Barring any last-minute hitches, the Secretary of Nigeria’s Body of Benchers, Hajia Sadiya Turaki will tomorrow assume duties as the new scribe of the influential Federal Judicial Service Commission (FJSC). Multiple and unimpeachable sources told CITY LAWYER that Turaki has been appointed by the commission chaired by the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Tanko Muhammad...
* CITES PRESSURE FROM NBA BY EMEKA NWADIOKE Firebrand human rights activist and former Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Second Vice President, Mr. Monday Ubani has directed his lawyers to withdraw his lawsuit against Attorney-General & Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami SAN over the controversial amendment of the Rules of Professional Conduct for Legal Practitioners...
BY EMEKA NWADIOKE No less than 6,072 persons have so far signed a petition seeking to strip the nation’s chief law officer, Mr. Abubakar Malami SAN of the coveted rank of “Senior Advocate of Nigeria.” Malami, Nigeria’s Attorney-General & Minister of Justice, made the headlines recently following media reports stating that he had issued “Statutory...
Leading jurists and human rights activists will on Thursday gather for the unveiling of a seminal book on human rights written by foremost human rights author and litigator, Chief Frank Agbedo. Titled “Casebook on Human Rights Litigation in Nigeria: With Landmark Cases From Other Jurisdictions,” the event which will be held virtually is expected to...
BY EMEKA NWADIOKE Former Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Second Vice President, Mr. Monday Ubani has resigned his position as a member of the NBA Ikeja Branch Caretaker Committee mandated to conduct election for the branch. In a letter made available to CITY LAWYER, Ubani cited lack of obedience to NBA Bye-Law on elections as his...
BY EMEKA NWADIOKE The Director-General of the Nigerian Law School, Prof. Isa Hayatu Chiroma SAN yesterday rated the leading vocational training institution highly, saying its graduates posted over 70 per cent success rate at the Bar Final examinations held last January. In his address at the Call to Bar ceremony held yesterday, Chiroma traced the...
EMEKA NWADIOKE Embattled Attorney-General & Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami SAN was yesterday appointed “Life Bencher” by the Body of Benchers, CITY LAWYER can authoritatively report. This is coming on the heels of a petition by some lawyers calling for Malami to be stripped of the rank of “Senior Advocate of Nigeria” over his...
* SAY 2007 RPC WAS APPROVED BY BAR COUNCIL BY EMEKA NWADIOKE The controversy trailing amendment of the Rules of Professional Conduct for Legal Practitioners peaked today with the former Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) president and Chairman of its Board of Trustees, Dr. Olisa Agbakoba (SAN) stating that the 2007 amendment was endorsed by the...
* SAYS: ‘I HAVE ALREADY CONGRATULATED AKPATA’ * ‘I WANT MY OWN 2016 NBA ELECTION AUDITED, TOO’ * ASKS BOSAN TO REJIG COMMITTEE BY EMEKA NWADIOKE The crisis rocking the beleaguered committee set up by the Body of Senior Advocates of Nigeria (BOSAN) to audit the 2018 and 2020 NBA Elections peaked today with leading...
* GADZAMA LEADS PROBE PANEL * BOSAN THANKS ADESINA FOR NOT HEADING TO COURT The Body of Senior Advocates of Nigeria (BOSAN) has given reasons why it has set up a five-member committee to review past Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Elections, saying it needed “detailed facts” to decide on the quality of the elections and...