On This Day: The Death of Revered Nigerian Human Rights Lawyer Gani Fawehinmi
Today in history (2009), Gani Fawehinmi died after a prolonged battle with lung cancer, and was buried on 15 September 2009. He was 71 years old.
Today in history (2009), Gani Fawehinmi died after a prolonged battle with lung cancer, and was buried on 15 September 2009. He was 71 years old.
As the nation clambered out of recession talented Nigerians keep making us proud in various fields. A young Nigerian intellectual, Adaku Ufere, has won the ‘Attorney of the Year’ in this year’s edition of the African Legal Awards. The African Legal Awards recognises exceptional achievements from within Africa’s legal community and is hosted by Legal Week (organisers of the British Legal Awards), in association with the Corporate Counsel Association of South Africa (CCASA). Ufere was selected from thousands of entries across the African continent. She is the youngest ever and first Nigerian winner of the annual award. Adaku was born into the academic family of Chief and Mrs. Kingsley Ufere, from Arondizuogu in Ideato North Local Government Area of Imo State. She is an international oil and gas lawyer and also the Head of the Energy Practice at the Pan African Law firm, the Centurion Law Group with its Headquarters in Johannesburg, South Africa. Last year, she was among a group of recipients of the under 40 Leading Lawyers in Nigeria at the Nigerian Legal Awards 2016. She is a graduate of Law from the University of Nigeria Nsukka and finished from the Nigeria Law School, Abuja with a Second Class Honours Upper Division grade, before proceeding to the University of Aberdeen in Scotland for her Master’s Degree in Law, where she specialised in Oil and Gas Law.
If you are one hell of an adrenaline junkie then don’t even think of learning to speak Latin let alone going to study law because your typical day at work is more likely to be filled with yawns than heart-pounding excitement.