🔥 Trending Nigeria Elevates 68 Lawyers to Senior Advocate Rank: Full List Revealed

The Legal Practitioners' Privileges Committee (LPPC) in Nigeria recently approved the elevation of 68 legal practitioners to the prestigious rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) for the 2026 exercise ¹²³⁴⁵⁶. This decision was made during the committee's 174th plenary session, held on Thursday, July 23, 2026, and chaired by the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Kudirat M ³⁶.

The rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria is the highest professional distinction for advocates in the country ⁴. The successful applicants include 67 advocates and one academic, Professor Nnamdi Onyeka Obiaraeri ²⁵.

While the sources confirm the number and the process, a full, comprehensive list of all 68 names was not provided in the given web search results. However, various news outlets have reported on this development, indicating that the full list has been released by the LPPC ²⁷⁸. The appointees are typically listed according to their seniority at the Bar ⁷.