Abia State Governor, Dr. Alex Otti; President General Worldwide of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Dr. Azuta Mbata; the Asagba of Asaba, Prof. Epiphany Azinge SAN, and Chairman of the Council of Legal Education (CLE), Chief Emeka Ngige SAN are among the dignitaries billed to attend the forthcoming Dinner and Awards Night of Otu Oka Iwu, the foremost...
A dispute over who is authorised to represent General Hydrocarbons Limited has stalled proceedings in the suit filed by the company against the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) and others before Justice Ambrose Lewis-Allagoa of the Federal High Court, Lagos. The issue arose when two senior lawyers — Dr. Abiodun Layonu (SAN) and Mr....
PEACE C. AMA-ELETUO (AMAECHI) HAILS NBA PRESIDENT, NEC ON CREATION OF NBA OYIGBO BRANCH PEACE C. AMA-ELETUO (AMAECHI) APPRECIATES THE PRESIDENT OF THE NBA, MAZI AFAM OSIGWE, SAN & NEC ON THE CREATION OF NBA OYIGBO BRANCH. THE National Executive Council of the NBA at its NEC Meeting held on 20th August, 2025 in Benin,...
HEARTFELT CONGRATULATIONS TO NEW WIGS ON CALL TO BAR CEREMONY Dear New Wigs, my learned friends, As you celebrate this remarkable milestone in your chosen career, I am pleased to convey my heartfelt felicitations to each and every one of you, just called to the largest Bar in Africa. As you Iearn the ropes, I...
A Law firm located in Lagos Island requires the services of a Young Lawyer for immediate employment. REQUIREMENTS: * A LEGAL PRACTITIONER of at least 5 years at the Bar with 2:1 grade in either University or Law School * REMUNERATION: Very attractive * LOCATION: Lagos Island * Excellent lawyering skill * Good computer operating...
The Chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Port Harcourt Branch, Mrs. Cordelia Uwuma Eke has lauded NBA President, Mr. Afam Osigwe SAN and members of the NBA National Executive Council (NEC) on the creation of Oyigbo Branch. With the creation of the new branch from Port Harcourt Branch, the NBA branches in Rivers State...
NNAMDI KANU’S AVOIDABLE ORDEAL: HOW AMATEUR LEGAL SHOWMEN LED A HIGH-PROFILE CASE INTO A JUDICIAL AMBUSH WHEN JUSTICE BECAME A PERFORMANCE: THE TRAGIC CONSEQUENCE OF TURNING NNAMDI KANU’S TRIAL INTO CONTENT I had genuinely intended, out of sheer exhaustion and out of respect for the sensitivity of this moment, to refrain from revisiting this saga....
Is Justice Truly for Sale in Nigeria? A Necessary Balance to Senator Ojudu’s ‘How They Buy the Judges & Break the Country’ By Olukayode Ajulo I read the recent piece by Senator Babafemi Ojudu with mixed feelings. Senator Ojudu is a big brother, a believer, and a man I deeply respect, an activist of uncommon...
REFRAMING NIGERIA’S VIOLENT SECURITY CRISIS: STRATEGIC POLICY PATHWAYS FOR DE-ESCALATING ETHNIC TENSIONS AND ACHIEVING SUSTAINABLE NATIONAL PEACE By Sylvester Udemezue The persistent crisis and widespread violence in many parts of Nigeria continue to reveal a central underlying issue: the unresolved question of cattle management and the long-standing tensions surrounding pastoral mobility, land use, and agricultural...
Apex Igbo sociocultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has expressed disappointment over the life imprisonment sentence by Justice James Omotosho on the leader of proscribed Indigenous People Of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, even as it insisted on political solution. Spokesman of Ohanaeze, Dr. Ezechi Chukwu, in a statement on Friday, disclosed that the President-General of Ohanaeze...