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[Bàbájídé B𝗹𝘂𝗻𝘁 @CRawkeen]

Met someone yesterday. He was even the one who stopped me and said he knew me.

I told him I didn’t think we’d met before and then asked for his name and school, but he said it’s on X

Oh okay, nice to meet you, brother. What’s your handle?. He told me.

On my way out of the hall, I checked the account and realised he had blocked me. 😂

He probably forgot he blocked me, because why would you stop to greet your enemy? lol

[Kingsley @KingsleyAhans]

@ToolzO The legend 😂

[Ogundipe, Esq. @The_Ogundipe]

Hello colleagues, how much should I charge?

It is high time more law firms realised that billing is not an accessory to the practice of law. It is an integral aspect of practice and must be incorporated into the training of lawyers.

In the past few weeks, I have seen cases of colleagues tweeting to inquire from lawyers what they should charge for a brief. While I believe that such enquiries should not be made in a public space that is not exclusive to lawyers, I also understand the situation in which some of these colleagues find themselves.

There is hardly a law firm that does not know that the practice of law must also have its business face. Yet, many law firms do not incorporate this reality into the training of their lawyers. In many firms, everybody witnesses meetings with clients, preliminary reviews, and reasoned arguments about what strategy works best. Yet, once it gets to the fee component, everyone has to walk out and leave the boss and the client.

A lawyer could work in a firm for three, four, five or more years without knowing what the firm's billing structure is or the considerations that go into every bill issued. In some firms, there is no structure at all, and fees are issued as the spirit leads.

One of the challenges associated with this style is that products of such a system have to find their training in the business of law elsewhere or learn the hard way.

The Legal Practitioners Remuneration Order brought some ease, but it is not exhaustive. Its prescription of minimum fees across a few areas is, however, very commendable. At least, it guides colleagues who may be lost as to what to charge to some reasonable extent. Yet, it must be noted that the Order creates a baseline, not a ceiling. This is in fidelity to an unstated understanding that, for instance, there are consultations and there are consultations. There is litigation and there is litigation.

Thus, it is incumbent on every lawyer to attain the distinction that takes them out of the realm of "minimum fee" attorneys, who lack the resources to call for better fees.

A consultation that requires three members of a team to examine several documents before rendering preliminary advice to a client is different from one that could be rendered by a lone lawyer simply by jumping on a quick call. While one lawyer can be said to be charging a commensurate fee if he takes the minimum prescribed by the rules, the other cannot say the same.

But beyond knowing what to charge, lawyers should also understand what happens to the money when the client pays. The fee earned by a firm is not the same thing as the profit available to the principal. There are salaries to pay, offices to maintain, subscriptions and research tools to renew, equipment to acquire, utilities, and professional expenses to meet, and, sometimes, debts that may never be recovered. There is also the cost of acquiring and maintaining the client in the first place.

Some principals nurse the fear of rebellion that an open approach to fees can bring.

"I pay them ₦10; if they realise that I earn ₦150 per brief, it can build resentment."

I do not think such a fear is unfounded, particularly for the class of lawyers who nurse it. However, a transparent approach to fee earnings with colleagues helps them understand how a firm is run and how that ₦150 per brief is nowhere near the profit that oga will eat.

Sometimes, before that ₦150, there was a ₦500 that oga borrowed to buy law books, pay salaries, cover utilities, and keep the firm running.

That understanding is important. A lawyer who is trained only to do the legal work, without understanding how the work is priced, billed and paid for, is being trained for only one part of the practice.

A training that excludes billing and the basis for it is incomplete. It is almost deserving of being called a deliberate disservice to the making of a complete lawyer.

[Chidi stephen @steasyautos]

"I bought shares worth N20,000 in Fidelity Bank 18 years ago and never checked how much I had made. But after hearing about Dangote selling shares, I decided to finally check my investment in September 2026.

To my surprise, I was told the shares had only given me a total of N5,332 after 18 years.

~ Man cries out and regrets not using the money to buy land instead 😂

[SizZzle. 😎🇳🇬 @n6oflife6]

@carter8f Nigeria is a goldmine for any billionaire businessman who finds favour with our central govt. 🤯🫢

[Corporate Affairs Commission @cacnigeria1]

ANNUAL RETURNS IS NOT TAX, KNOW THE DIFFERENCE!

Don’t confuse your CAC Annual Returns obligation with tax payment.

Know what Annual Returns means, why it matters, and who is required to file.

[YabaLeftOnline @yabaleftonline]

Back to school: What did you learn from these two frames?

[Foundational Nupe Lawyer @egi_nupe]

It is high time the Federal Government declared a state of emergency on fake and substandard products in Nigeria. A group of greedy, organised criminals cannot keep poisoning this country while they smile to the bank. What is happening in our markets is not petty trading. It is organised economic and public-health sabotage. It should be treated with the seriousness we reserve for terrorism, because the outcome is the same: Nigerians are being killed slowly, quietly, and profitably.

NAFDAC has said cosmetics, food and beverages now account for over 50% of the counterfeit products it seizes. Pharmaceuticals remain a major share. That means the things we put on our skin, put in our children’s mouths, and swallow when we are sick are the most faked categories.
In February 2025, coordinated raids on the big open drug markets in Idumota, Onitsha and Aba sealed more than 11,000 shops and evacuated 138 truckloads of suspected fake, expired, banned and unregistered medicines valued at over ₦1 trillion. Markets that supply a huge share of medicines used across Nigeria.

In February 2026, NAFDAC uncovered what it called a “death warehouse” at Lagos Trade Fair: over 10 million doses of fake cerebral malaria injections, antibiotics and banned Analgin, worth about ₦3 billion, products officials said could have killed three million Nigerians if they reached the streets. Days later, another ₦3 billion haul of banned and toxic cosmetics came from the same complex.

Customs has been intercepting containers of expired drugs and products carrying fake NAFDAC labels; one Apapa seizure alone was valued at ₦53.4 billion. Fake malaria drugs worth ₦1.2 billion have been found declared as “spare parts.” Counterfeiters now use online ordering and groupage cargo to stay one step ahead.
Official estimates put substandard and falsified medicines at around 13–17%. Pharmacists and some market studies put the figure far higher in open markets; 30% and above, and in some assessments over 50%. Even bottled water is being refilled and resealed. Imported auto spare parts fail SON standards at rates reported as high as 95%.

People die from malaria that “treatment” never treated, from antibiotics that never fought infection, from cosmetics loaded with mercury and steroids, from electrical and auto parts that fail when lives depend on them.

Confidence in every product collapses. When citizens cannot trust medicine, food or water, the social contract itself is damaged. NAFDAC has already described the trend as a threat to public health and national security. That language is not accidental. Seizures without enough prosecutions and convictions only recycle the problem.

Criminals calculate that the profit is worth the risk.
A state of emergency here does not mean empty speeches. Treating large-scale manufacture, importation and distribution of life-threatening fakes as organised crime against the civilian population with the intelligence, inter-agency and prosecutorial weight that implies.

Properly funding and coordinating NAFDAC, SON, Customs, FCCPC and the police so raids are followed by convictions, not just bonfires. Closing or strictly converting the worst open drug markets into coordinated, traceable wholesale systems.

Public naming of syndicates and the ports, warehouses and markets that keep feeding them.
We cannot continue like this. A nation that cannot protect what its people eat, drink and use for treatment is not merely facing a regulatory failure. It is facing a slow-motion assault on its own population. The Federal Government should treat it as such.

[Peaceful Lawyer @wunmysalam]

@AladejanaDeji @LJLAcademy Congratulations

[Matthew Nneji @KingMattz1]

@sowore @UBAGroup @TonyOElumelu Attention: @sowore sir, your views on this issue is out of context. Listen to this clip.

[AskDrFola @PgrResearcher]

Look who is Head of Department at her UK Uni.....

[Ogundipe, Esq. @The_Ogundipe]

"Now that I have a lawyer, let me go look for trouble".

They don't do well in your family?

Like buying a house
Planning your estate
Investment counsel
Legal advisory on fortune
Business structuring, and all?

Why are you all about troubles?

[‘Latunji ✨✨ @Mr_Sprime]

Sometimes, the “toxicity” in an office isn’t just management. Employees can contribute too.

1. The Professional Gossip: Knows everyone’s business, spreads half-truths, and creates distrust among colleagues.

2. The Chronic Victim: Every correction is “witch-hunting.” Every performance conversation is “office politics. Accountability never applies to them.

3. The Negativity Distributor: Complains about every decision, discourages others from giving their best, and kills enthusiasm before ideas even have a chance.

4. The Information Hoarder: Refuses to document processes or share knowledge because they believe being indispensable is better than being collaborative.

5. The Workplace Saboteur: Smiles in meetings, but undermines colleagues behind the scenes, withholds support, or sets others up to fail just to look better.

Not every difficult workplace is toxic because of leadership. Sometimes, the culture employees create for one another is the real problem.

Self-awareness is free. We all owe it to ourselves to ask:
“Am I contributing to the culture I complain about?”

[Aspiring Billionaire SAN⚖️ @UsmanAbidemiEsq]

Those of you who mocked your friends whose mothers were selling puff-puff are now selling small chops. Lol. We need to respect people’s means of livelihood.

Some years ago, most of you saw people who learned barbing, fashion designing, and hair styling as failures because they did not go through the regular Western education. You saw people who learned vocational skills as lesser human beings.

Look at you today. Life has humbled you.

You’re a university graduate, but you’re a fashion designer (Kinikan Collections). You’re a chef. What is the difference between a chef and the “Alase” that used to help us cook during occasions? But you “tushed” it up and call yourself Chef Dee.

Don’t get me wrong. This is not a shade. It's a post telling you to respect people's labour.

Hilda Baci is basically Alase, but she “tushed” it up.

Most of us now have to learn additional skills alongside our degrees. At the end of the day, we all just want to be successful in life and afford the basic necessities of life. If someone decides that they want to learn a vocational skill to make a living, let's respect their choice.

We are in a country where job opportunities are limited. Even if you have a job, is your salary alone enough to give you the life you want? At the end of the day, you just have to be honest with yourself and do what works for you. Don’t listen to what people will say.
The average salary 9-to-5 workers earn is 50-100k. Very few people earn above that. Some even earn less.

Makeup artists and hairstylists doing well for themselves can make 100k in a day without too much stress. A chef need not wait that long to make 100k. Successful business owners use 100k for ads. Some fashion designers are millionaires. Don't let anybody shame your hustle. Most of the people abroad you're looking up to are doing caregiving jobs, security jobs, cleaning jobs, and other menial jobs, and they are doing fine.

Western education is not a guarantee of success. Education, no doubt, will give you the necessary exposure and knowledge, but it is not a guarantee of financial stability in this country. Do whatever it is you have to do legally to earn money.

Thank you.
Usman A. Lanase Esq.
1-08-2026.

[HAKEEM @dansatty]

This is an eyesore. From Capt David road, to Ayobo road and even extended to Ipaja road.
Cc: @tokunbo_wahab

[Peaceful Lawyer @wunmysalam]

@Chinaluemmanuel Congratulations bro

[Big Uncle @Usmanashafe]

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Saheed Osupa has really tried for Yoruba movie industry people 😁😁🙌🏽

[Peaceful Lawyer @wunmysalam]

@Chinaluemmanuel @egi_nupe Would be expecting

[Peaceful Lawyer @wunmysalam]

@egi_nupe @Chinaluemmanuel Yeah, he is

[Peaceful Lawyer @wunmysalam]

@Chinaluemmanuel @egi_nupe I dey