• BOSAN, AMOSUN, DINO MELAYE, OTHERS MOURN HIM • VALEDICTORY COURT SESSION HOLDS TODAY Leading lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mr. John Olusegun Odubela who died last Monday will be buried on Wednesday at his Ikenne, Ogun State country home. He was aged 55 years. Meanwhile, a Valedictory Court Session organised by the Body of Senior Advocates of Nigeria...
A/COURT SCREENING: ‘I PLAYED KEY ROLE IN NJC DUMPING NOMINEES,’ SAYS CAROL AJIE
RIGHT OF REPLY Fiery Bar Activist and former Secretary of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Lagos Branch, Dame Carol Ajie has said that she contributed to the dropping of two candidates who allegedly performed poorly during the National Judicial Council (NJC) screening of the nominees for elevation to the Court of Appeal. In a rejoinder to CITY LAWYER‘s report on...
SHOCKER: A/COURT NOMINEES CAN’T EXPLAIN ‘LIS PENDENS,’ NJC DUMPS THEM
There are strong indications that under-fire National Judicial Council (NJC) may have dropped two jurists who performed woefully during its screening exercise for appointment as Court of Appeal justices. This may not be unconnected with their inability to answer basic legal questions as well as the backlash the NJC has been receiving following the unprecedented revelation by Nigerian Bar Association...
APPEAL COURT SCREENING: SCANDAL ROCKS NJC, AS AKPATA WRITES CJN
• PRESSURE MOUNTS ON NBA PRESIDENT TO RECANT The last may not have been heard on the scandal rocking the screening of candidates for appointment to Nigeria’s Court of Appeal, as it has emerged that the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) President, Mr. Olumide Akpata wrote to the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Tanko Muhammad on his reservations. This is coming...
IBIDAPO-OBE DELIVERS UNILAG INAUGURAL LECTURE MARCH 24
Renowned Professor of Public Law and Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (UK), Professor Akinola Ibidapo-Obe will on March 24, 2021 deliver his inaugural lecture at the University of Lagos (UNILAG). The lecture which is scheduled for 4 pm at the popular J. F. Ade Ajayi Auditorium of the university is titled “Battle of three ancestors and the jurisprudence...
COURT AUTOMATION: EASTERN BAR FORUM COMMENDS RIVERS JUDICIARY
The Eastern Bar Forum (EBF) has commended the Rivers State Judiciary on the one year anniversary of its e-Filing and Court Automation platform which commenced on Tuesday, March 9 and will continue till the end of March. In a congratulatory letter to the Chairman of the Rivers State Judiciary ICT Committee, Hon. Justice Elsie Thompson dated 12th March, 2021 and...
ALLEN AVENUE LAW FIRM SEEKS LITIGATION LAWYER
VACANCY FOR A QUALIFIED LAWYER: A REPUTABLE LAW FIRM IN ALLEN AVENUE, IKEJA, LAGOS, REQUIRES URGENTLY THE SERVICES OF A MALE LITIGATION LAWYER. INTERESTED CANDIDATES MUST POSSESS THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA: FLUENT IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE COMPUTER AND ICT LITERATE GOOD COMMUNICATION SKILL/ DRESS SENSE GREAT KNOWLEDGE OF LEGAL DRAFTING LIVES WITHIN IKEJA AND ITS ENVIRONS AGE: NOT MORE THAN 35 YEARS...
REVALIDATION: NBA REJECTS MOVE, BLASTS CAC OVER POOR SERVICES
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has carpeted the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) over moves to charge each lawyer N10,000 to enable them revalidate their status as CAC accredited agents. In a statement made available to CITY LAWYER, the lawyers’ body described the revalidation exercise as “insensitive,” adding that it “smacks of utter bad faith on the part of the CAC...
LAWYERS WITHOUT BORDERS LAUNCH POLICE SITUATION ROOM
As part of its efforts in promoting the enjoyment of Human Rights in Nigeria, Avocats Sans Frontières France (ASF France or Lawyers Without Borders), in collaboration with its partners, the Carmelite Prisoners Interest Organisation (CAPIO) and the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has set up “The Police and Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) Situation Room” in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. A...
JUDICIARY: A STATE OF EMERGENCY
In this article, leading human rights activist, Mr. Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa SAN spotlights the crises rocking the nation’s judiciary and calls for urgent reforms. When the President announced the first Coronavirus lockdown at the end of March, 2020, hardly did we ever think that it would continue in this form, with the economy in shambles, all critical sectors crawling and almost...