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Economic Hardship: “Protest looms over hunger”, Agbakoba warns FG

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Agbakoba warns FG

A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, (SAN) Olisa Agbakoba, has warned that what he described as hunger riot might soon break out in Nigeria, calling on the Federal Government to swiftly act. Agbakoba, who disclosed this yesterday while addressing newsmen in his office in Lagos, said the majority of Nigerians could not put food on their tables due to extreme poverty. This, he said, occurred despite the nation’s enormous oil and gas resources which, according to him, have been hijacked by foreigners. Agbakoba maintained that Nigeria, as a nation, should avoid…

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‘Why Nigerian President must be stripped of power to appoint INEC’s chair’ – Agbakoba

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…Wants INEC unbundled Former President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) and also a member of the Uwais committee, Olisa Agbakoba, has recommended the unbundling of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), noting that their responsibility is too much. According to him, “INEC is the largest printer of paper in Nigeria. It is not their job to be printing. The Commission is doing far too many things; in the Uwais committee report, we recommended removing the function of regulating political parties from INEC, by the creation of a political…

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‘Judges, NJC have formed a mafia’ – Agbakoba

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… Says current S’Court worst in 45 years Former president of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Olisa Agbakoba(SAN), have said the current Supreme Court is the “worst” in his 45 years of legal practice, accusing the National Judicial Council (NJC) and Supreme Court judges have formed a mafia. Agbakoba stated this on Thursday in Abuja, at a colloquium to mark the 61st birthday of Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, which was attended by President Bola Tinubu and many political stakeholders, including members of the National Assembly. Speaking at the event, Agbakoba…

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CSU: “I’m ashamed of lawyers, this public nonsense must stop” – Agbakoba

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The former chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, Olisa Agbakoba, SAN, says he was ashamed to see lawyers on national television arguing the merits or demerits of President Bola Tinubu’s Chicago State University (CSU) matter. The senior lawyer expressed displeasure with what he described as the cacophony of discordant voices on Tinubu and former Vice President Atiku Abubakar surrounding the controversy over the CSU records. Agbakoba warned that armchair lawyers are heating up Nigeria dangerously. In a post on his social media platform, X (formerly Twitter) yesterday, the legal…

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