The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, has resigned from office at the instruction of President Bola Tinubu. Vanguard gathered from a source in the Presidency on Tuesday that Egbetokun is to be replaced by AIG Tunji Disu, the Assistant Inspector General of Police in charge of Force CID Annex, Lagos. Egbetokun was asked...
The Office of the Attorney General of the Federation has withdrawn the criminal charge filed against senior advocate, Mike Ozekhome, over alleged forgery. The withdrawal was announced on Tuesday at the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory sitting in Maitama. The Director of Public Prosecution of the Federation, Rotimi Oyedepo (SAN), informed Justice Peter...
NEWS RELEASE CELEBRATING A QUINTESSENTIAL SILK, SULE USMAN, SAN Today, I join family, colleagues, friends and well-wishers world over to celebrate and honour a distinguished advocate and quintessential Silk, a past National Officer of NBA, Sule Ogwu Usman, SAN Your leadership, mentorship, and ceaseless commitment to professional standards continue to inspire many lawyers across the...
Former Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission, Prof, Chidi Odinkalu, has said that Nigerians cannot trust the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Joash Amupitan SAN, to conduct a credible election in 2027. Speaking on Channels Television’s programme “Politics Today,” Odinkalu described INEC’s handling of the recent Federal Capital Territory (FCT)...
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Section on Public Interest and Development Law (NBA–SPIDEL) has set up a Media Network to drive its engagement with media practitioners. A notice seen by CITY LAWYER indicates that the section is inviting media practitioners to join the NBA–SPIDEL Media Network. According to the online notice, “The Network aims to...
COALITION AGAINST CORRUPTION AND BAD GOVERNANCE CACOBAG PRESS RELEASE WE STAND WITH EJIME OKOLIE: POLITICAL PARTIES MUST ERADICATE NOMINATION FEES FOR ELECTIONS Coalition Against Corruption and Bad Governance CACOBAG is to join Ejime Okolie’s suit FHC/ABJ/CS/04/2026 before Justice Binta Nyako, Federal High Court Abuja, against Independent National Electoral Commission INEC and nineteen political parties, demanding...
A former Chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Lagos Branch, Pa Godwin Oladeinde Odunlami, is dead. A notice seen by CITY LAWYER and signed by Mr. Adeleke Agbola, his former Partner at the law firm of Cheakley Chambers, indicated that Pa Odunlami died yesterday. The full text of the notice reads: PRESS RELEASE GODWIN...
In a rare and forceful public intervention, Ondo State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Dr Olukayode Ajulo, SAN, has issued a blistering, intellectually rigorous rebuttal to veteran columnist, Festus Adedayo’s opinion article titled, “Aiyedatiwa’s Years of the Locusts”. The Attorney-General, who stated that he had long maintained a posture of restraint befitting his high...
NEWS RELEASE NBA LAGOS MENTORING COMMITTEE PRESENTS AN EVENING WITH EXCELLENCE: GROUP SESSION MENTORING (GSM) 1 Dear Esteemed Members, The NBA Lagos Mentoring Committee is thrilled to announce the first edition of its Group Session Mentoring (GSM) series — an exclusive opportunity to learn from some of Nigeria’s most distinguished legal minds. WHAT IS GROUP...
Alumni members of the leading law firm, Rickey Tarfa & Company have been pouring encomiums on the Founder and Principal Partner of the firm, Mr. Rickey Tarfa (SAN), as he turns 64 years today. The significant list of alumni includes judges, no less than nine Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SAN) and several senior members of...