Nigerian Law Society unveils free legal services for poor Nigerians via WhatsApp, other platforms

The Nigeria Legal Society, NLS, has unveiled an inaugural done which the enactment volition supply free, oregon pro bono, ineligible services for indigent Nigerians via WhatsApp and different online platforms.

The Virtual Legal Aid Initiative of Nigeria, VLAIN, is simply a strategy done which indigent Nigerian citizens tin petition and person ineligible assistance services virtually wrong a 72 hr effect time.

The improvement was announced successful a missive forwarded to the Director-General, Legal Aid Council of Nigeria, Abuja, by the Executive Secretary of the NLS, Dr Tonye Clinton Jaja. The letter, dated March 11, 2026, notified the Legal Aid Council of the ceremonial motorboat of the Virtual Legal Aid Initiative of Nigeria, VLAIN, handbook.

The NLS explained that the escaped ineligible services is targeted astatine Nigerians earning beneath the N70,000 minimum wage.

“The explanation of indigent is anyone connected a wage that is beneath the existent Federal Government of Nigeria minimum wage of ₦70,000 per month,” the missive said, explaining those who are meant to person the escaped ineligible services.

The NLS, an umbrella associatio...