• CEO TELLS CITY LAWYER: ‘I DON’T UNDERSTAND’ Mikrodigital Connect, the ICT entity hired to provide the electronic voting platform for the forthcoming Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Elections, has remedied its non-payment of six-year arrears of Annual Returns to the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC). CITY LAWYER investigation shows that the entity commenced payment of the arrears around 10:06 pm yesterday...
THE LEGAL AI EDGE: HOW THIS LAW FIRM IS PUTTING AI INTO PRACTICE
For a growing number of law firms, AI-enabled legal research tools have moved beyond the experimental stage In legal practice, speed matters but certainty is critical. This tension sits at the heart of how many law firms are approaching generative AI. Attention is turning to how it can be used to speed up legal research while maintaining trust, the ability...
LEGENDARY SOLICITOR IS STILL GOING STRONG AT 90 YEARS
When Jeremy Thring started his training to be a solicitor in 1957, Harold Macmillan was entering Downing Street and Sputnik 1 kick-started the space race. Having recently turned 90, Jeremy continues to work as a consultant and regularly meets with clients and colleagues in the office. After spending his entire legal career with south west practice Thrings, his firm recently...
‘NDC BREACHED ELECTORAL ACT IN FCT SENATE RACE’ – AISHA YESUFU
Activist Aisha Yesufu has accused the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) of subverting the process for selecting the party’s Federal Capital Territory (FCT) senatorial candidate, saying she could not compromise her values in a process she described as unjust. Yesufu made the allegation in a statement issued on Friday night, hours after announcing that the party would not be conducting primaries...
SENIOR LAWYER’S LACK OF SUPERVISION OF JUNIOR STAFF UNDER SCRUTINY IN DISCIPLINARY HEARING
A senior lawyer is accused of inadequately supervising her junior staff, allegedly sending them into hearings ill-equipped, and being unavailable to answer their questions. It’s alleged a group of juniors found working for her so difficult that they all quit on the same day. But the lawyer claims she was upfront about the workload when she hired them, and they...
‘YOUR BIGGEST FEAT IS RESTORING DIGNITY, HOPE TO ABIANS,’ ODINKALU TELLS GOV. OTTI
Renowned human rights scholar and lawyer, Prof. Chidi Odinkalu, has declared that Abia State stands at a historic crossroads, warning that the state must never return to what he described as nearly 25 years of “un-government” that robbed citizens of dignity, hope and accountable leadership. Speaking at the third anniversary lecture of Governor Alex Otti’s administration in Umuahia on Thursday,...
NBA LAGOS BRANCH UNVEILS STELLAR VENUE FOR 2026 LAW WEEK
NEWS RELEASE UNVEILING THE VENUE FOR THE OPENING CEREMONY & PLENARY SESSIONS OF NBA LAGOS LAW WEEK 2026 The Nigerian Bar Association, Lagos Branch is excited to announce Jewel Aeida, Lekki Phase 1, Lagos as the official venue for the Opening Ceremony and Plenary Sessions of the highly anticipated NBA Lagos Law Week 2026. Strategically located in the heart of...
AFTER CITY LAWYER REPORT, NBA PRESIDENT DIRECTS BRANCHES TO RECOGNIZE VIRTUAL MEETINGS, SPARKS DEBATE
The President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Mr. Afam Osigwe SAN has directed all branches to accord full recognition to virtual attendance in all branch matters. The directives are a direct fallout of a CITY LAWYER exclusive report which highlighted the decision by the Branch Elections Appeal Committee (North) rejecting virtual attendance of meetings as a requirement to participate...
BREAKING: AFTER CITY LAWYER REPORT, APPEALS C’TEE RESOLVES ALL APPEALS
Barely 24 hours after CITY LAWYER reported that the National Officers Election Appeals Committee (NOEAC) had overshot the deadline set by the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Constitution in treating appeals by disqualified aspirants, the committee has now resolved all pending appeals. This development was confirmed by the Electoral Committee of the NBA (ECNBA) through its latest official notice. CITY LAWYER...
‘INEC GUIDELINES: DISTINGUISHING JUDGEMENTS OF JUSTICES OMOTOSHO AND UMAR,’ BY MONDAY UBANI
Are We at a Judicial Crossroads with the Decisions of Justices Umar and Omotosho on INEC’s Electoral Guidelines? The two decisions of the Federal High Court delivered respectively by Justice Mohammed G. Umar and Justice James Kolawole Omotosho are already generating intense constitutional and electoral discourse within legal circles. Both judgments dealt with the legality of the Independent National Electoral...