Following the birthday and retirement of Hon. Justice Mary Peter Odili from the Supreme Court, Safiya Balarabe has felicitated with the jurist on this dual celebration. Her message reads: “My Lord, Honourable Justice, you are a constant inspiration to all gentlemen in skirt and to all women. You are a blessing to humankind, a pacesetter,...
Mr. Isaac Ogbah, FICMC has congratulated His Lordship, Honourable Justice, Mary Ukaego Peter-Odili, JSC on her 70th year birthday celebrations and retirement from the Supreme Court. His words: “His Lordship was undoubtedly, an erudite and disciplined member of the highest Bench, who has by years of service both at the Bar and at the Bench,...
Palpable anxiety has gripped aspirants in the Nigerian Bar Association National Officers and General Council of the Bar Elections in the wake of the long-awaited screening by the Electoral Committee of the NBA (ECNBA), CITY LAWYER can authoritatively report. The Electoral Committee summoned some aspirants to an online “further screening” via ZOOM during which the...
A leading aspirant in the forthcoming Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) National Officers Election and Chairman of the NBA Security Agencies Relations Committee (NBA-SARC), Chief Joe-Kyari Gadzama SAN has visited NBA Lagos Branch to felicitate with members. Gadzama, who is also the Chairman of the Body of Benchers Mentorship Committee for Young Lawyers, has equally relocated...
The Nigerian Bar Association Section on Business Law (NBA-SBL) has released a schedule of programmes for its 16th Annual International Business Law Conference billed to hold at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel Abuja from Wednesday, 20th to Friday, 22nd July 2022. The programme schedule released by the 2022 Conference Planning Committee shows that the conference, themed...
GOODWILL MESSAGE TO NIGERIAN BAR ASSOCIATION JALINGO BRANCH ON HER 2022 LAW WEEK I felicitate with the Chairman and Members of the Nigerian Bar Association Jalingo Branch on the occasion of her 2022 Law Week. The theme: “Legal Practice In A Volatile Democracy: The Nigerian Experience” provides opportunity for a thorough x-ray of our practice...
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Women Forum Treasurer, Safiya Balarabe has sent a goodwill message to NBA Jalingo Branch wishing the branch success in their ongoing 2022 Annual Law Week holding between May 11-13, 2022 with the theme, “Legal Practice in a Volatile Democracy; the Nigerian Experience.” The goodwill message reads: GOODWILL MESSAGE BY SAFIYA...
An aspirant for the post of Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Welfare Secretary, Mr. Maximus Ugwuoke has visited NBA Lagos, Ikeja and Ikorodu branches where he vowed to end security agencies brutality on lawyers while urging all NBA branches to emulate NBA Lagos Branch by introducing health checks for members. Below are the statements made available...
Former Chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Ota Branch and Editor-in-Chief of Erudite Judgements of the Supreme Court (EJSC), Mr. Isaac Omuta Ogbah (FICMC) attended the monthly meetings of NBA Lagos and Ikeja branches which held on Monday, May 9, 2022. The Bar Leader commended the leadership of NBA Ikeja Branch (“Tiger Branch”) for...
An Abuja based senior lawyer, Mr. Tochukwu Ohazuruike has urged the Federal High Court to order Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Mr. Godwin Emefiele to resign. In an Originating Summons brought by their Lead Counsel, Chief Chukwudi Oli of Oli & Partners pursuant to Sections 2, 8(4-5), 9 &11(2)(C) of the Central Bank of...