… Pledges 25% of personal wealth to Foundation… FG lauds initiative as governors pledge support Nigerian industrialist Aliko Dangote, on Thursday, announced a N100 billion annual education support initiative, describing it as a long-term investment aimed at reducing financial barriers that drive millions of young Nigerians out of school. The programme is expected to cost...
Otu Oka Iwu, an association of legal practitioners of Igbo extraction, has reiterated its commitment to unity, communal upliftment and justice in Nigeria. This was restated at the association’s 2025 Annual Dinner and Award Night in Lagos, an event which brought together senior legal luminaries, government officials and leaders of major Igbo socio-cultural organisations. The...
INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF WOMEN LAWYERS (FIDA) NIGERIA, RIVERS STATE BRANCH – 2025 ANNUAL LAW WEEK. A NOTE OF FELICITATION BY OKEY LEO OHAGBA I write to extend my sincere felicitations to the Mrs. Tamunoibuemi Life-George led Executive Committee, the Law Week Planning Committee, and all esteemed Rivers State branch FIDAns on this occasion of your...
NBA OKEHI BRANCH (ANCHOR BAR) ANNUAL LAW WEEK 2025: A NOTE OF FELICITATION FROM NBA PAST NATIONAL OFFICER, OKEY LEO OHAGBA I write to heartily felicitate the Okey Nwogu led EXCO, the Promise Nwobiri led Law Week Planning Committee, and the entire esteemed members of NBA Okehi branch (Anchor Bar) on this momentous occasion of...
The Association of Legislative Drafting and Advocacy Practitioners (ALDRAP) has asked the Nigerian Bar Association to steer clear of its planned conferment of the rank of “Blue Silks” on some senior lawyers. In a “Cease and Desist” letter made available to CITY LAWYER, the association hinged its demand on a pending lawsuit on the new...
The High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, has issued an ex parte interim injunction restraining the Editor-in-Chief of Law and Society Magazine as well as Dr. Tonye Clinton Jaja from making further alleged derogatory publications against prominent Nigerian lawyer, Dr. Monday Onyekachi Ubani, SAN. The order, granted on Tuesday, December 9, 2025,...
The Practical Training Academy Ltd/Gte (TPTA) Delivers Comprehensive Public Law Office Training for Cross River State Ministry of Justice Five-day bespoke programme enhances capacity of 143 legal professionals The Practical Training Academy Ltd/Gte (TPTA) and The Law Crest LLP, in collaboration with the Cross River State Ministry of Justice, successfully delivered a specialised five-day training...
Foremost human rights activist, Professor Chidi Odinkalu has congratulated leading justice sector reform advocate, Prof. Uju Agomoh on her election as the new Chair of the Nigerian Bar Association Section on Public Interest and Development Law (NBA-SPIDEL). In a post on his verified Twitter/X handle, Odinkalu, who is often described by his admirers as the...
BY VICTOR NWAKASI ‘Still On 2025 SPIDEL Leadership Transition – We can Leverage on the Positives’ Based on the election committee report released on this platform, which I am taking the liberty of considering as ‘information’ and the discernment of other information shared, projected, availed and offered so far, it appears there was a genuine...
OKEY OHAGBA ON INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS DAY 2025 Today, I join the Nigerian Bar Association, Civil Society Organizations, and the global legal community to commemorate the International Human Rights Day 2025 This year’s theme, ‘Human Rights: Our Everyday Essentials’, is a profound reminder that our rights are the very heartbeat of our dignity, freedom, and...