I have encountered many young students especially law students who completely lose themselves when they have an ‘F’ in an exam. Some start feeling suicidal, some start considering transferring to another program, some completely lose focus and just go wild with more...
I get a lot of emails from undergraduate law students and law school students who keep asking me questions on how I passed my law school exams. I skip the question most times because I keep feeling in my heart, ‘these munchkins should go and find 1st class students...
It was a great ‘lookathon’ (long stare) between my Principal and I as we read through the court papers Mr. Okafor hastily dropped earlier that day with our Secretary while we were counselling some of our witnesses for a matter we had coming up the next day. Going by...
The Law… the law bia ooo n’agwo no na akirika (The law come, there is serious danger) yelled a loud little croaked from cigarette voice at the reception section of our office. Who could that be? Was the look on my Oga’s face who was devouring a plate of ofe nsala and...
As I raced through the stairs of the Federal High Court building that fateful Wednesday morning, I couldn’t help but continuously beat up myself in my heart for arriving the court so late. Being in court at least 40mins before 9:00am was my mantra even while I was...
Will you shut up young lady, echoed the gigantic looking legal practitioner who judging by looks as at that time was supposedly in his mid-fifties to one petite looking lady lawyer who should be about 27years old from her looks as at then. She fearfully sank...
I was lounging at an open-air garden somewhere in Ikoyi Lagos State the last time I was in Lagos State for a conference when I got drawn to this fair skin, goldish hair, green eyed lady downing a plate of fufu and egusi soup with her bare hands in a corner table not...
Good morning Sir, I said to the tall neatly composed gentleman of the bar who was seating on the right aisle seat of the fifth row in the court room I had just walked into at the Federal High Court. Good morning Counsel, he replied. Please is the seat next to...
I could feel my lungs contracting beneath my skin and my legs shaking while I jumped up from my bed and quickly reached out for the remote control of my Air Conditioner. Up NEPA I whispered under my breath amidst the anxiety that sent me to bed hungry by 7 pm...
One month after I had settled in and started work at a remote law firm close to home, I came to work one Tuesday morning and the Secretary told me the Boss left a note for me on his table. Ha! What note again; was all I had in mind? I briskly walked into the...