Leading litigator, Chief Joe-Kyari Gadzama SAN has distanced himself from the controversial $418 million Paris Club judgement debt debacle, saying that he never authored any letter to the Attorney-General & Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami SAN on the matter. In a letter dated September 9, 2021 and made available to CITY LAWYER, Gadzama pooh-poohed...
Former Supreme Court jurist, Justice Bode Rhodes-Vivour; Ondo State Governor, Mr. Rotimi Akeredolu (SAN) and former Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) President, Mr. Joseph Daudu (SAN) are among the cream of jurists that have confirmed attendance at the virtual conference by NBA Section on Public Interest and Development Law (NBA-SPIDEL) on the spate of conflicting ex-parte...
The Legal Practitioners Privileges Committee (LPPC) has restored the rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria to leading Port Harcourt lawyer, Mr. Beluolisa Nwofor, CITY LAWYER can authoritatively report. The decision was taken at the meeting of the committee held last Tuesday. CITY LAWYER gathered that the LPPC made the decision after considering an application by...
The Tenancy Law imposes a strict procedure for the recovery of premises. Failure to comply with this near inflexible procedure invariably invalidates any suit for the recovery of possession. FEMI DODO argues that it may be a new dawn in this area of law in light of the Supreme Court decision in PILLARS V DESBORDES...
The leadership of Christian Lawyers’ Fellowship of Nigeria (CLASFON), Maiduguri Branch has paid a courtesy visit to leading lawyer, Chief Joe-Kyari Gadzama SAN at his residence in Maiduguri, Borno State. Also, the Executive Committee members of Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Suleja Branch on Wednesday, 1st September, 2021 visited Gadzama at his J-K Gadzama Court, Abuja....
Pioneer Chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Section on Public Interest and Development Law (NBA-SPIDEL), Chief Joe-Kyari Gadzama SAN has submitted his report on his visit to the Awka Correctional Centre concerning an inmate, one Onyekachi Orji. This is in fulfillment of his promise to investigate the matter as reported to the recent Eastern...
The Chairman of the Board of Trustees, University of Maiduguri Alumni Association, Chief Joe-Kyari Gadzama, SAN and Executives of the association have visited the Vice-Chancellor of the university, Prof. Aliyu Shugaba. During the visit, Gadzama praised Prof. Shugaba for his quality leadership at the institution and reiterated that the alumni association will continuously support the...
A lawyer to the embattled leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu has told CITY LAWYER that Kanu broke down in tears over his alleged humiliation by the Department of State Services (DSS) during his visit to his client at DSS Headquarters, Abuja. Narrating his ordeal in the hands of the...
One of Nigeria’s oldest lawyers, Mr. Mikhail Adisa Bashua (SAN, CON) is dead. He was aged 92 years. CITY LAWYER gathered that the senior lawyer has been sick lately and passed on today. He is the father of Justice A. J. Bashua of the Lagos State Judiciary among others. Mr. Imran Agunbiade who worked with...
The claim that a judge of the Federal High Court (FHC), Justice Obiora Egwuatu had “gone missing” to evade signing the bail papers for release of 12 aides of Yoruba activist, Chief Sunday Adeyemo (aka Sunday Igboho) has been debunked by the Federal High Court and the defence lawyer, Mr. Pelumi Olajengbesi. According to the...