ABIYE TAM-GEORGE CONFIRMED FOR ELECTION INTO THE OFFICE OF CHAIRMAN, NBA LAGOS BRANCH, JUNE 2025 Dear distinguished Senior Advocates, learned senior colleagues and other distinguished learned colleagues, It is with profound humility that I announce my confirmation of eligibility for election into the office of Chairman, NBA, Lagos Branch by the Electoral Committee of the...
COMMENTARY YOUR EXCELLENCY, SIMINALAYI FUBARA, PLEASE COME TO THE RESCUE! BY MONDAY UBANI The ongoing controversy surrounding the N300 million donation by the Rivers State Government under Governor Siminalayi Fubara to the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) for its forthcoming Annual General Conference has become a subject of national discourse, legal curiosity, and political undertones. Originally,...
FCDA COMMENCES ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY TO ALLOTEES OF MASS-HOUSING PLOTS IN ABUJA, FROM APRIL 21, 2025. 50% Deposit secures you a plot and shields from price increment. Balance can be spread across two years of monthly installments. Earn 5% Facilitator’s Fee when you refer someone. Call/Chat: 08060266163, 08067456723 Join us for more Allocations/inspection...
Both the Rivers State Judiciary and the Rivers State Judicial Service Commission have disowned former Chief Magistrate Ejike George who sensationally stated that he resigned from judicial functions due to imposition of state of emergency on the state. Confirming CITY LAWYER exclusive report, the two entities stated that George was compulsorily retired from service due...
Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday, threatened to send back the EFCC’s case file in the charge against Ali Bello, the Chief of Staff (CoS) to Kogi government to the Chief Judge, Justice John Tsoho, for reassignment. Justice Omotosho made this known following a complaint by Bello’s counsel, Abubakar...
The last has not been heard about the sudden resignation of a Chief Magistrate in Rivers State reportedly due to his unease over the appointment of a Sole Administrator to oversee the affairs of the state. Mr. Ejike George, a Chief Magistrate in the Rivers State Judiciary, had tendered his resignation from service, saying: “This...
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May we respectfully note that the view that NBA must refund the N300m 2025 NBA AGC, is neither supported by fact or law. NBA will not return any money to Rivers State government as the money was a gift meant for the sponsorship of certain conference items and not for “hosting rights”! Lawyers may recall...
The Rivers State Government has demanded a refund of N300 million from the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) following the relocation of its 2025 Annual General Conference from Port Harcourt to Enugu. In a statement signed by the Senior Special Assistant on Media, Hector Igbikiowubo, the state government criticized the NBA’s reasons for moving the event,...
A judge of the FCT High Court has held that Mr. Tobenna Erojikwe, a presidential candidate in the 2024 Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Elections, “is justifiably an interested party, having contested an election conducted by the ECNBA on behalf of the 1st Defendant.” This view is contained in the judgment of the court delivered by...