The Nigerian Television Authority disclosed this in a news flash published on its official X handle on Monday, accompanied by photographs and a video of the event.
The ceremony comes about three months after the Legal Practitioners’ Privileges Committee approved the elevation of the 68 nominees.
The approval was granted during the committee’s 174th plenary session, presided over by Kekere-Ekun.
According to a statement by the Chief Registrar of the Supreme Court of Nigeria and Secretary of the LPPC, Kabir Eniola, the newly elevated SANs comprise 67 legal practitioners and one academic, Professor Nnamdi Onyeka Obiaraeri, Tribune also reports.
Obiaraeri received the distinction in recognition of his “contributions to legal scholarship, making him the only academic among the 68 recipients.”
The Senior Advocate of Nigeria rank is among the most prestigious professional honours in the country’s legal profession.
The distinction is awarded to legal practitioners who demonstrate the required level of excellence in advocacy or legal scholarship.
Ahead of the conferment, the LPPC “stipulated that successful applicants must participate in and complete a mandatory induction programme, with the date to be announced later.”
The committee also urged the newly appointed SANs to observe paragraph 25(1) of the Legal Practitioners’ Privileges Guidelines and Rule 39(3) of the Rules of Professional Conduct, 2023.
It cautioned them against “publishing or encouraging advertisements, congratulatory messages or goodwill notices concerning their nomination or conferment, adding that violations could attract sanctions.”
