{"id":35811,"date":"2026-08-04T10:50:51","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T09:50:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/?p=35811"},"modified":"2026-08-04T10:50:55","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T09:50:55","slug":"nigerian-supreme-court-bans-use-of-barrister-on-official-documents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/04\/nigerian-supreme-court-bans-use-of-barrister-on-official-documents\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigerian Supreme Court Bans Use of Barrister on Official Documents"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here is My Guidance On How To Now Address Lawyers<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Using the name Emeka Ibiono Ibom as an example. There are several ways to address a lawyer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Attorney Ibom is the proper way to address a lawyer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In court, a lawyer may be addressed as Counsel or Counselor. Even outside of court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In writing, a lawyer may be addressed as Mr. E. I. Ibom or E. I. Ibom, Esq.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"837\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.funminews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0c1b3cc2-4b09-475a-b3e4-0d4cd9ad0ce1-1.jpg?resize=696%2C837\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-35813\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.funminews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0c1b3cc2-4b09-475a-b3e4-0d4cd9ad0ce1-1.jpg?resize=852%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 852w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.funminews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0c1b3cc2-4b09-475a-b3e4-0d4cd9ad0ce1-1.jpg?resize=250%2C300&amp;ssl=1 250w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.funminews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0c1b3cc2-4b09-475a-b3e4-0d4cd9ad0ce1-1.jpg?resize=768%2C923&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.funminews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0c1b3cc2-4b09-475a-b3e4-0d4cd9ad0ce1-1.jpg?resize=350%2C420&amp;ssl=1 350w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.funminews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0c1b3cc2-4b09-475a-b3e4-0d4cd9ad0ce1-1.jpg?resize=696%2C836&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.funminews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0c1b3cc2-4b09-475a-b3e4-0d4cd9ad0ce1-1.jpg?w=899&amp;ssl=1 899w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Memo Regarding The Prohibition Of The Use Of The Title &#8221; Barrister&#8221; As A Prefix To Names<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In everyday conversation, a lawyer may still be addressed colloquially as Barrister Ibom or DiBar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This brings Nigeria closer to how lawyers are addressed in the United States, except for the last part.<br>We don&#8217;t use Barrister or DiBar in the U.S. It is used exclusively in Nigeria and most lawyers may like it like that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is really time to do away with the silly wig as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A. M. Archibong Esq<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here is My Guidance On How To Now Address Lawyers Using the name Emeka Ibiono Ibom as an example. There are several ways to address a lawyer. Attorney Ibom is the proper way to address a lawyer. In court, a lawyer may be addressed as Counsel or Counselor. Even outside of court. In writing, a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":35602,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4,5,458,3],"tags":[22010,22011,22013,22012],"class_list":["post-35811","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-international","category-legal","category-naija-news","tag-a-m-archibong-esq","tag-barrister","tag-counsel","tag-court"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.funminews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/550533134_10161288831180723_7762925660930042277_n.jpg?fit=1600%2C1066&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35811","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35811"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35811\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35814,"href":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35811\/revisions\/35814"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35602"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35811"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35811"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35811"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}