President Bola Tinubu has transmitted the Legal Practitioners Bill 2025 to the Senate, marking a major push to overhaul Nigeria’s legal profession after years of complaints over weak regulation, ethical breaches, and declining professional standards.
The bill was read on the floor of the Senate during plenary by Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, who said the proposed law seeks to replace the Legal Practitioners Act of 2004, widely considered outdated and inadequate for modern legal practice.
