It has been a rain of condolence messages to senior lawyer and CITY LAWYER Publisher, Mr. Emeka Nwadioke as he prepares to lay his departed mother, Ezinne Roseline Chinwe Nwadioke to rest. The event takes place at Nise, Awka South Local Government Area of Anambra State on Tuesday with a requiem service at Saint John’s Anglican Church, Nise. Guests are...
AT GOOD FRIDAY, OKEY OHAGBA URGES LAWYERS TO REFLECT ON CHRIST’S SACRIFICE
OKEY OHAGBA ON GOOD FRIDAY 2026: A SOBER REFLECTION ON TRUE SACRIFICE, LOVE & HOPE OF REDEMPTION Beloved Bar leaders and colleagues of the Christian Faith, Christ’s crucifixion and death on Calvary’s cross have washed away our iniquities, travails, and tribulations. May He renew our strengths and grant us the wisdom to seek justice with integrity. As we commemorate Good...
‘SECURITY IS EVERYBODY’S BUSINESS,’ GADZAMA WARNS AT SUMMIT
NEWS RELEASE A Call to Action: Chief Gadzama, SAN, Challenges Stakeholders at Security Summit The International Peace, Security Summit and Awards was held on the 31st day of March 2026. It concluded with a resounding call to move beyond rhetoric and commit to actionable outcomes. Chief Joe-Kyari Gadzama, SAN, in his capacity as Chairman, challenged every participant to leave the...
GABRIEL ADIKWU ANNUAL LECTURE TO HONOUR APPEAL COURT JURIST OHO, OBLA, MUHAMMED ARE KEYNOTERS
The Gabriel Adikwu Annual Lecture 2026, reputed to be the largest single gathering of Lawyers in North East Nigeria, will this year honour a retired Justice of Nigeria’s Court of Appeal, Justice Ali Andeyangtso Oho. Meanwhile, Chief Godwin Odumu Obla SAN has been designated to deliver the Keynote Address at the eagerly awaited event. Another Keynote Address will also be...
‘WHEN THE BEAT STOPS: BURNA BOY, A SLEEPING FAN, AND THE LAW’ – BY IKENNA OKOLI
Introduction The widely circulated video of Burna Boy interrupting a performance in the United States to demand the removal of a woman who appeared to be asleep in the front row has generated significant public commentary. While the incident has largely been treated as a matter of celebrity conduct, it raises important legal questions in the Nigerian context regarding the...
‘LEADING WITH INTEGRITY: MAZI AFAM OSIGWE SAN’S LEGACY AS NBA PRESIDENT’ – BRANCH CHAIR
There’s hardly any doubt that the President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), is making waves with his bold stance against impunity and commitment to justice. I am very privileged to be a chairman of a branch under the leadership of Mazi Afam Osigwe SAN as the President of the association. His achievements inspired me a lot and I wish...
SENIOR LAWYER, ARCHBISHOP EDE TURNS 60 ON MONDAY
NEWS RELEASE His Grace, Most Rev. Barr. Christopher Nweke Ede, the Methodist Archbishop of Enugu, is set to celebrate his 60th birthday with a three-day programme of events scheduled for April 4 to 6, 2026. The celebration will feature a medical outreach, a thanksgiving service, a eucharistic service, and a birthday celebration with book presentation, drawing dignitaries from across the...
‘CHRIS UNIGWE: THE SUPREME COURT STAFF THE JUSTICES LIKED’ – TRIBUTE BY EMEKA NGIGE
Whenever we met physically or by telephone, I would call him ‘Chief Dr Unigwe’! He would reply “Mekus intakus, kedu ije’! The pleasantries and conversation would then follow. My first contact with Chris Unigwe was sometime in 1984. I was then a student of the Nigerian Law School in Victoria Island Lagos. I was squatting with my elder brother at...
CONTEMPT: ‘WE’LL ENSURE NO LAWYER SUFFERS UNLAWFUL DETENTION, INTIMIDATION’ – NBA
Following the directive of the President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Mazi Afam Osigwe, SAN, to the NBA Human Rights Institute to immediately monitor and follow up on the remand of Mrs. Lovinah Ugbana Benjamin, the Institute took prompt steps to engage relevant judicial and administrative authorities as well as the NBA Porthacourt branch toward securing her release. Mrs. Lovinah...
COURT ANNULS ABRAHAM ADESANYA ESTATE EXCO ELECTION, ASKS ELDERS FORUM TO CONDUCT FRESH POLL
The Lagos State High Court sitting in Lagos and presided over by Justice Sule-Hamzat has nullified the election of the current Executive Committee of Abraham Adesanya Housing Estate, effectively bringing their tenure to an immediate end. The suit, filed by fiery rights lawyer Chioma Ferguson, challenged the legitimacy and conduct of the estate’s leadership under Mrs. Bolanle Bodede, citing allegations...