• SAYS ‘MY COLLEAGUE HAS APOLOGIZED TO ME, BUT ….’ • LAWYER SAYS IT IS A ‘MISPLACEMENT’ The lawyer in the middle of the controversial lawsuit filed at Federal High Court, Owerri to stop electronic transmission of results and use of Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has told...
Controversy has enveloped a lawsuit reportedly filed against the use of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) by one “J. O. ABAZIE ESQ,” an Owerri-based lawyer. Washing her hands off the lawsuit, Joy Abazie stated in a “Disclaimer” now trending on social media that “I do not know Nwankwere Morale Chinwen, the purported plaintiff in...
The President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Mr. Yakubu Maikyau SAN has berated presidential aspirants who attended the NBA Annual General Conference (AGC) for not speaking to the issue of judicial autonomy. Maikyau spoke yesterday at the Annual Legal Year Ceremony of the Court of Appeal which held at the Court of Appeal Headquarters,...
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) President, Mr. Yakubu Maikyau SAN has waded into the challenges facing registered conferees for the forthcoming International Bar Association (IBA) Annual Conference in Miami, Florida, USA. A statement made available to CITY LAWYER by NBA Publicity Secretary, Mr. Habeeb Lawal showed that the conferees were having challenges securing visa interview...
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Conference Incident Investigation Committee (NBA-CIIC) has commenced probe of the invasion of the centre where conference materials for the recent Annual General Conference were being distributed. In a statement made available to CITY LAWYER, the committee urged NBA members and the general public with useful information that may aid in...
The Eti-Osa Lawyers Forum (ELF) has congratulated Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) President, Mr. Yakubu Maikyau SAN and other National Officers on their inauguration as the NBA National Executive Committee. In a congratulatory letter made available to CITY LAWYER and signed by ELF Chairman, Mr. M. M. A. Sanni, the Forum stated that the newly sworn-in...
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has berated the Nigeria Police Force for stating that the judiciary is to blame for suspects reappearing in the streets after arraignment. Saying that suspects are presumed innocent until proven guilty, NBA Publicity Secretary Habeeb Lawal also alluded that “weak investigations and terrible prosecution” by the police are responsible for...
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has stated that it would prosecute its members found to have been culpable in the invasion of the centre where the 2022 Annual General Conference (AGC) materials were to be distributed. In a statement made available to CITY LAWYER by NBA Publicity Secretary, Mr. Habeeb Lawal, NBA President, Mr. Yakubu...
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mr. Charles Ihua-Maduenyi is dead. The Coordinator of the 2021 Class of Senior Advocates, Mr. Ade Agbola SAN told CITY LAWYER that Ihua-Maduenyi died this afternoon in Abuja. The Port Harcourt based senior lawyer was a Commissioner under Peter Odili and Celestine Omehia administrations. An unimpeachable source told CITY LAWYER...
Bar Leader and former Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) General Secretary, Mr. Emeka Obegolu SAN has been appointed the Patron of National ADR Society. A statement made available to CITY LAWYER indicated that the appointment was in “extreme gratitude for your (Obegolu’s) show of support in such short timing, and in high appreciation of your good...