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The Legal Practitioners and Privileges Committee (LPPC) has shortlisted 98 lawyers for the conferment of Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) for this year.
While 87 are practising lawyers and advocates, 11 are from the academic.
This was contained in a statement by the Chief Registrar of the Supreme Court of Nigeria and Secretary of the LPPC, Hajo Sarki Bello.
The statement invited comments from the public on the integrity, reputation and competence of the applicants.
Some of the applicants include a former Chairman of the Nigeria Bar Association Section on Public Interest and Development Law (NBA-SPIDEL), Dr Monday Onyekachi Ubani and Idowu Benson.
Among those in the academic is Prof Adeyemi Oke.
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