The Court of Appeal has affirmed the decision of the High Court of Lagos State awarding N5 million as general damages for libel to a former deputy governor of Imo State, Sir Jude Agbaso against Prince Marshal Okafor Anyanwu, a former Imo State Chairman of All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA). Agbaso, who was impeached as...
The President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Afam Osigwe, SAN, has called on legal practitioners to embrace innovation, invoking the timeless wisdom of Lord Denning in Parker v. Parker, that the law would remain stagnant if we refuse to act simply because something has never been done before. He stressed that continuous professional development is...
Fiery human rights activist, Mr. Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa (SAN) has been named as the “sole speaker” at this year’s PASTOR E. A. ADEBOYE ANNUAL PUBLIC LECTURE. Adegboruwa will speak on the topic, “Leveraging Nigeria’s young population for national growth and development.” According to a statement seen by CITY LAWYER, the Annual Lecture, the 12th in the...
The Senate on Tuesday bowed to public pressure by approving the electronic transmission of election results to the Independent National Electoral Commission’s (INEC) Result Viewing Portal (IReV). As a backup in the event of network failure, the lawmakers also permitted manual collation. The decision followed a reconsideration of a controversial provision in the Electoral Act...
NEWS RELEASE RE: NIGERIAN LAW SOCIETY DISCLAIMER AGAINST TONYE CLINTON JAJA, FURTHER INFORMATION AND CAUTION TO LAWYERS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC PUBLIC STATEMENTIn view of recent publications in online media, newspapers and other channels and as decided by the National Executive Council of the Nigerian Law Society, we deem it necessary to write the general...
EX NATIONAL OFFICER OKEY OHAGBA THANKS GUESTS OVER FATHER’S BURIAL NEWS RELEASE A NOTE OF APPRECIATION Beloved Bar leader/colleague/friend, Here’s to convey my heartfelt appreciation for the love, support, and genuine solidarity you showered on me and my family, as we laid to rest, our beloved Dad, Noble Sir Iduu W. A. Ohagba, KSJI, GJP....
Bar Leader and Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Port Harcourt Chairman, Mrs. Cordelia Uwuma Eke has been appointed Permanent Secretary in the Rivers State Ministry of Justice by Governor Siminalayi Fubara. A consummate litigator and legal text writer, Eke’s profile peaked when she dusted a strong field of candidates to emerge the pioneer female Chairman of...
The death has occurred of Dame Roseline Chinwe Nwadioke, the mother of senior lawyer and President of CITY LAWYER Magazine, one of Nigeria’s foremost legal blogs. She was aged 95 years. It was gathered that Dame Nwadioke, a devout Christian and longstanding woman leader, died at the Federal Medical Centre in Lagos. She is survived...
By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu When he presented his budget proposals for 2024 to Nigeria’s National Assembly, the first full year of appropriations under his presidency, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu identified as his priorities human asset development, poverty reduction and fighting insecurity. Last week, his official spokesperson, Bayo Onanuga, appeared to forget or renounce that policy...
Contrary to reports suggesting that the President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Mazi Afam Osigwe, SAN, described judges and lawyers as the “worst bribe takers and givers,” a review of the full text of his speech shows that no such assertion was made. Excerpts from the address reveal that Osigwe neither labelled judges as...