There are strong indications that under-fire National Judicial Council (NJC) may have dropped two jurists who performed woefully during its screening exercise for appointment as Court of Appeal justices. This may not be unconnected with their inability to answer basic legal questions as well as the backlash the NJC has been receiving following the unprecedented...
• PRESSURE MOUNTS ON NBA PRESIDENT TO RECANT The last may not have been heard on the scandal rocking the screening of candidates for appointment to Nigeria’s Court of Appeal, as it has emerged that the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) President, Mr. Olumide Akpata wrote to the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Tanko Muhammad on...
Renowned Professor of Public Law and Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (UK), Professor Akinola Ibidapo-Obe will on March 24, 2021 deliver his inaugural lecture at the University of Lagos (UNILAG). The lecture which is scheduled for 4 pm at the popular J. F. Ade Ajayi Auditorium of the university is titled “Battle of...
The Eastern Bar Forum (EBF) has commended the Rivers State Judiciary on the one year anniversary of its e-Filing and Court Automation platform which commenced on Tuesday, March 9 and will continue till the end of March. In a congratulatory letter to the Chairman of the Rivers State Judiciary ICT Committee, Hon. Justice Elsie Thompson...
VACANCY FOR A QUALIFIED LAWYER: A REPUTABLE LAW FIRM IN ALLEN AVENUE, IKEJA, LAGOS, REQUIRES URGENTLY THE SERVICES OF A MALE LITIGATION LAWYER. INTERESTED CANDIDATES MUST POSSESS THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA: FLUENT IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE COMPUTER AND ICT LITERATE GOOD COMMUNICATION SKILL/ DRESS SENSE GREAT KNOWLEDGE OF LEGAL DRAFTING LIVES WITHIN IKEJA AND ITS ENVIRONS AGE:...
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has carpeted the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) over moves to charge each lawyer N10,000 to enable them revalidate their status as CAC accredited agents. In a statement made available to CITY LAWYER, the lawyers’ body described the revalidation exercise as “insensitive,” adding that it “smacks of utter bad faith on...
As part of its efforts in promoting the enjoyment of Human Rights in Nigeria, Avocats Sans Frontières France (ASF France or Lawyers Without Borders), in collaboration with its partners, the Carmelite Prisoners Interest Organisation (CAPIO) and the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has set up “The Police and Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) Situation Room” in the...
In this article, leading human rights activist, Mr. Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa SAN spotlights the crises rocking the nation’s judiciary and calls for urgent reforms. When the President announced the first Coronavirus lockdown at the end of March, 2020, hardly did we ever think that it would continue in this form, with the economy in shambles, all...
The Prisoners Rehabilitation and Welfare Action (PRAWA) in partnership with the Geneva Centre for Security Sector Governance (DCAF) and other agencies will today at 9:30 am host a virtual training session for journalists and civil society organisations (CSOs) on the topic, “Promoting respect for human rights, drawing on the Voluntary Principles on Security and Human...
FEATURED AGREES WITH DR. LESLIE OLUTAYO NYLANDER, SAN The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has reversed the appointment of fiery activist and former Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Vice President, Mr. Monday Onyekachi Ubani as the Public Trustee of the Nigeria Civil Service Union. Ruling on a motion brought by Ubani’s counsel and former NBA...