Many aspirants have scaled the first hurdle in their quest to clinch positions in the forthcoming Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) elections into the General Council of the Bar and the National Executive Council. Virtually all the aspirants who CITY LAWYER predicted in its earlier report would join the race confirmed that they had submitted their...
The Chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association Security Agencies Relations Committee (NBA-SARC), Chief Joe-Kyari Gadzama SAN has submitted his nomination form and accompanying documents for the coveted position of NBA President in the forthcoming NBA National Officers Election. A statement made available to CITY LAWYER shows that the former Chairman of the NBA Section on...
An aspirant for the post of Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Presidency and former NBA General Secretary, Mr. Jonathan Taidi has said that the submission of his nomination form and accompanying documents was shorn of any razzmatazz in deference to the “tenor of the times.” Speaking to CITY LAWYER, Taidi also stated that “to lead the...
Bar Leaders, Chief Joe-Kyari Gadzama SAN, Mr. Yakubu Chonoko Maikyau SAN and Mr. Jonathan Gunu Taidi have thrown their hats into the ring to battle for the presidency of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) in the forthcoming National Officers Election, CITY LAWYER can authoritatively report. This confirms CITY LAWYER report that the three gladiators plan...
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has said that it never issued any stamp to one Aroyewun Adeleke Sulaimon. Noting that the suspected fake stamp bearing the name of one Mr. Aroyewun Adeleke Sulaimon embossed on a title document is “in breach of the extant laws regulating the practice of law in Nigeria,” the NBA stated...
President Muhammadu Buhari has condoled with Chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association Section on Public Interest and Development Law (NBA-SPIDEL), Dr. Monday Ubani on the passing of his father, Pa Egbedubi Nwokocha. He was aged 101 years. Pa Nwokocha died on January 3, 2022 in Lagos and will be buried at his hometown Umuosoko, Awomukwu,...
Embattled Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu has dragged the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami SAN, the State Security Service (SSS) and its Director General to the Federal High Court over alleged refusal to allow him change his clothes. In an application filed yesterday...
The Nigerian Bar Association Institute of Continuing Legal Education (NBA- ICLE) will today hold another instalment of its scheduled 10-day “LAW OFFICE MANAGEMENT TRAINING FOR LAWYERS.” The time is 2 pm to 3 pm. According to a statement made available to CITY LAWYER, the topic for today’s training is “Why a Law Firm Needs a...
The Chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association Security Agencies Relations Committee (NBA-SARC), Chief Joe-Kyari Gadzama SAN has condoled the spouse of Mr. Lucius Nwosu SAN over the death of the foremost oil and gas lawyer. In a statement made available to CITY LAWYER and titled “CONDOLENCE MESSAGE ON THE DEMISE OF YOUR BELOVED HUSBAND –...
Chief Joe-Kyari Gadzama SAN has laid to rest any speculations on his quest for the presidency of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), having picked up yesterday the form to contest the forthcoming election. Accompanied by Bar Leaders and some officers of the Young Lawyers Forum (YLF) and International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA), Gadzama was...