The Electoral Committee of the Nigerian Bar Association has issued Notice No. 5, publishing the list of aspirants who have submitted their respective Letters of Expression of Interest to contest in the 2026 Elections of the Nigerian Bar Association. In the Notice seen by CITY LAWYER, the Committee informed members of the Bar that the...
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has condemned the reported summons issued to the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Honourable Justice John Tsoho, by the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) over alleged non-declaration of certain bank accounts. In a letter dated March 2, 2026, addressed to the CCB Chairman, the NBA emphasized that the...
Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, has said that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is investigating the alleged misappropriation of N10 billion purportedly spent for a non-existent Abia Airport by the former Governor Okezie Ikpeazu’s administration. Otti disclosed this at, during February media chat, saying that the commission was still inviting individuals who received...
The Ahoada Branch of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has expressed its “strongest condemnation” of the “barbaric assault and injury” allegedly inflicted on a young lady by the Chairman of Ahoada West Local Government Area, Rivers State, Hon. Eugene Epelle Cheta and his brothers and security guards. According to a statement personally signed by the...
Dangote Cement Plc (DCP), a subsidiary of Dangote Industries Limited, at the weekend in Lagos signed a landmark agreement with Sinoma International Engineering for the construction of 12 new projects and expansion of others across Africa. The landmark agreement, with an estimated investment of over $1 billion, reinforces the Company’s long-term growth strategy and aligns...
Senior lawyers and arbitrators have been pouring encomiums on eminent chartered arbitrator, Prof. Paul Obo Idornigie SAN as he attained 75 years last Tuesday. Idornigie is a Chartered Secretary, Chartered Arbitrator and current member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) in The Hague, Netherlands. He was an Acting Director-General of the Nigerian Institute of...
A High Court sitting in Awka, Anambra State, on Friday, presided over by Justice Jude Obiora, sentenced a native doctor, Chidozie Nwangwu, popularly known as “Akwa Okuko Tiwaraki”, to 11 months’ imprisonment for his involvement in ritual practices known as “oke ite” and related offences. Nwangwu was arraigned alongside two other native doctors, Eke Hit...
An Oyo State High Court sitting in Ibadan has validated the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) 2025 national elective convention, held in the city on November 15 and 16, 2025, and recognised the leadership of the Tanimu Turaki-led National Working Committee (NWC) as authentic. The judgment, delivered today by Justice Ladiran Akintola of Court 5, granted...
NEWS RELEASE “Forging a Fraud-Resistant Nigeria: NBA President Hosts CIFCFIN Leadership on Strategic Anti-Corruption Partnership” The President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Mazi Afam Osigwe, SAN, has received in audience the leadership of the Chartered Institute of Forensic and Certified Fraud Investigators of Nigeria (CIFCFIN) at the NBA National Secretariat in a high-level engagement focused...
Barely a few days after some chieftains of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), including Mr. Peter Obi, came under attack in Edo State, former Nigerian Bar Association president and Labour Party (LP) stalwart, Olumide Akpata, has recounted how he and Obi narrowly escaped harm. Speaking on Channels Television’s “Politics Today” on Wednesday, Akpata said he...