The immediate past General Secretary of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Mr. Jonathan Taidi has commended NBA Calabar Branch on its choice of theme for this year’s Annual Law Week. Describing the theme as “quite apt,” the Bar Leader said that it is “coming at a time when our nation faces multiple challenges, including issues...
NBA ELECTIONS 2022: THE CONTENDERS, THE PRETENDERS
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) will on July 16, 2022 conduct an election to fill vacancies in the National Executive Council (NEC) and the General Council of the Bar (GCB). A frenzy of activities and jostling has attended the run-up to the eagerly awaited elections. In this piece, and against the backdrop of release of...
ADEGBITE URGES MIDWEST BAR FORUM TO FOSTER UNITY
Bar Leader and former Nigerian Bar Association Welfare Secretary, Mr. Adesina Adegbite has felicitated with the Midwest Bar Forum (MWBF) on its recent quarterly meeting. In a statement made available to CITY LAWYER, Adegbite said: “As the leadership of our noble Association is becoming more determined in pushing the frontiers of legal practice and justice...
‘MY HUMBLE BEGINNINGS AND SUCCESS TIPS FOR LAWYERS,’ BY GADZAMA
In this speech, the Chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association Security Agencies Relations Committee (NBA-SARC) , CHIEF JOE-KYAI GADZAMA SAN tracks his sojourn into the legal profession and notes that if young lawyers “get counsel from the senior ones, engage them, look for someone as a role model and copy and paste with some few...
TOP LAGOS LAW FIRM NEEDS LITIGATION LAWYERS
A Tier-1 law firm with corporate office in Ikoyi, Lagos requires urgently the services of legal practitioners: 1. 10 (Ten) years post-call experience. 2. 6 (Six) years post-call experience. The ideal candidates must possess strong litigation experience and should be able to work without supervision. The salary is very competitive and in accordance with industry...
CAC, AMCON, BRIPAN PARTNER TO BOOST SERVICES
The Business Recovery and Insolvency Practitioners Association of Nigeria (BRIPAN) has met with the management of Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) towards improving the insolvency practice and licensing in the country. The President of BRIPAN, Mr. Ayodele Akintunde, SAN, who led the delegation to AMCON office in Abuja, said the agency had done a...