NEWS RELEASE NBA-HRI WILL NOT BE SILENT – FULL SPEECH OF THE 1ST VICE PRESIDENT, SABASTINE ANYIA, ESQ. AT THE AGM Distinguished colleagues, leaders of our noble profession, friends of justice and guardians of humanity, good morning. As we gather here at the AGM, let us reflect on the critical role the Nigerian Bar Association...
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Delegates have started arriving the beautiful city of Enugu for this year’s Annual General Conference of the Nigerian Bar Association, even as the Annual General Conference Planning Committee (NBA-AGCPC) has unveiled the final programme for the much anticipated event. In a short message made available to CITY LAWYER, the AGCPC Chairman, Dr. Emeka Obegolu SAN...
Fiery Bar activist and former Nigerian Bar Association First Vice President, Mr. John Aikpokpo-Martins is set to dazzle the audience at the eagerly awaited parley between 2026 NBA presidential aspirants. Tagged “Nigerian Bar Association: A peep into the future,” the debate is seen by NBA political watchers as a golden opportunity for aspirants for the...
A magistrate’s court sitting at Eti-Osa in Lagos has remanded one Ruth Mathew, a manager of Second Coming Gas Plant in Kirikiri Correctional Centre over an alleged theft of her employer’s N18 million. According to the three-count charge seen by CITY LAWYER, the accused is alleged to have conspired with some persons still at large...
INTERVIEW In this interview with CITY LAWYER, respected senior lawyer and Chairman of the Local Organising Committee (LOC) of the Nigerian Bar Association Annual General Conference (NBA-AGC), Mr. Ikeazor Akaraiwe SAN gives first-ever insights on LOC preparations for the eagerly awaited event, saying that no effort has been spared to give conferees a memorable conference...
MILESTONES A JOURNEY OF A THOUSAND MILES: THE IKENGA STORY… From Eha-alumona Nsukka, to an ice-water seller on the streets of Onitsha, to a brilliant winner of the Nsukka Catholic Diocese JDPC Scholarship in 1998/99; then to the streets of Abuja in pursuit of a Law Degree and other dreams. A dream-chaser who had no...
“I Thought He Was an Armed Robber Until He Said ‘All of You, Outside’” – A Harrowing Assault That Exposes the Perils of Vigilante Overreach The recent testimony by NYSC member Elohor Jennifer Edema, recounting how she was traumatized by the actions of armed operatives of the Agunechemba Vigilante Group (also known as Operation Udo...
NEWS RELEASE “Justice Must Be Seen to Be Done: Operatives who assaulted Ms. Jennifer Elobor must be prosecuted” The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) strongly condemns the brutal assault on Ms. Jennifer Elobor, a National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member serving in Anambra State. The incident, which left her beaten and her clothing torn off, is...
NEWS RELEASE “THIRTY YEARS AFTER BEIJING”: PROF. JOY EZEILO, SAN, OON, SET TO STEER KEY GENDER EQUALITY DIALOGUE AT NBA AGC 2025 The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has announced that Prof. Joy Ngozi Ezeilo, SAN, OON (Life Bencher), one of Africa’s foremost legal scholars and women’s rights advocates, will moderate the breakout session titled “Thirty Years After...