The immediate past Chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Port Harcourt Branch, Mrs. Cordelia Eke has been removed from the branch WhatApp platform by the Caretaker Committee appointed by NBA President, Mr. Afam Osigwe SAN to manage the branch affairs. In a statement made available to CITY LAWYER, Eke decried her expulsion from the...
Members of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Port Harcourt Branch will tomorrow head to the poll to elect the next set of officers for the very influential branch. The election is however coming amid a cloud of issues, including an alleged injunction barring the election and a meeting requisitioned by some branch members for Election...
The Legal Practitioners Privileges Committee (LPPC) has appointed 68 new Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SAN) to the coveted rank. The appointment was ratified today at the committee’s 174th Plenary Session under the chairmanship of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun. CITY LAWYER recalls that the committee had mid last month shortlisted 77 candidates...
BY SOSEIPIRIYE LONG WILLIAMS Following the inability of the NBA PH Branch Electoral Committee to conduct elections to fill in the offices of the Branch executives on 26th June, 2026 by virtue of the order of Hon. Justice Sika Henry Aprioku sitting in Port Harcourt, the President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Mazi Afam Osigwe...
Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) and former Chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Section on Public Interest and Development Law (SPIDEL), Dr. Monday Onyekachi Ubani has emerged as the Best Graduating Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) student in Law at Babcock University, Ilishan-Remo, Ogun State. Ubani was formally awarded the PhD degree during the university’s...
NEWS RELEASE By Ebuka Onyekwelu, Ph.D As part of a deliberate effort by the Government of Anambra State to speed up the trial of suspects and ensure quick dispensation of justice, the government has offered a plea bargain to all suspects undergoing criminal trial, excluding those on trial for murder, rape, armed robbery, and kidnapping....
Foremost rights advocate, Prof. Chidi Odinkalu has described the scheduled arraignment of former Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Shendam Branch Chairman, Mr. Gabriel Tsenyen as one of the most spectacular weaponization and abuse of power in recent Nigerian history. Tsenyen accuses the current President of Nigeria’s Court of Appeal, Justice Monica Bolna’an Dongban-Mensem, of involvement in...
Bar Leader, Prof. Foluke Dada-Lawanson has felicitated with Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) President-elect, Mrs. Oyinkansola Badejo-Okusanya SAN on her victory at the just concluded Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Election. In a statement made available to CITY LAWYER, the former NBA Second Vice President, described Badejo-Okusanya’s victory as a “historic outcome,” adding that it “marks a...
The Mid-West Bar Forum has congratulated Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) President-elect, Mrs. Oyinkansola Badejo-Okusanya SAN on her election. In a congratulatory letter seen by CITY LAWYER, the regional group stated that her emergence “is a testament to the confidence reposed in you by members of the Nigerian Bar Association and we believe that you will...
NEWS RELEASE THE FUTURE OF THE BAR STARTS WITH AN INFORMED ELECTORATE: NBA LAGOS BRANCH HOSTS INTERACTIVE TOWN HALL MEETING AT 2026 LAW WEEK The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Lagos Branch Annual Law Week 2026 was not only a platform for examining the future of legal practice in the digital age—it also provided an opportunity...