Leading jurists and human rights activists will on Thursday gather for the unveiling of a seminal book on human rights written by foremost human rights author and litigator, Chief Frank Agbedo. Titled “Casebook on Human Rights Litigation in Nigeria: With Landmark Cases From Other Jurisdictions,” the event which will be held virtually is expected to be witnessed by the Presiding...
NBA IKEJA ELECTION: UBANI QUITS, BLASTS CARETAKER C’TE
BY EMEKA NWADIOKE Former Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Second Vice President, Mr. Monday Ubani has resigned his position as a member of the NBA Ikeja Branch Caretaker Committee mandated to conduct election for the branch. In a letter made available to CITY LAWYER, Ubani cited lack of obedience to NBA Bye-Law on elections as his major reason to throw in...
CALL TO BAR: ‘WE RECORDED OVER 70% SUCCESS RATE,’ SAYS LAW SCHOOL D-G
BY EMEKA NWADIOKE The Director-General of the Nigerian Law School, Prof. Isa Hayatu Chiroma SAN yesterday rated the leading vocational training institution highly, saying its graduates posted over 70 per cent success rate at the Bar Final examinations held last January. In his address at the Call to Bar ceremony held yesterday, Chiroma traced the “humble beginning” of the school...
EXCLUSIVE: BODY OF BENCHERS HONOURS MALAMI WITH “LIFE BENCHER” RANK
EMEKA NWADIOKE Embattled Attorney-General & Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami SAN was yesterday appointed “Life Bencher” by the Body of Benchers, CITY LAWYER can authoritatively report. This is coming on the heels of a petition by some lawyers calling for Malami to be stripped of the rank of “Senior Advocate of Nigeria” over his alleged unilateral amendment of the...
RPC: AGBAKOBA, RABANA, OJUKWU CARPET MALAMI
* SAY 2007 RPC WAS APPROVED BY BAR COUNCIL BY EMEKA NWADIOKE The controversy trailing amendment of the Rules of Professional Conduct for Legal Practitioners peaked today with the former Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) president and Chairman of its Board of Trustees, Dr. Olisa Agbakoba (SAN) stating that the 2007 amendment was endorsed by the General Council of the Bar...
CRISIS ROCKS BOSAN’S PROBE C’TE, AS GADZAMA REJECTS APPOINTMENT
* SAYS: ‘I HAVE ALREADY CONGRATULATED AKPATA’ * ‘I WANT MY OWN 2016 NBA ELECTION AUDITED, TOO’ * ASKS BOSAN TO REJIG COMMITTEE BY EMEKA NWADIOKE The crisis rocking the beleaguered committee set up by the Body of Senior Advocates of Nigeria (BOSAN) to audit the 2018 and 2020 NBA Elections peaked today with leading arbitrator and former Nigerian Bar...
‘WHY WE ARE PROBING NBA ELECTIONS,’ BY BOSAN
* GADZAMA LEADS PROBE PANEL * BOSAN THANKS ADESINA FOR NOT HEADING TO COURT The Body of Senior Advocates of Nigeria (BOSAN) has given reasons why it has set up a five-member committee to review past Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Elections, saying it needed “detailed facts” to decide on the quality of the elections and the way forward. In a...
‘LEAVE FALANA ALONE, FACE YOUR N20M TRIAL,’ LAWYER TELLS OGUNLANA
Human rights advocate, KABIR AKINGBOLU pens a rejoinder to a recent fierce attack by NBA presidential aspirant, Mr. Adesina Ogunlana on leading human rights activist, Mr. Femi Falana SAN FALANA AS A METAPHOR OF JUSTICE TO OGUNLANA’S PUERILE INCONSISTENCY THEORY Recently, Mr. Adesina Ogunlana, the embattled former NBA Ikeja Branch Chairman, said that whoever takes Mr Femi Falana SAN, serious...
BLASPHEMY: ‘DON’T EXECUTE AMINU,’ NBA WARNS GANDUJE
‘WE SHALL KEENLY MONITOR THE PROCESS’ BY EMEKA NWADIOKE The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has asked the Governor of Kano State, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje not to sign the warrant for the execution of convicted musician YAHAYA SHARIF-AMINU until he has exhausted his constitutional right of appeal against the judgement of the sharia court. In a statement by its Publicity...
‘ALL SANs AGREED TO PROBE NBA ELECTIONS,’ SAYS ADEGBORUWA
‘THERE IS A DELIBERATE ATTEMPT TO BLACKMAIL SANs’ BY EMEKA NWADIOKE A new twist has emerged in the move by the influential Body of Senior Advocates of Nigeria (BOSAN) to probe the election of Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Mr. Olumide Akpata among others. There are reports that BOSAN had at its virtual meeting yesterday resolved to set up a committee...