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AFAM OSIGWE TASKS LAWYERS, JUDICIARY ON INNOVATION AND FUTURE OF LEGAL PRACTICE

The President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Afam Osigwe, SAN, has called on legal practitioners to embrace innovation, invoking the timeless wisdom of Lord Denning in Parker v. Parker, that the law would remain stagnant if we refuse to act simply because something has never been done before. He stressed that continuous professional development is no longer optional but essential...

‘NBA PRESIDENT, OSIGWE DIDN’T BRAND JUDGES, LAWYERS WORST BRIBE TAKERS’

Contrary to reports suggesting that the President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Mazi Afam Osigwe, SAN, described judges and lawyers as the “worst bribe takers and givers,” a review of the full text of his speech shows that no such assertion was made. Excerpts from the address reveal that Osigwe neither labelled judges as the “worst bribe takers” nor...

NBA UNVEILS AMENDED 2025 CONSTITUTION (DOWNLOAD)

The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has unveiled its amended constitution titled Nigerian Bar Association 2015 (as amended in 2025). A certified copy of the amended constitution was made available to CITY LAWYER by an NBA officer. It is instructive that NBA President, Mr. Afam Osigwe SAN made references to the amended constitution in his report to the recently concluded NBA...