We had joined Chief Gani Fawehinmi, senior advocate of Nigeria, SAN, SAM (Gani) to fondly call his son, Mohammed, Mo.This was the pet name Gani had given to Mohammed. This was even as a young teenager in the early 80s. Mo was 52 when he died. His father, Gani the legend, had died at 71,…
Mohammed, Fawehinmi Son is Dead
Mohammed Fawehinmi, the eldest son of Gani Fawehinmi, legal icon and human rights crusader is dead. He died on Wednesday morning, according to a source, after complaining of breathing difficulties. Until his death, he headed Mohammed Fawehinmi’s Chambers; Director, Nigerian Law Publications Limited; Director, Books Industries Nigeria Limited, and Director, Gani Fawehinmi Library & Gallery…
Don Advocates De-Corrupting Of Education System
Pai Obanya, an emeritus professor of the Institute of Education, University of Ibadan, U.I., has identified de-corruption of the education development process in Nigeria as the only sure means through which the country can achieve it desired growth. He said this on Thursday, why delivering a lecture on the topic, Education, and Corruption, at the…
NBA Remembers Gani Fawehinmi
The 11th Chief Gani Fawehinmi Annual Lecture/symposium which also doubles as Fawehinmism and the 2nd Nigeria Bar Association, NBA Ikeja Gani Fawehinmi Integrity Award, holds today at the Oranmiyan Hall, Airport Hotel, Lagos. In a mass array of deep coloured suits, lawyers from all around Nigeria have gathered to celebrate the iconic legal practitioner, Late…