Fani-Kayode rejects ‘Blue Silk’ title, disowns Nigerian Law Society conferment

Ambassador Femi Fani-Kayode, Nigeria’s High Commissioner to South Africa, has disowned the purported conferment of the Senior Counsel of Nigeria (SCN) designation, also known as Blue Silk, on him by the Nigerian Law Society (NLS), saying he neither authorised nor approved its acceptance.
In a press statement made available to the Daily Sun on Friday, November 6, 2026, and signed by Lizzy Okoji, Special Assistant on Media to His Excellency, Ambassador Femi Fani-Kayode, High Commissioner of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to the Republic of South Africa, the former Minister of Aviation said he was not personally involved in accepting the designation.
Fani-Kayode said members of his staf...