In this article, CEO of Lawyers in Business International (LIBI) and newly appointed member of the Finance Committee of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Abuja Branch (Unity Bar), SILAS EMEKA AGBARA guides lawyers on the route to financial freedom. FINANCIAL FREEDOMFinancial Freedom is the Second Level of Financial Security, the third and the ultimate being...
HRH Olori Olufunmilayo Ajibola-Oluyede, a leading transnational commercial attorney, women’s rights advocate and prominent figure in the global legal community, is set to take centre stage at the 2026 Annual Conference of the International Bar Association (IBA) in Copenhagen, Denmark. Oluyede, wife of the late HRM Oba Raphael Ajibola Oluyede, Alaiyeluwa Ise-Oluwa II, Alayede of...
BY MONDAY UBANI Before the recent decision of the Federal High Court, Abuja, presided over by Hon. Justice Obiora Egwuatu, I was personally concerned about the peculiar predicament in which J-k Gadzama, SAN, found himself. The three-year suspension imposed on him by the Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee (LPDC) appeared capable of running its full course...
BY MONDAY UBANI The above decision of the apex Court has, no doubt, generated considerable discussion among politicians, lawyers and legal commentators. Interpretations have varied, with different opinions being expressed about the true implication of the judgment. The certified true copy of the judgment is not yet handy, for reasons that are largely administrative. What...
Justice Sylvanus Oriji Should Do the Right Thing & Recuse Himself from CV/008/2026, Safwan Garba & Anor v. Jordan Wike When the Chief Justice Sodeinde Sowemimo constituted panel of @SupremeCourtNg to hear the appeal in the governorship case of Jim Nwobodo v. Christian Onoh in the Anambra State election petition following the Anambra State governorship...
As Nigeria marks 66 years of Independence, the African Women Lawyers Association (AWLA) International has reflected on the meaning of our nationhood “and, more importantly, on the Nigeria we must build for present and future generations.” In a press statement made available to CITY LAWYER and signed by its President, Amanda Demechi-Asagba, the association warned...
The Nigerian Bar Association Section on Public Interest and Development Law (NBA-SPIDEL) has extended the Early Bird registration window for its eagerly awaited 2026 Annual Conference to October 14, 2026. A statement by the Chairman of the NBA-SPIDEL 2026 Annual Conference Planning Committee (CPC), Sir Ejike Ezenwa (SAN), noted that the extension was “in response...
Nigerian Bar Association President, Mrs. Oyinkansola Badejo-Okusanya SAN has issued her first comprehensive report till date on her stewardship, saying that “It has been a month of listening, learning, engaging and laying the foundations for the administration we have committed to building together. According to the NBA President, “This is the first edition of From...
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By Steve Sun RENEWED HOPE FOR NNAMDI OSUJI & MR. BEN MENE-EJEGI, VIS-À-VIS THE RECENT FHC JUDGMENT IN CHIEF JK GADZAMA’S SUIT. INTRODUCTIONThis brief advances the proposition that the Legal Practitioners’ Disciplinary Committee (LPDC) Directions in Nnamdi Osuji v. LPDC (SC/CV/278/2021; (2025) 17 NWLR (Pt. 2014) 317), Ben Mene-Ejegi v. NBA & LPDC (SC/481/2018, delivered...