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Nigeria Suspends Lawyer's Rank

Nigeria ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Crime & Justice

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Nigeria's Legal Practitioners' Privileges Committee (LPPC) suspends Chief Mike Ozekhome's Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) rank. The suspension is pending a disciplinary probe. The LPPC also released a shortlist of 89 candidates for the 2026 SAN conferment.

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LPPC suspends Ozekhomeโ€™s SAN rank over disciplinary probe

- The Legal Practitionersโ€™ Privileges Committee (LPPC) has suspended Chief Mike Ozekhome's Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) rank. - The suspension is pending the determination of disciplinary proceedings against the constitutional lawyer. - Ozekhome faces allegations of fraud and forgery linked to a disputed property in London, with previous legal challenges and a UK tribunal finding evidence of mโ€ฆ

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LPPC Suspends Mike Ozekhome's SAN Rank

- Constitutional lawyer Professor Mike Ozekhome has been suspended from his Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) rank. - The Legal Practitioners' Privileges Committee (LPPC) made the decision pending the โ€ฆ