The Nigerian Bar Association and the Nigerian Law Society: On the Impossibility of Parallel Bar Associations in a Single Jurisdiction BY ERNEST OJUKWU I have read reports of Chief Mela Audu Nunghe, SAN, President of the Nigerian Law Society (NLS), and his presentation at the public hearing on the Legal Practitioners Bill 2025. In his address, he urged the Senate...
‘STATE OF EMERGENCY: INTERROGATING SUPREME COURT JUDGMENT,’ BY MONDAY UBANI
EMERGENCY POWERS, JURISDICTIONAL BOUNDARIES, AND DEMOCRATIC SAFEGUARDS In this opinion article, Dr. Monday Ubani SAN, human rights activist and former Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Vice President, critically analyzesthe latest Supreme Court’s decision on Emergency Rule and Suspension of Elected Officials in AG Adamawa & 10 Ors v AG of the Federation & Anor (Suit No. SC/CV/329/2025) Abstract The Supreme Court’s decision in Attorney-General...
NBA-SPIDEL VOWS TO PROVIDE FREE LEGAL SERVICE TO 115 INMATES IN UYO PRISON
* LIGHT UP CLINIC VIA SOLAR FACILITY * HAND-OVER SOLAR-POWERED BOREHOLE * GIFT XMAS COW, FOOD ITEMS TO INMATES * EXCITE INMATES WITH FOOTBALL MATCH The Nigerian Bar Association Section on Public Interest and Development Law, NBA-SPIDEL, has expressed its willingness to provide free legal assistance to 115 inmates of the Medium Security Custodial Centre, Uyo, who currently have no...
NBA-LEC, LIBI HOLD CHRISTMAS COCKTAIL AND AWARD NIGHT
Sights and Sounds of the Lawyers In Business Cocktail and Award Night held in partnership with the NBA Legal Entrepreneurship Committee (NBA-LEC) A WELCOME ADDRES BY CHIEF. EMEKA SILAS AGBARA ESQ, DELIVERED AT THE 2025 CHRISTMAS COCKTAIL AND AWARD NIGHT OF THE Lawyers In Business Institute (LIBI) in Partnership with the Nigerian Bar Association Legal Entrepreneurship Committee, IN HONOUR OF...
SENIOR LAWYER PAPA DORNCKLAIMZ ENAMHE BAGS AKAN TRADITIONAL TITLE
Fiery senior lawyer and human rights advocate, PaPa Dorncklaimz Enamhe was today conferred with the prestigious traditional title of OVARR KWI “EDHICK OKHA” by the Akan Traditional Rulers Council of Ikom in Cross River State. CITY LAWYER gathered that the conferment ceremony coincided with the official launch of a book titled “Akam leadership and conflict management: A focus on micro...
PHOTONEWS: 40TH ANNIVERSARY REUNION OF LAW SCHOOL CLASS OF 1985 AT LAGOS ORIENTAL HOTEL
SIGHTS AND SOUNDS OF THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY REUNION OF THE CLASS OF 1985 AT LAGOS ORIENTAL HOTEL 16 DECEMBER 2025 To the glory of God Almighty, the Maker of Heaven and Earth, the much anticipated grand finale of the celebration of the 40th anniversary of our Call to the Nigerian Bar is now history. 16th December 2025 has finally come...
BISHOP KUKAH VISITS IPOB LEADER, NNAMDI KANU IN SOKOTO PRISON
Most Rev. Matthew Hassan Kukah, Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, has visited the convicted leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu in Sokoto correctional facility. Human rights activist and publisher of Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore, disclosed this today. He hailed the Catholic cleric for the visitation. Kanu was on November 20, 2025, convicted of terrorism...
NGIGE SET TO REGAIN FREEDOM, AS COURT GRANTS BAIL
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court, sitting at Gwarimpa, has granted bail to Dr. Chris Ngige, a former Minister of Labour and Employment during ex-President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration, in the ongoing trial over alleged contract fraud and receiving gratification. Justice Maryam Hassan, in admitting Ngige to bail, adopted the administrative bail earlier granted by the Economic and Financial Crimes...
LAWYER CRIES OUT: ‘AGONY OF LOSING MY NEWLY WEDDED WIFE AT GYNESCOPE SPECIALIST HOSPITAL, LEKKI’
A Lagos based lawyer, Mr. Justice John has petitioned the Lagos State Government and the Medical & Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN) over the death of his newly wedded wife, Mrs. Akudo Lovelyn Joh, during childbirth at Gynescope Specialist Hospital, Lekki, Lagos. He is urging the authorities to investigate the “circumstances under which my wife painfully lost her life,” adding...
OML 40: GADZAMA DISTANCES FROM DEAL, CAC RG, AS LAW FIRM HOLDS XMAS CAROL, AWARDS
Prominent senior lawyer, Chief Joe-Kyari Gadzama SAN has distanced himself from allegations that he was a mediator mediation in lifting of a court-ordered restriction on OML 40 corporate filings at the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC). At least two news blogs (not CITY LAWYER) had alleged that the senior lawyer was involved in an alleged improper mediation concerning the lifting of...