Egbe Amofin O’odua, the once influential umbrella body of lawyers of Yoruba extraction, is set to forge a consensus towards the 2020 Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Elections at its meeting today in Ibadan. A notice of meeting curiously sent out by the Publicity Secretary of NBA Ibadan Branch, Mr. Femi Omotayo stated that the meeting...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) may have swooped on senior lawyer and Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) administrative lynchpin, Sarah Ajijola over an alleged cash payment received from one of the presidential candidates in the last elections. An impeccable source who is familiar with the EFCC investigations told CITY LAWYER that Ajijola, NBA’s Director...
It was a charged atmosphere in Lagos as jurists dissected the draft Unified Penal and Criminal Codes initiated by the Centre for Socio-legal Studies. The roundtable which held at Lagos Ibis Hotel, Lagos was designed to seek inputs from stakeholders towards fine-tuning the draft into a bill. In a welcome address to the national workshop...
A group of automobile dealers in Lagos State has threatened to drag the Nigerian Customs Service to court over the sealing of their business premises. In a letter to the Comptroller General of Nigeria Customs Service through the law firm of Ubani & Co, the group condemned the September 30, 2019 raid and sealing of...
THROWS SPANNER IN THE WORKS Leading corporate lawyer, Dr. Babatunde Ajibade has joined the race to succeed Mr. Paul Usoro SAN as Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) President, CITY LAWYER can authoritatively report. The entry of the cerebral lawyer into the already crowded field has thrown spanner in the works, as many consider him a serious...