The results of the November 2023 Bar Final Examinations have been authorized and made public by the Nigerian Law School and the Council of Legal Education (CLE).
This is because, once the institutions fulfilled the accreditation standards to offer the Bachelor of Law (LLB) degree program, the CLE approved the start of law degree programs in five different colleges across the nation.
Out of the 5,308 candidates that took the test, 251 (or 5% of the participants) received a First Class Honours grade, while 1,024 (19%) received a Second Class Upper Honours grade.Conversely, 967 candidates, or 18% of the total, achieved the Pass grade, while 2,179 candidates, or 41% of the total, received the Second Class Lower rating.Aside from 283 applicants, or 5%, who received a Conditional Pass mark, 604 applicants, or 11%, did not pass the exam and would need to retake it at a later time.
The following universities were accepted: Taraba State University, Jalingo, Taraba State; Federal University, Wukari, Taraba State; Nigerian Police Academy, Wudil, Kano State; and Adamawa State University, Mubi, Adamawa State; Mewar International University, Masaka, Nasarawa State.This was one of the decisions made at the Council’s quarterly meeting, which Chief Emeka Ngige (SAN) presided over.In a statement, Ms. Aderonke Osho, Acting Secretary to the Council and Director of Administration, stated that the accreditation was predicated on the reports submitted by the Board of Studies, which was presided over by Prof. Isa Hayatu Chiroma (SAN), the Director-General.
The Nigerian Law School is required for anybody wishing to practice law in Nigeria, and it is governed by the Council of Legal Education.The council also authorized a range of sanctions pertaining to students who engaged in various forms of examination malpractice and other misbehavior, as well as referred admission cases.Additionally, it accepted the report and suggestions made by the Appointments, Promotions and Disciplinary Committee (AP&DC), which was presided over by Mr. Yakubu Maikyau (SAN), President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), regarding the discipline and promotion of a few senior academic and non-academic staff members of the Nigerian Law School.
Additionally, the council accepted the report of the Director-General-led Management Publication Assessment Committee, which recommended the advancement of a few intermediate academic staff members and library employees to different levels based on their successful publication of academic journals both domestically and abroad in compliance with the council handbook’s requirements.It approved the appointment of Mr. Mohammed Ibrahim at the Kano campus, Mr. Salmanu Mohammed Rilwanu at the Yola campus, Mr. Polycarp Chibueze Okorie at the Augustine Nnamani Campus, Agbani, Enugu, and Dr. Olugbemisola Titilayomi Odusote at the Lagos campus as Deputy Directors-General and heads of the Nigerian Law School for a five-year term.
In order to address the backlog of law graduates from Nigerian universities caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, which negatively impacted the 2019–2020 and 2020–21 academic sessions, as well as the protracted industrial action by the Academic Staff Union of the Universities (ASUU) in 2021–2022, the council also decided to start a mid-year academic session for the 2024–2025 academic calendar. Nevertheless, universities that have purposefully beyond their authorized admission caps set by the National University Commission (NUC) and Council are not eligible to participate in this exercise.
“To allow for additional consultations, the council postponed the management memo for the review of penalties for applicants to the Nigerian Law School who had previously been punished by their universities for various acts of misconduct.”
