What do you get when you put AY Makun, The Real Warri Pikin and alcohol in one place? The new scripted comedy series, Call To Bar. Best known for his engaging live comedy specials, and his critically panned and commercially succesful block buster film projects, AY Makun successfully revolutionized the Nigerian film industry, proving over and over... Read More

December 18, 2017

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YNaija Editorial: Amasa Firdaus was asked to choose a wig over a hijab, but neither was her culture

My Daughter Zubaida Mahmoud at the ceremony admitting her to the New York Bar earlier this year…the controversy here on Hijab is needless. pic.twitter.com/adgWlTGSGC — A B Mahmoud (@abmtwitt) December 15, 2017 Abubakar Balarabe Mahmoud, the president of the Nigerian Bar Association shared this tweet over the weekend, as his contribution to the maelstrom of... Read More

Thinking Through

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December 17, 2017

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Inibehe Effiong: The NBA President has lost credibility

The President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has brought utter shame and dishonour to the Noble legal profession and his prestigious office by his impulsive reaction to the arrogant behaviour of a bigoted female aspirant to the Bar who flouted the Rule by wearing hijab to the Call to Bar ceremony. UK based... Read More

Opinion

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December 15, 2017

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The Thread: How Hijabis can get their way at Call to Bar

The controversy is yet to die down on #CallFirdaus. To be candid, it’s doubtful that any Twitter campaign is going to sway the Body of Benchers. In fact, considering that the legal profession cannot abide dissent about its decades-long rules and regulations, we’d go so far as to say, Firdaus will have to wait until... Read More

Opinion

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December 15, 2017

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The Thread: “They don’t even see you” “Islamaphobe” | Muslims react to Call to Bar hijab ban

Twitter Nigeria has been engaged in a huge to-do all day over whether The Nigerian Law School was right to deny Firdaus her call to Bar as a Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Nigeria simply because she refused to wear a hijab, which isn’t regulation attire for Call. [In case you missed... Read More

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October 9, 2016

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Adegbite James: I caught the sun [Nigerian Voices]

by Adegbite Adeyinka James I was about 11 years old in the year 2002 when I wrote the popular Federal Examination into Federal Government College, Ikole Ekiti in Ekiti state. To my utmost bewilderment, I received an admission letter into Federal Government Girls’ College, Efon Alaye in Ekiti state. The most troubling thought that consumed... Read More

Nigerian Voices

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June 20, 2012

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“Lawyers should create jobs for themselves,” says Law School DG

by Stanley Azuakola 1,116 candidates were called to bar on Tuesday June 19 at the Nigeria Law School. Of the number, none managed a first class. However, there were five candidates who graduated with a second class upper, twenty three with a second class lower and the remaining 1, 088 with graduated with a pass. At... Read More

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