The Egbe Amofin O’odua, the umbrella body of lawyers of Yoruba extraction, has raised the stakes in the forthcoming Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) presidential election by presenting its consensus canidate to the Eastern Bar Forum (EBF). Reaffirming its commitment to unity, inclusiveness, and collaborative leadership within the Nigerian Bar Association, the Chairman of the Governing Council, Aare Isiaka Olagunju (SAN)...
FULL LIST OF SOLDIERS TO STAND TRIAL FOR ATTEMPTED COUP
The Defence Headquarters has released the full identities of sixteen officers of the Armed Forces of Nigeria linked to an alleged coup plot to remove President Bola Tinubu from office. According to the military authorities, the officers were investigated by a Special Investigative Panel set up to look into claims of serious misconduct within the armed forces. After completing its...
BODY OF NBA RIVERS CHAIRMEN HAILS GOV. FUBARA ON HIS BIRTHDAY TODAY
PRESS STATEMENT BIRTHDAY FELICITATIONS TO HIS EXCELLENCY SIR SIMINALAYI JOSEPH FUBARA GSSRS Your Excellency, We, the Body of Chairmen of the 9 (Nine) Branches of the NBA in Rivers State, on behalf of our members, heartily felicitate Your Excellency on the occasion of your birthday celebrations. You have made Rivers State a better and brighter place for residents and your...
EX OIL MINISTER DIEZANI MADUEKE IN BRIBERY TRIAL, SPENT £2M AT HARRODS, COURT HEARS
More than £2m was spent at Harrods on behalf of a then-Nigerian oil minister accused of accepting bribes from industry figures interested in government contracts, a court in London has heard. Diezani Alison-Madueke, 65, is alleged to have been provided with “a life of luxury in the United Kingdom”, including the use of multimillion-pound properties, a chauffeur driven car, travel...
WHEN A DEFENDER IS DOCKED: NIGERIA MUST RISE FOR MIKE OZEKHOME
BY UCHENNA NWAFOR My Justification: Mike Ozekhome, SAN, Represents Peace, Justice, and the Voice for the Voiceless in Nigeria. For over four decades, Chief Mike Agbedor Abu Ozekhome, SAN, has stood as one of Nigeria’s most fearless defenders of the oppressed, the marginalized, and the constitution itself. His name is inseparable from Nigeria’s human rights movement, democratic resistance, and the...
NBA-SPIDEL IN STRATEGY SESSIONS, PLOTS ROADMAP TO SAFEGUARD PUBLIC INTEREST
At a time when Nigeria’s democratic institutions are under mounting strain, the Nigerian Bar Association’s Section on Public Interest and Development Law (NBA–SPIDEL) has moved to reclaim what it describes as the law’s most critical function: serving as the country’s democratic guardrail. That was the central thrust of a three-day Strategy Workshop and Executive Committee Meeting held in Abuja, where...
NBA VP, SENIOR ADVOCATES, LAWYERS TO STORM ENUGU TOMORROW AS COURT HEARS APPEAL BY DETAINED LAWYER
The Nigerian Bar Association Human Rights Institute (NBA- HRI) has raised serious concerns over the continued detention of a legal practitioner, Mr. Bright Emeka Ngene, who remains in custody at the Enugu Correctional Centre amid prolonged delays in the hearing of his appeal. It is recalled that CITY LAWYER had in a special report spotlighted the plight of the embattled...
OPEN LETTER TO JUSTICE UMAR, VICTOR NWADIKE ON JUDGEMENT THAT HAS TAUGHT NBA NEVER TO CROSS LPA BOUNDARY
OPEN LETTER TO HON. JUSTICE MOHAMMED UMAR AND VICTOR OZIOMA NWADIKE, ESQ.: A LETTER OF GRATITUDE FOR THE JUDGEMENT THAT HAS TAUGHT THE NBA NEVER TO CROSS ITS BOUNDARY BEYOND THE LEGAL PRACTITIONERS ACT, 1962 IN THE NAME OF REGULATING LAWYERS (A BOOST FOR THE BLUE SILKS RANK OF SENIOR COUNSEL OF NIGERIA-SCN AND THE NEW NIGERIAN LAW SOCIETY-NLS)” By...
ABIA ON TRIAL: HOW GOVERNANCE WAS DOCKED, CONVICTED AND REDEEMED BY GOV. OTTI
BY MONDAY UBANI This is a dinner Speech delivered by Dr. Monday Ubani SAN at the dinner of just concluded Eastern Bar Forum Quarterly Meeting held in Umuahia, the State Capital of Abia State between 23rd and 25th of January, 2026. When lawyers gather for dinner, governance is never far from the table. We may be eating pepper soup or...
COURT JAILS FIRM’S CHAIR OGIEMWONYI OVER N953M, $80,000 SHARE FRAUD
A Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja has convicted one Victor Ogiemwonyi and his firm, Partnership Securities Limited, over fraud involving N953.5 million and $80,000 linked to the sale of Ecobank Transnational Incorporated (ETI) shares. Justice Modupe Nicole-Clay, on January 21, found Ogiemwonyi and his company guilty of stealing proceeds from the sale of 96,077,872 ETI shares belonging to...