Fola Awonusi & Co. Legal Practitioners and Arbitrators

01/01/2026

From the Managing Partners of Messrs Fola Awonusi & Co welcome to a prosperous year 2026.
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25/12/2025

From the Managing Partners of Messrs Fola Awonusi & Co. this is wishing you a Merry Christmas 🎄🎁

23/12/2025

Lagos Lawyer, Moronfolu Abayomi was shot dead in a Lagos courthouse at Tinubu Square, on August 25, 1923, three months and 15 days after his wedding day.

Abayomi's killer was a popular Lagos entrepreneur and "big boy”, Duro Delphonso, from the renowned Delphonso family.

Delphonso was having a legal battle with his Insurance Company and the case was taken to court. The Insurance Company then hired a young and vibrant lawyer, Barrister Moronfolu Abayomi.

As the case proceeded, the young Barrister was able to prove clearly that Delphonso committed arson on his home and business in order to defraud the Insurance Company.

On August 25, 1923, when Delphonso was being led out of the court to begin his prison sentence, the convict shot Abayomi with a revolver and turned the same gun and shot himself.

Barrister Moronfolu Abayomi died from excess blood loss while he was in transit to the hospital. The bullet had penetrated his lungs.
Delphonso himself was hospitalised, but the Lagos “big boy” refused to be treated and died six days later on August 31, 1923.

The Barrister’s young widow, Oyinkansola was devastated and refused to love any man again until six years later, in 1929, when a young doctor, Kofoworola John showed her a love and asked for her hand in marriage.

Oyinkansola would only agree to get married on one condition: that Kofoworola John bore the name of her late husband, that is Abayomi, and relinquish his own name – John. Surprisingly, he agreed and they got married the next year in 1930.

They would be married for the next 48 years until Sir Kofoworola Abayomi’s death on January 1, 1979. He was 82. Lady Oyinkansola Abayomi would live to the ripe old age of 93.

The Kofo Abayomi Street in Victoria Island, Lagos, is named in his honour.
#𝐇𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲𝐕𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞

23/12/2025

A rare view of my Lord the Hon. Justice Mabel Segun-Bello, Federal High Court 2, Enugu Judicial Division, Enugu State.

Kudos to my Lord and to my Lord Hon. Justice Iyabo Yerima, the Chief Judge of Oyo State who impacted her.

As young lawyers or new wigs, some of us also have similar stories to share.

16/12/2025

10/12/2025

Laff legally.

10/12/2025

Former Governor of Lagos State and former Minister for works Babatunde Raji Fashola, SAN is back to the courtroom as a lawyer defending clients.

This is why we advocate that people should have a job or vocation before venturing into politics. Fashola is not lobbying for political appointments or degrading himself to get noticed for political appointments like some politicians.

04/12/2025

BREAKING NEWS!!!

The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja on Thursday affirmed the judgment barring the Directorate of Road Traffic Services and Vehicle Inspection Officers (VIO) from confiscating vehicles or imposing fines on motorists. In a unanimous decision delivered by a three-member panel of Justices, the appellat...

01/12/2025

https://fij.ng/article/oyo-court-declares-efccs-mandatory-phone-submissions-at-office-gates-illegal

The Oyo State High Court has ruled that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)'s policy of seizing visitors' phones and gadget...

01/12/2025

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Sights and sounds of the Nigerian Law School
(NLS) 2005 Class 20th Anniversary

16/11/2025

AI and Contempt of Court

JONATHAN DAVID SHEPPARD V JILLION LLC - SEALED JUDGMENT [2025] QIC (E) 3
Introduction
On Thursday 12 November 2025, in a judgement handed down by Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd, the Qatari Financial Centre Civil and Commercial Court (the “Court”) held a lawyer practicing in Dubai (the “Dubai Lawyer”) in contempt of court and breach of Article 35.2 of the Rules and Procedures of the Civil and Commercial Court of the Qatar Financial Centre (the “Rules”) for misuse of AI and citing “fake cases” purporting to be decisions of the Court in an application for an extension of time for service of a Defence.