More than £2m was spent at Harrods on behalf of a then-Nigerian oil minister accused of accepting bribes from industry figures interested in government contracts, a court in London has heard. Diezani Alison-Madueke, 65, is alleged to have been provided with “a life of luxury in the United Kingdom”, including the use of multimillion-pound properties,...
BY UCHENNA NWAFOR My Justification: Mike Ozekhome, SAN, Represents Peace, Justice, and the Voice for the Voiceless in Nigeria. For over four decades, Chief Mike Agbedor Abu Ozekhome, SAN, has stood as one of Nigeria’s most fearless defenders of the oppressed, the marginalized, and the constitution itself. His name is inseparable from Nigeria’s human rights...
At a time when Nigeria’s democratic institutions are under mounting strain, the Nigerian Bar Association’s Section on Public Interest and Development Law (NBA–SPIDEL) has moved to reclaim what it describes as the law’s most critical function: serving as the country’s democratic guardrail. That was the central thrust of a three-day Strategy Workshop and Executive Committee...
The Nigerian Bar Association Human Rights Institute (NBA- HRI) has raised serious concerns over the continued detention of a legal practitioner, Mr. Bright Emeka Ngene, who remains in custody at the Enugu Correctional Centre amid prolonged delays in the hearing of his appeal. It is recalled that CITY LAWYER had in a special report spotlighted...
OPEN LETTER TO HON. JUSTICE MOHAMMED UMAR AND VICTOR OZIOMA NWADIKE, ESQ.: A LETTER OF GRATITUDE FOR THE JUDGEMENT THAT HAS TAUGHT THE NBA NEVER TO CROSS ITS BOUNDARY BEYOND THE LEGAL PRACTITIONERS ACT, 1962 IN THE NAME OF REGULATING LAWYERS (A BOOST FOR THE BLUE SILKS RANK OF SENIOR COUNSEL OF NIGERIA-SCN AND THE...
BY MONDAY UBANI This is a dinner Speech delivered by Dr. Monday Ubani SAN at the dinner of just concluded Eastern Bar Forum Quarterly Meeting held in Umuahia, the State Capital of Abia State between 23rd and 25th of January, 2026. When lawyers gather for dinner, governance is never far from the table. We may...
A Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja has convicted one Victor Ogiemwonyi and his firm, Partnership Securities Limited, over fraud involving N953.5 million and $80,000 linked to the sale of Ecobank Transnational Incorporated (ETI) shares. Justice Modupe Nicole-Clay, on January 21, found Ogiemwonyi and his company guilty of stealing proceeds from the sale of...
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SPECIAL REPORT Embattled senior lawyer and winner of the Enugu South Urban 1 State Constituency election has sent an SOS from prison over his prolonged detention at the Enugu State Correctional Centre. In a letter obtained by CITY LAWYER, Ngene, who was severally declared winner of the election by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC),...