Former Nigerian Bar Association 2nd Vice President (2018-2020), Prof. Foluke Dada-Lawson has vowed to contest next year’s NBA presidential election notwithstanding reported endorsement of senior lawyer, Mr. Olumuyiwa Akinboro SAN by Egbe Amofin O’odua as its sole aspirant for the coveted seat. Unconfirmed reports indicate that the influential regional association of lawyers of Yoruba extraction...
NEWS RELEASE “IT IS AN OVERREACH FOR POLICE TO PURPORT TO HAVE POWER TO INVESTIGATE AN ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR DISCONTINUING A CRIMINAL MATTER” In another new low and affront to the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as well as the legal profession, the Nigeria Police Force has purported to have the power to...
OPINION REVITALIZING NIGERIA’S NIGHTLIFE ECONOMY: A STRATEGIC PATHWAY TO ECONOMIC GROWTH, JOB CREATION, CRIME REDUCTION, AND URBAN RENEWAL Addressed to: All Executive Governors of the 36 States of the Federation The Honourable Minister, Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja Federal and State Commissioners for Economic Planning, Youth Development, Tourism, Culture, Security, and Urban Renewal From: Dr....
NEWS RELEASE COMMUNIQUE MEETING OF THE GENERAL COUNCIL OF THE BAR HELD AT HOTEL SEVENTEEN, KADUNA STATE ON THURSDAY, 7TH AUGUST, 2025 1. The meeting of the General Council of the Bar held on 7th August, 2025, at Hotel Seventeen Conference Centre, Kaduna State, to deliberate on critical issues regarding administering the general affairs of...
NEWS RELEASE Respected senior lawyer, Mr. Usman Sule, SAN, is billed to speak at the 65th Annual General Conference of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), taking place from August 22 to 29, 2025, at the International Conference Centre (ICC), Enugu, Enugu State. Themed “Stand Out, Stand Tall,” this year’s conference will bring together an estimated...
No fewer than 72 students of the elite Nigerian Law School have carted home the much-coveted First Class grade in the Bar Finals Examination held last February. According to information obtained by CITY LAWYER, the outstanding students constitute only 1.3 per cent of the 5,674 aspirants to the Nigerian Bar who sat for the examination...
NEWS RELEASE Governor Mohammed Umaru Bago of Niger State Must Withdraw Unconstitutional Order Shutting Down Badeggi FM Immediately – NBA The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) strongly condemns the directive issued by Governor Mohammed Umaru Bago of Niger State ordering the immediate shutdown of Badeggi FM 90.1, a privately‑owned radio station in Minna. The action, implemented...
By Abdul Mahmud One month ago, in Abuja, a small circle of friends, literary enthusiasts, human rights activists, politicians, public intellectuals and thinkers gathered to listen to Chidi Odinkalu read from his latest offering, The Selectorate: When Judges Topple the People. It was a private reading, but the ideas Chidi graciously espoused belong in the public domain....
NEWS RELEASE “From Law School to Real Life – What I Wish I Knew”: Dr. Rapulu Nduka Delivers Goodwill Message at NBA Mentorship Seminar Abuja, Nigeria – July 28, 2025 As part of efforts to support and guide the next generation of legal practitioners, the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Mentorship Committee recently held a Seminar...
The Rivers State Police Command has stated that it has apprehended all the suspects allegedly involved in the gruesome killing of Port Harcourt-based lawyer and an active member of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Port Harcourt Branch, Mr. Bright Owhor. In a statement obtained by CITY LAWYER, the Police High Command stated that “Through meticulous...