal Practitioners` Privileges Committee, at its 149th plenary meeting today, 21 October 2021, elevated 72 lawyers to the rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria. The rank of SAN is awarded as a sign of excellence to members of the legal profession who have distinguished themselves as lawyers and academics. According to a statement by Hajo Sarkin Bello, Chief Registrar of the Supreme Court, the elevation of jurists to high rank was approved by the LLPC at its 154th plenary session on Thursday, chaired by Honourable Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria. The inauguration of new SANs usually takes place at the Supreme Court during the ceremony that marks the beginning of the Court`s new legal year. The swearing-in ceremony of the 62 lawyers is scheduled for Monday 21. November 2022. The new appointments for 2022 are as follows: “In the meantime, the LPPC wishes to inform the public that it has established a sub-committee to review the 2018 guidelines for awarding the degree beginning with the 2023 application year.” The statement, signed by Supreme Court Chancellor Hajo Bello, who is also secretary of the LPPC, said the committee approved the list at its 154th plenary session on Thursday. The rank of SAN is awarded as a sign of excellence to members of the legal profession who have distinguished themselves as lawyers and academics. Members of the Inner Bar, as the SAN is affectionately known, enjoy certain privileges, including reserved seats in the front rows of all courts. Priority is also given to their cases before the courts. As a result of this decision, Mr. Aribisala loses all rights to the rank pending the outcome of the judicial proceedings, which impedes the investigation of the subcommittee appointed by the Committee on Legal Practitioners` Privileges. A breakdown of the list included ten academics and 62 advocates.

The firm`s founder and Managing Counsel, Awa U. Kalu SAN FNIALS, was appointed as a member of the Legal Practitioners Privileges Committee on December 18, 2015. The award of this prestigious position is generally reserved for lawyers with recognized experience and achievements. The term of office is two years, renewable at the discretion of the jury. Awa U. Kalu is an excellent lawyer with 37 years of experience as a lawyer and advocate at the Supreme Court, who was awarded the rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria in 2000. Same to you; Steven Ononye, Ikani Agabi, Mustapha Ibrahim, Muizudeen Abdullahi, Magaji Ibrahim, Sanusi Musa, Oladoyin Awoyale, Rotimi Oyedepo, Chukwudubem Anyigbo, Lukman Fagbemi and Micheal Numa. Those to be sworn in as SAN are: Mohammed Abdullahi Abubakar, Johnson Tarigho Omophe, Lawrence Sunday Oko-Jaja, Christopher Agbomeirhe Oshomegie, Sanusi Olugbenga Sai`d, Wahab Kunle Shittu, Emmanuel Idemudia, Diri Mohammed, Oladipo Akanmu Tolani, Ayodeji Omotoso, Chijioke Ogbonna Erondu, Ajoku Kingsley Obinna, Yakubu Maikasuwa, Henry Eshijonam Omu, Dagogo Isreak Iboroma, Joseph Ademu Akubo, Gozoe Bertrand Obi and Inam Akpadiagha Wilson. The meeting also approved a new policy for the assignment of Nigeria`s Senior Counsel rank and all matters related to the rank to guide future exercises. 1. MOHAMMED ABDULLAHI ABUBAKAR, ESQ.

2. JOHNSON TARIGHO OMOPHE UGBODUMA, ESQ. 3. LAWRENCE SONNTAG OKO-JAJA, ESQ. 4. CHRISTOPHER AGBOMEIRHE SONNTAG OSHOMEGIE, ESQ. 5. SANUSI OLUGBENGA SAI’D, ESQ. 6. WAHAB KUNLE SHITTU, ESQ. 7. EMMANUEL IDEMUDIA OBOH, ESQ.

8. DIRI A DIT MOHAMMED, ESQ. 9. OLADIPO AKANMU TOLANI, ESQ. 10. AYODEJI OYEWOLE OMOTOSO, ESQ 11. CHIJIOKE OGBONNA ERONDU, ESQ. 12. AJOKU KINGSLEY OBINNA, ESQ. 13. YAKUBU MAIKASUWA, ESQ. 14.

HENRY ESHIJONAM OMU, ESQ. 15. DAGOGO ISRAËL IBOROMA, ESQ. 16. JOSEPH ADEMU AKUBO, ESQ. 17. GOZIE BERTRAND OBI, ESQ. 18. INAM AKPADIAGHA WILSON ESQ. 19.

ABUBAKAR BATURE SULU-GAMBARI, ESQ. 20. ABIOYE ARAOYE OLOYEDE ASANIKE, ESQ. 21. SYLVANUS TAHIRU, ESQ. 22. BOLARINWA ELIJAH AIDI, ESQ. 23. TONYE TOMBERE JENEWARI KRUKRUBO, ESQ. 24. ADEREMI MOSHOOD BASHUA, ESQ. 25.

KOLAPO OLUGBENGA KOLADE, ESQ. 26. SAMUEL PETER KARGBO, ESQ. 27. IFEANYICHUKWU SYLVESTER OBIAKOR, ESQ. 28. OLASOJI OLAIYA OLOWOLAFE, ESQ. 29. MUTALUBI OJO ADEBAYO, ESQ. 30. VICTOR ODAFE OGUDE, ESQ. 31.

SULAYMAN OLAWALE IBRAHIM, ESQ. 32. MUMINI ISHOLA HANAFI, ESQ. 33. TANKO TANKO ASHANG, ESQ. 34. DAMIAN OHAKWE OKORO, ESQ. 35. ANDREW MWAJIM MALGWI, ESQ. 36. ETUKWU ONAH, ESQ.

37. ADEBORO LATEEF ADAMSON, ESQ. 38. BANKOLE JOEL AKOMOLAFE, ESQ. 39. KELECHI CHINEDUM OBI, ESQ. 40. ANDREW OSEMEDUA ODUM, ESQ.

41. OKORO OKECHUKWU EDWIN, ESQ. 42. PATENSOHN CHUKWUDI UGOCHUKWU, ESQ. 43. STEVEN ONYECHI ONONYE, ESQ. 44. IKANI KANU AGABI, ESQ. 45. MUSTAPHA SHABA IBRAHIM, ESQ. 46. MUIZUDEEN YUNUS ABDULLAHI, ESQ.

47. MAGAJI MATO IBRAHIM, ESQ. 48. SUNUSI MUSA, ESQ. 49. OLADOYIN OLUSEYI AWOYALE, ESQ. 50. ROTIMI ISEOLUWA OYEDEPO, ESQ. 51. CHUKWUDUBEM BONAVENTURE ANYIGBO, ESQ.

52. LUKMAN OYEBANJI FAGBEMI, ESQ. 53. MICHAEL JONATHAN NUMA, ESQ. Prof. Bankole Akintoye Sodipo, Prof. Christian Chizundu Wigwe, Prof. Ajagbe Toriola Oyewo, Prof. Rasheed Jimoh Ijaodola, Prof. Oluyinka Osayame Omorogbe, Dr.

Josephine Aladi Achor Agbonika, Dr. Ibrahim Abdullahi, Prof. Edoba Bright Omoregie, Prof. Abiola Olaitan Sanni und Dr. Anthony Ojukwu Okechukwu. They are also distinguished from other lawyers by their dress, which is different from the dress worn by other lawyers. Theirs is called “silk”. The 62 appointees are sworn in on November 21. ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS (IN ORDER OF SENIORITY AT THE BAR) 1. PROF. KATHLEEN EBELECHUKWU OKAFOR 2. PROF.

MUHAMMED TAOFEEQ ABDULRAZAQ 3. PROF. AMOKAYE OLUDAYO GABRIEL 4. PROF. ISMAIL ADENIYI OLATUNBOSUN 5. PROF. ABDULLAHI SHEHU ZURU 6. PROF.

JOY NGOZI EZEILO 7. ASS/PROF. THEODORE BALA MAIYAKI 8. PROF. OLAIDE ABASS GBADAMOSI 9. ASS/PROF. CHIMEZIE KINGSLEY OKORIE. In a statement, the media adviser to Nigeria`s Chief Justice, Ahuraka Isah, said that the Chief Chancellor of the Supreme Court of Nigeria and Secretary of the Legal Practitioners` Privileges Committee, Sunday Olorundahunsi, announced the decision at the end of the committee meeting in Abuja on Tuesday. Among the winners of this year`s award were Lagos lawyer Charles Mekwuye; former member of the House of Representatives, Ehiogie West Idahosa; the Executive Secretary of the National Human Rights Commission, Tony Ojukwu; former Secretary of the Nigerian Bar Association, Emeka Obegolu; Police prosecutor Simon Lough and Eko Ejembi Eko (son of a Supreme Court judge).

PERSONS APPOINTED TO THE LAWYER (IN ORDER OF SENIORITY AT THE BAR). “The LPPC also wishes to inform potential applicants that the application for the 2022 procedure is not open / will start until an announced date in January 2022. The LPPC, chaired by Nigeria`s Chief Justice (CJN), Olukayode Ariwoola, on Thursday released the full list of new SAN appointees in a statement. A statement by Supreme Court Chancellor Hajo Sarji Bello, who is also secretary of the LPPC, announced that the new SANs will be sworn in on November 21. George Audu Anuga, Simon Asember Lough, L Eko Ejembi Eko, Ayo Abraham Olorunfemi, Reuben Okpanachi Atabo, John Ogwu Adele, Shaibu Enejoh Aruwa, Eyitayo Ayokunle Fatogun, Jacob Johnson Usman, Tajudeen Olaseni Oladoja, Salman Jawando Ayinla, Adeola Rasaq Omotunde, Mathew Gwar Bukka, Mohammed Ndayako, Hassan Usman El-Yakub, Ishaq Magaji Hussaini, Samuel Atung, Mohammed Abdulhamid, Kabiru Aliyu and Mohammed Abdulaziz Sani. Mr. Aondoakaa was stripped of his title after responding to a petition written against him by a non-governmental organization, the Committee for the Defence of Human Rights (CDHR). He continues to belong to an exclusive club of lawyers who hold this honour alongside a scholarship from the Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal Studies.

He has held various civil service positions, including Special Assistant to three different Attorneys General and Attorneys General and, between 1999 and 2005, Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice of Abia State. Of the 63 successful candidates, 53 belong to the advocacy category, while the remaining nine belong to the academic category. The LPPC, headed by Nigeria`s Acting Chief Justice, CJN, Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, agreed to assign rank to lawyers at the end of its 154th plenary session on Thursday. HAJO SARKI BELLO, ESQ CHIEF REGISTRAR OF THE SUPREME COURT OF NIGERIA / SECRETARY LPPC Others are; Abubakar Nature Sulu-Gambari, Abioye Araoye Asanike, Sylvanus Tahir u, Bolarinwa Aidi, Tonye Krukrubo, Aderemi Bashua, Kolapo Kolade, Samuel Kargbo, Ifeanyichukwu Obiakor, Olasoji Olowolafe, Mutalubi Adebayo, Victor Ogude, Sulayman Ibrahim, Mumini Hanafi, Tanko Ashang, Damian Okoro, Andrew Malgwi, Etukwu Onah, Adeboro Adamson, Bankole Akomolafe, Kelechi Obi, Andrew Odum, Okoro Edwin, Godson Ugochukwu. A statement by the Chief Registrar of the Supreme Court and the Secretary of the LPPC in Abuja said the new SANs would be inaugurated at its premises on 8 December 2021. This is the second time a member of the Inner Bar has lost the prestigious title that makes the owner first among equals in a trial. The first SAN to lose its title was a former Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Michael Kaase Aondoakaa, who was stripped of his title by the same LPPC on October 7, 2010. The Committee on Legal Practitioners` Privileges on Thursday announced the elevation of 72 people to the rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria.