NIGERIAN LAW SOCIETY EXTENDS WARM CHRISTMAS GREETINGS, CALLS FOR REFLECTION, PEACE, AND RENEWED HOPE The Nigerian Law Society (NLS) extends its heartfelt greetings and felicitations to all members of the legal profession, the judiciary, the entire justice sector, and the good people of Nigeria on the joyous occasion of the 2024 Christmas celebrations. This season,...
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Lagos Branch, has called on the Nigerian Police Force to ensure the safe return of its missing member, Mr. Ugwuoke Henry Onyebuchi, a legal practitioner popularly known as “Odogwu Lawyer.” According to a statement made available to CITY LAWYER, Onyebuchi was last seen at about 9:00 p.m. on Wednesday, 10...
Foremost human rights activist and former Chairman of Nigeria’s National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), Prof. Chidi Odinkalu has admonished the newly inaugurated Public Interest Litigation Committee of the Nigerian Bar Association Section on Public Interest and Development Law (NBA-SPIDEL) to align its activities with those of the lawyers’ association. Speaking at the inauguration of the...
A REJOINDER TO A MISLEADING AND CONJECTURAL REPORT ON THE AKPABIO-AKPOTI-UDUAGHAN APPEAL BY OPR. NEWS The referenced jaundiced reportage purporting to analyse proceedings at the Court of Appeal in the matter connected with the suspension of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan is a glaring example of speculative journalism, factual distortion, and advocacy masquerading as news. It is...
TAX REFORM ACTS CONTROVERSIES CAST DOUBT ON THE SANCTITY OF NIGERIA’S LAWMAKING PROCESS The controversies that have emerged in relation to the recently enacted Tax Reform Acts raise grave concerns about the integrity, transparency, and credibility of Nigeria’s legislative process. These developments strike at the very heart of constitutional governance and call into question the...
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By Okechukwu Nwanguma The alleged defilement of a nine-year-old girl in Amainyi Autonomous Community, Ihitte Uboma Local Government Area of Imo State, and the threats faced by a journalist investigating the case, expose a disturbing but familiar pattern in Nigeria’s response to sexual violence against children: impunity sustained by silence, compromise, and abuse of discretion....
The Nigerian Bar Association and the Nigerian Law Society: On the Impossibility of Parallel Bar Associations in a Single Jurisdiction BY ERNEST OJUKWU I have read reports of Chief Mela Audu Nunghe, SAN, President of the Nigerian Law Society (NLS), and his presentation at the public hearing on the Legal Practitioners Bill 2025. In his...
EMERGENCY POWERS, JURISDICTIONAL BOUNDARIES, AND DEMOCRATIC SAFEGUARDS In this opinion article, Dr. Monday Ubani SAN, human rights activist and former Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Vice President, critically analyzesthe latest Supreme Court’s decision on Emergency Rule and Suspension of Elected Officials in AG Adamawa & 10 Ors v AG of the Federation & Anor (Suit No. SC/CV/329/2025) Abstract The...
* LIGHT UP CLINIC VIA SOLAR FACILITY * HAND-OVER SOLAR-POWERED BOREHOLE * GIFT XMAS COW, FOOD ITEMS TO INMATES * EXCITE INMATES WITH FOOTBALL MATCH The Nigerian Bar Association Section on Public Interest and Development Law, NBA-SPIDEL, has expressed its willingness to provide free legal assistance to 115 inmates of the Medium Security Custodial Centre,...