Emmanuel Addeh in Abuja
Access Bank PLC has written the Legal Practitioners’ Privileges Committee (LPPC) and the Legal Practitioners’ Disciplinary Committee (LPDC), demanding the sanctioning of Mr Babajide Koku (SAN) as well as Etigwe Uwa (SAN), both lawyers to Seplat Petroleum Development Company, for alleged professional misconduct in the handling of court case between both companies.
In the petition against Koku and Uwa, the bank stated that both senior lawyers engaged in acts unbecoming of legal practitioners and contravened well established legal principles in bad faith.
Access Bank had through its receiver-manager Mr Kunle Ogunba (SAN), taken over the corporate office of Seplat Petroleum Development Company Limited over a debt based on a court order.
In a bid to ensure that no Lawyer in Nigeria is left behind in adopting technology in this new normal, LawPavilion has characteristically further elevated Law Reporting and Electronic Legal Research in Nigeria, by releasing an application that allows Judges and Lawyers to carry out their electronic legal research seamlessly with minimal internet connectivity, using WhatsApp.
In a media chat with Ope Olugasa, the Managing Director of the company, he explained how the company is helping stakeholders in the legal industry to attain optimal productivity in this new normal.
According to Mr. Olugasa, LawPavilion chose to integrate one of its flagship products with WhatsApp. He said ‘This is because, in addition to the wide acceptance that WhatsApp enjoys (as it is used by almost all Legal Practitioners in Nigeria), it requires minimal internet access to function, and is easy to operate. LawPavilion is now giving users access to search judgements of the Supreme Court and Court of Appeal
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It is commonplace that international organizations would uphold best practices in every aspect of their operations particularly the treatment of employees in accordance with law. At Conservation International Liberia office, the reverse of that reality is being witnessed with the appointment of Mr. Peter Mulbah as Acting Country Director. Mr. Mulbah, on August 3, 2020 dismissed four (4) employees from the Capacity Building Initiative for Transparency (CBIT) project jointly implemented with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
In addition to the abrupt dismissal of the staff, on August 10, 2020, CI Technical Director, George Ilebo, acting on the instructions of the Acting Country Director Mulbah sent out an email circular to over 50 employees informing them that Mr. Yekeh Johnson, Mark Tamba and others were dismissed from the CBIT project “f