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EKWEREMADU TO TACKLE LAWMAKING DYNAMICS, AS UWECHUE CLOCKS 82
BY EMEKA NWADIOKE Former Deputy Senate President, Prof. Ike Ekweremadu (PhD, CFR) will deliver the Keynote Address at the virtual birthday celebration of respected former Chairman of Nigeria’s Body of Benchers, Chief George Uwechue SAN, FNIALS who clocks 82 years on Monday. The event which is aimed to honour Chief Uwechue, a former Speaker pro Tempore of Nigeria’s House of...
NBA-SPIDEL ANNUAL CONFAB HOLDS FEB. 17
The popular Annual Conference of the Nigerian Bar Association Section on Public Interest and Development Law (NBA-SPIDEL) will hold between February 17 and 20, 2021 in the ancient city of Ibadan, Oyo State. The theme of the conference is “The Role of Public Interest in Governance in Nigeria.” According to a statement made available to CITY LAWYER by the Planning...
OBI, OLANIPEKUN, OTHERS CELEBRATE EX-NBA SPOKESMAN AT 60
Former Governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi, former President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Chief Wole Olanipekun (SAN), Plateau State Governor, Simon Lalong and his Benue counterpart, Dr. Samuel Ortom are among dignitaries expected to participate in an online colloquium that would discuss law and technology. The theme of the webinar is “The COVID-19 new normal: leveraging law...
CJN TO CHAIR 12TH GADZAMA ANNUAL LECTURE TODAY
The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad will today chair the 12th edition of the popular “J-K Gadzama LLP Annual Public Lecture” which holds from 3 pm to 6 pm. The theme of the lecture is “Rebuilding the nation post COVID-19 outbreak: the judicial, economic and political perspectives.” The lecture which is being held virtually for the first...
AELEX LECTURE HOLDS TODAY
The 14th Annual Lecture of ǼLEX will hold today, Wednesday, November 18, 2020. This year’s edition of the popular lecture will hold virtually with the theme, “Illiteracy, Migration and Insecurity: Nigeria’s Population Time Bomb.” Among the Speakers for today’s lecture are: Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa – Chairman/CEO, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission; Mr. Mohamed Yahya – Resident Representative, UNDP Nigeria, and Ms....
#ENDSARS PANEL: ‘WHAT SANWA-OLU TOLD ME,’ BY ADEGBORUWA
Fiery human rights activist and member of the #ENDSARS Judicial Inquiry Panel, MR. EBUN-OLU ADEGBORUWA SAN chronicles his encounter with Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwa-Olu and why he accepted to serve on the panel. My phone rang unusually, but it was a call that I had to pick, given the assignment that came through that source some days earlier. He...
THE PRESIDENCY: A MATTER OF GRAMMAR
Nigerian Law School teacher, MR. SYLVESTER UDEMEZUE dissects the lexical nexus between ‘The Presidency’ and ‘The President’ and points the way forward The purpose of this piece is to demonstrate that it is incorrect and unfitting for any media aide to a Nigerian President to issue or sign any Public Statement or Press Release in the name or on behalf...
#ENDSARS: AKPATA STORMS PROBE PANEL, VOWS CLOSE MONITORING
PROMISES FREE LEGAL HELP FOR VICTIMS Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) President, Mr. Olumide Akpata yesterday stormed the inaugural sitting of the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry for Restitution for victims of #EndSARS-related abuses and the October 20 Lekki Tollgate shootings. Briefing NBA Lagos Branch members after the visit, Akpata vowed that NBA will closely monitor the activities of the...
LAWYERS’ GROUP, EBUKA, NBA PUBLICIST HAIL AKPATA AT 48
A group of lawyers under the aegis of Lawyers for Welfare Advocacy (LAWFWA) has felicitated with the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) President, Mr. Olumide Akpata on his birthday today. NBA Benin Publicity Secretary, Mr. Ogaga Emoghwanre has also congratulated Akpata on his birthday, describing him as “a quintessential gentleman, effervescent, intelligent, savvy, spruce, dapper and a stylish personality.” In separate...