NBA Remuneration Committee Calls for Compliance with Legal Practitioners’ Remuneration Order 2023 The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Remuneration Committee led by Chief Emeka Obegolu, PhD., SAN, has urged all State Attorneys General to ensure strict compliance with the Legal Practitioners’ Remuneration Order 2023.
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‘HOW SAN RANK REQUIREMENTS SPIKE SUPREME COURT BACKLOG,’ BY LEVI SHAAPERA
By Levi Shaapera “In Nigeria, wrongdoers get away with impunity because the system offers no immediate remedy.” – J.S. Okutepa, SAN
SUPREME COURT AND RIVERS ASSEMBLY LOGJAM: PRELIMINARY OBSERVATIONS AND WAY OUT,’ BY UDEMEZUE
𝗡𝗶𝗴𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗦𝘂𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗟𝗼𝗴𝗷𝗮𝗺 𝗜𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗛𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗹𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗥𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲: 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗢𝗯𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀, 𝗪𝗮𝘆 𝗢𝘂𝘁. By Sylvester Udemezue MEMORY VERSE:
TOP LAWYER, RICKEY TARFA TURNS 63 YEARS TODAY
Mr. Rickey Tarfa (SAN), Principal Counsel and Head of Practice, Rickey Tarfa & Co., turns 63 years today.
Nigeria’s senate president denies sexually harassing colleague
One of Nigeria’s top politicians, Senate President Godswill Akpabio, has denied allegations of sexual harassment made against him by fellow senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan. During Wednesday’s senate session, Akpabio stated that he was raised with strong values by his late mother and has never harassed any woman.
SENATOR AKPABIO: I CAN NO LONGER HOLD IT
BY COMFORT OBI I “kind of” like Senate President, Godswill Akpabio and his lovely wife, Unoma. She is Igbo, married to Akwa Ibom, so she also bears the name Ekaette.
NATASHA VS AKPABIO: NBA WARNS AGAINST THREAT TO FREE SPEECH
SENATE SUMMONING BREKETE FAMILY RADIO HOST IS A DISPOSITION TOWARDS DICTATORSHIP CITIZENS HAVE THE RIGHT TO ENGAGE AND INTERROGATE GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS It was reported that the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria has summoned the host of the popular BREKETE FAMILY RADIO, Ahmed Isah regarding its interview of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan who recently had...
CHAMSgate: Odinkalu Chides Olagunju, Carpets ECNBA
By Our Correspondent · Says ECNBA Not Independent, ‘has not done its homework’ · Demands Full Disclosure · Raps NBA GenSec for ‘excess of eagerness’ Human rights czar and former Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), Prof. Chidi Anselm Odinkalu has taken a swipe at the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) leadership for meddling in the affairs...
NBA Hires Usoro’s Co-Director’s Firm as ICT Partner for Elections
By Our Correspondent The ICT Partner selected by the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) to anchor the forthcoming general elections of the association has as its Chairman, a co-director with one of the leading presidential candidates, CITY LAWYER MAGAZINE can authoritatively reveal. The role was performed by Grace Infotech Limited, owners of the Law Pavillion trademark,...
NJC Recommends 21 Judges for Appointment
PRESS RELEASE 11th May, 2018 The National Judicial Council under the Chairmanship of the Honourable Mr. Justice Walter Samuel Nkanu Onnoghen, GCON, at its 86th Meeting, which was held on 8th and 9th May, 2018, recommended the under-listed names of twenty-one (21) successful candidates as Heads of Courts and Judicial Officers for the Federal/State High...