Organisers of the eagerly anticipated Gabriel Adikwu Annual Lecture have unveiled the sub-themes which the Keynote Speakers will address during the colloquim. While Senior Lawyer, Chief Godwin Odumu Obla SAN has been designated to deliver the Keynote Address at the eagerly awaited event, another Keynote Address will also be delivered by Mr. Abdul Muhammed SAN,...
NBA BARNAWA BRANCH LAW WEEK 2026: A NOTE OF FELICITATION I write to warmly felicitate the Bukola Ajao led Executive Committee, the Law Week Planning Committee, and the entire members of the NBA Barnawa Branch, on this auspicious occasion of your 2026 Law Week. The theme; ‘Strengthening Democratic Governance and National Development in Nigeria: The...
The Kwankwasiyya Movement has issued a strongly worded defense of its national leader, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, following a wave of criticism regarding his potential political alliance with Peter Obi under the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) platform. The movement in a press statement slammed what it described as “selective attacks” and “misleading narratives” coming from...
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has asked the Inspector-General of Police Tunde Disu to deploy all resources to ensure the safe return of missing young lawyer Eunice Ameh whose disappearance in Abuja has raised widespread concern on safety in Nigeria’s seat of power. CITY LAWYER investigation shows that Eunice Aladi Ameh was admitted to the...
FIFTY: A JUBILEE OF PURPOSE BY SABASTINE ANYIA Today I turn 50. Fifty years of life, and over two decades in the trenches of law — defending the voiceless, challenging illegality, and insisting that the Constitution means what it says. I look back at courtrooms where we argued pre-action notice, jurisprudence, Land cases , Contracts...
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The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has vowed that it would continue to enforce its Stamp and Seal regime, warning that recent reports suggesting that the regime has been invalidated by a Federal High Court judgement are misleading. In a statement made available to CITY LAWYER and signed by NBA General Secretary, Dr. Mobolaji Ojibara, the...
BY CHIDI ODINKALU In a week in which the Nigerian judiciary at all levels has been the focus of considerable civic and party-political energy, it may seem odd to expend bandwidth on the travails of an investor or businessman, but Ernest Azudialu-Obiejesi is no ordinary businessman. The story of the ongoing ordeal in the Nigerian...
BY CHIDI UDEKWE Since Augustine Alegeh, SAN, introduced universal suffrage and electronic voting in 2014, the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has faced repeated crises of confidence in its electoral system. The adoption of universal suffrage and electronic voting was historic, promising efficiency, and modernization. Yet, as Sylvester Udemezue noted in his article “A Gathering Storm...
The Lagos division of the National Industrial Court of Nigeria, has ruled against United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc in a protracted employment dispute, declaring the exit of a former branch manager, Mrs. Emelda Azuka Okereke, as wrongful and amounting to constructive dismissal. Justice Sanda Audu Yelwa who presided over the court in a judgment...