Nigeria: Tinubu Seeks Repeal of 20-Yr-Old Legal Practitioners Act With New Law

Nigeria: Tinubu Seeks Repeal of 20-Yr-Old Legal Practitioners Act With New Law

President Bola Tinubu has forwarded the Legal Practitioners Bill 2025 to the Senate, marking a pivotal step toward overhauling Nigeria's legal framework and strengthening professional standards in the justice system.

Tinubu transmits bill on legal reform to Senate

President Bola Tinubu, on Tuesday, took a significant step towards reforming Nigeria’s legal profession to meet contemporary challenges and ensure justice is upheld across the country. The President formally transmitted to the Senate, a proposed legislation titled ‘Legal Practitioners Bill 2025’, which seeks to repeal the Legal Practitioners Act, Cap L11, Laws of the Federation 2004, originally enacted in 1962. President of the Senate, Godswill …

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Senate Receives Tinubu’s Legal Reform Bill

President Bola Tinubu has formally transmitted the Legal Practitioners Bill 2025 to the Senate, signaling moves to reform the country’s legal framework. The President’s letter to the Senate, was read at plenary on Tuesday by the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio. Titled the Legal Practitioners Bill 2025, the bill, among others, seeksto replace the outdated Legal Practitioners Act of 2004, with comprehensive reforms designed to regulate a…

"Tinubu Sends Legal Practitioners Bill To N-Assembly" — Seeks New Framework, Sections 2-29 Cover Ethics, Disciplinary Powers, Training, And Licensing

President Bola Tinubu has officially transmitted the Legal Practitioners Bill, 2025 to the National Assembly, seeking to modernize Nigeria’s legal framework and strengthen regulation of the legal profession. The bill was read on Tuesday by Speaker Abbas Tajudeen in the House of Representatives and by Senate President Godswill Akpabio in the Senate. The proposed Executive bill aims to repeal and re-enact the existing Legal Practitioners Act, Cap …