Wole Olanipekun
17 Dec
A former President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Wole Olanipekun, yesterday, said that the role he and other lawyers played to challenge the removal of former governor of Oyo State, Rasidi Ladoja, in the courts has checkmated the arbitrary removal of governors and their deputies from office.
16 Dec
A former president of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Chief Wole Olanipekun, has called on the judiciary to maintain its integrity by purging itself of bad eggs. Olanipekun, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), made the call in Ibadan on Monday at the opening of the Law Week and 70th Anniversary Celebration of the NBA,…
2 Dec
Former President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Wole Olanipekun (SAN), at the weekend, supported the call for a single six-year term for President, Vice President, governors and deputy governors to achieve political stability, equity and accelerated development of the country. Olanipekun stated this in his country home, Ikere Ekiti, during the fifth empowerment programme…
1 Dec
Former President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Chief Wole Olanipekun SAN, at the weekend, threw his weight behind the call for a single six-year term for the President, Vice President, Governors, and Deputy Governors, in order to achieve political stability, equity, and accelerate the development of the country. Olanipekun spoke in his country home,…
5 Aug
Sir: Twenty-second undergraduate and Thirteenth postgraduate convocation ceremony of Babcock University, Ilishan-Remo in Ogun State may have come and gone, but not so its ripples.
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President Bola Tinubu has appointed a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Chief Wole Olanipekun, as Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of the University of Lagos (UNILAG). A former Minister of Budget and Economic Planning Udoma Udo Udoma was appointed as the Pro-Chancellor/Chairman of Bayero University, Kano, Kano State. Also, a former Governor of Bauchi State, Isa Yuguda…
9 May 2024
A three-man panel of the Court of Appeal, Lagos Division on Tuesday adjourned till September 16, 2024, the hearing of the appeal filed by the Chairman of Ibeto Energy Development Company, Cletus Ibeto. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) disclosed this in a statement on Thursday. The case which was previously before Justice I.O.…
21 Mar 2024
While Nigeria continues to grope in darkness, a 3050MW hydroelectric power project conceived more than four decades ago to provide the critical power to drive the economy
1 Feb 2024
Former president of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Chief Wole Olanipekun (SAN) yesterday blamed Nigeria’s centralised security structure for the worsening insecurity in Nigeria.
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