By our Reporter
Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, Chief Justice of Nigeria, has sworn in 68 legal practitioners as Senior Advocates of Nigeria at the 2026/2027 Legal Year ceremony.
The swearing-in follows the approval of the 68 nominees by the Legal Practitioners’ Privileges Committee about three months ago.
The committee approved their elevation during its 174th plenary session, chaired by Kekere-Ekun.
According to a statement issued by the Chief Registrar of the Supreme Court of Nigeria and Secretary of the LPPC, Kabir Eniola, the new SANs comprise 67 advocates and one academic, Professor Nnamdi Onyeka Obiaraeri.
Obiaraeri was recognised for his “contributions to legal scholarship, making him the only academic among the 68 recipients.”
