A High Court sitting in Enugu State has ruled that membership of the NBA is mandatory for all legal practitioners and therefore automatic upon call to Bar and/or on commencement and/or continuance of the practice of the Legal profession in Nigeria. The Court gave this decision in SUIT No. OB/27/2020: BEN OLOKO V. THE INCORPORATED...
Human rights lawyer, TUNDE KOLAWOLE has narrated his ordeal in the hands of alleged Department of State Services (DSS) operatives, saying there is a grand design to ruin him and his law practice. PAVING THE WAY TO PENURY: MY ORDEAL IN THE HANDS OF SECURITY AGENCIES MEALS are supposed to be enjoyed. But sometimes meals...
Former Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) General Secretary JOYCE ODUAH spoke last Tuesday at the IBA on International Strategy and the International Bar Association: Building and developing an international strategy for young lawyers and its implementation. Among other reforms, she advocated for reduction of membership and conference fees for young lawyers from all jurisdictions and for...
The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Olukayode Ariwoola and Rivers State Governor, Mr. Nyesom Wike are among dignitaries billed to attend the 2022 Annual Conference of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, Nigeria Branch. The Annual Conference has as its theme “Restating the legitimacy of arbitration: Africa taking the lead,” and will hold from November 9...
Two suspects are now being investigated in connection with the death of Ifeanyi, the son of music star, David Adeleke (aka Davido) and his fiancée, Chioma Rowland. Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, said: “Eight people were brought in for questioning, six people were allowed to go, the remaining two were the...
A prominent Bar Leader, Mr. Jibrin Okutepa SAN has disowned a “Quit Notice” allegedly written by his former employee and bearing his office address. Noting that “the said quit notice did not emanate from my office and could not have emanated from my office,” Okutepa added that “I am surprised to see this carrying my...