The Nigerian Law School has witnessed unprecedented revamp of its decayed infrastructure under the leadership of Bar Leader and Chairman of the Council of Legal Education (CLE), Chief Emeka Ngige OFR, SAN. The latest addition to the list is the state-of-the-art Dr. Nabo Graham-Douglas SAN Campus, Port Harcourt, built and donated to the Council by...
PRESS RELEASE NOTICE OF DEMISE – PROF. MUHAMMED MUSTAPHA AKANBI, SAN The BOSAN Secretariat sadly announces the demise of Professor Muhammed Mustapha Akanbi, SAN, who died yesterday, Sunday, 20th November, 2022. Late Prof. Akanbi was born on the 24th of January 1971 (51 years), to the family of late Hon. Justice Muhammed Mustapha Adebayo Ajao...
A Port Harcourt based lawyer, Wodo Godknows Aliegbulam has been declared wanted by the Nigeria Police Force for allegedly impersonating a Bar aspirant during the Bar Final Resit Examinations held last May. CITY LAWYER recalls that the Council of Legal Education chaired by respected Chief Emeka Ngige (SAN) had dismissed Mrs. Precious Chika Nwachukwu and...
Fiery human rights activist, Chief Malcolm Omirhobo has described as “frivolous and vexatious” the petition brought against him by the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC). MURIC had written a complaint to the Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee (LPDC) against Omirhobo “for conducting himself in a manner which is unbecoming for a legal practitioner which has caused a...
The International Mediation Campus, Germany will on November 22, 2022 commence a twice-a-week training leading to certification as an International Mediation Campus certified and International Mediation Institute (IMI) qualified mediator. The virtual training will hold on Tuesdays and Thursdays for 6 weeks. Course participants will be trained by world-class faculty from different jurisdictions, and will...
LSN : IS NBA’S MONOPOLY UNDER THREAT? By Abdulrasheed Ibrahim This is another interesting period for the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) as recently a group of lawyers released a press statement saying they have founded a new lawyer association to be known as Law Society of Nigeria (LSN) and rolled out the names of their...
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Lagos Branch has stated that its 2019 Annual Dinner posted a whopping N20 Million surplus which it deployed to fund welfare and capacity building programmes for members. In a statement made available to CITY LAWYER and signed by the Branch Chairman, Mr. Ikechukwu Uwanna, the branch blasted former NBA Ikorodu...
THE FIRM The Law Office is a full-service law firm situated at Victoria Island/Lekki, Lagos axis. The law office is mainly in commercial litigation and requires to hire the following legal practitioners: 1. MID-LEVEL LAWYER: The ideal candidate should have 5-7 years post-call experience with some experience in litigation. The preferred candidate should have capacity...
PRESS RELEASE NBA CONSTITUTES FLOOD DISASTER RELIEF COMMITTEE The NBA President, Mr. Yakubu Chonoko Maikyau, OON, SAN has constituted the NBA Flood Disaster Relief Committee which is to be headed by Mallam Yusuf Ali, SAN. The committee’s mandate is to raise funds, identify beneficiaries and design an equitable model for allocation of relief funds/materials to...
ARABIC INSCRIPTION ON THE REDESIGNED NAIRA: MUHAMMADU SANUSI NOT A PAN NIGERIAN By Chief Malcolm Emokiniovo Omirhobo After going through the statements credited to the deposed Emir of Kano and former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Muhammadu Sanusi, insisting that the Arabic inscription, will not be removed from the redesigned Naira notes, I...