UN Genocide Prosecutor Tops 2024 SAN Awardees List

The Legal Practitioners Privileges Committee (LPPC) announced on Thursday that it had approved the appointment of 87 senior lawyers to the esteemed rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN). A statement by the Chief Registrar of the Supreme Court and Secretary of the LPPC, Hajo Sarki Bello, confirmed that the committee, headed by the Chief […]


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