BARROOM BATTLES AND THE BURDEN OF EXAMPLE: RETHINKING CIVILITY AND RESPONSIBILITY IN PUBLIC DISCOURSE (A Reflection on the Unfortunate Exchange Between Mike Ozekhome and Adebayo Ojo) By Sylvester Udemezue 1. The Decline of Decorum in the Legal Profession: The Nigerian legal profession has long stood as a bastion of intellectual rigour, civil discourse, and constitutionalism. In a democratic society where...
EDO GUBER APPEAL: UBANI TACKLES ODINKALU OVER JUSTICE OKORO’S BENIN VISIT
NEWS RELEASE Setting the Records Straight: Visit of Honourable Justice Inyang Okoro, JSC CFR to Benin City Recent social media reports and insinuations surrounding the presence of a Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria in Benin City during the burial of the late Mrs. Caroline Uwaifo, mother of Mr. Hannibal Uwaifo, former President of the African Bar Association, are...
NBA ABUJA PUB. SECRETARY, ZACH AKUBO ESQ, VISITS OUR FCDA ALLOCATED ESTATE, SALUTES OUR SUCCESS IN PROVIDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND A CREDIBLE INVESTMENT PLATFORM FOR ALL THROUGH THE LAWYERS IN BUSINESS MASS-HOUSING & LAND-BANKING SCHEME
More Senior Advocates of Nigeria key in to build staff quaters as Submission of names of Allotees for the issuance of C.of.O by the F.C.T Minister comences. 15% Discount ends 30th June 2025. Call/Chat: 08060266163, 08067456723. Earn 5% Facilitator’s Fee when you refer someone. None-Lawyers and other professionals can join! Join our group below: https://chat.whatsapp.com/KXjkXASnonQ7rOCOyochOS Join us or send someone...
CHIEF M. N. DURU SAN’s PLOT AND OTHERS WHO PREFER ANONYMITY COMPLETED TO DPC AT THE LAWYERS IN BUSINESS MASS-HOUSING & LAND-BANKING SCHEME; CONSTRUCTION OF STAFF QUATERS AND HOMES COMMENCES
Submission of names of Allottees for the issuance of C. of O. by the FCT Minister commences, as the Road linking our Estate to the Abuja City Center already under construction [See Page 23 to 29 of The Nation newspaper, Tuesday, 3rd June, 2025]. 15% Discount ends 30th June, 2025 Call/Chat: 08060266163, 08067456723. Join our group below: https://chat.whatsapp.com/KXjkXASnonQ7rOCOyochOS Join us...
P&ID: SOLICITOR WHO HELD ONTO FG’S LEAKED DOCUMENTS LOSES AT APPEAL COURT
A solicitor who received leaked confidential documents from the opposing side is not entitled to appeal a ruling that he acted improperly, the Court of Appeal has found. Seamus Andrew argued in The Federal Republic of Nigeria v Process and Industrial Developments Ltd that he had been treated unfairly by a judge who accused him of misleading the court and...
PANEL INDICTS JUDGE WHO RAISED HIS VOICE IN COURT
A district judge who raised his voice and spoke rudely to someone in court had been issued with formal advice for misconduct. A party to a case complained to the Judicial Conduct Investigations Office (JCIO) that district judge Christopher Falvey had been ‘discourteous towards them and shouted at them during a hearing’. According to a report by Law Gazette, Falvey...
NBA LAGOS ELECTION C’TE UNVEILS ABIYE TAM-GEORGE’S MANIFESTO
NBA LAGOS BRANCH ELECTIONS – JUNE 30, 2025 Dear Esteemed Learned Silks, Seniors, and Colleagues, The Electoral Committee of the NBA Lagos Branch has published the Manifestos and Profiles of candidates for the 2025 Branch Elections, scheduled for June 30, 2025. My name is Abiye Tobiah Tam-George, a candidate for Chairman of the NBA Lagos Branch. You can view my...
RECEIVERSHIP: ACCESS BANK DRAGS MTN TO COURT OVER N180 BILLION DEBT
A Federal High Court in Lagos has ordered MTN Nigeria Communications Plc to appear before it and show cause why the reliefs sought by Access Bank Plc and three other firms over an alleged N180.95 billion debt should not be granted. Justice Akintayo Aluko issued the directive while ruling on an ex parte application in Suit No: FHC/L/CS/1004/2025, filed by Access...
SENIOR LAWYER OKUTEPA PENS EMOTIONAL ‘THANK YOU’ OVER DAUGHTER’S DEATH
APPRECIATION TO ALL FOR STANDING BY ME AND MY FAMILY On behalf of myself and my family, I want to thank you and every one of you for your prayers, condolence messages and visits to me and my family when I lost my daughter, Ojochide Charity Okutepa, BSc Nursing, to the cold hands of death on the 7th of June...
NATASHA AKPOTI: ‘APPEAL COURT CASE WAS WITHDRAWN BY AKPABIO,’ SAYS UBANI
NEWS RELEASE APPEAL WITHDRAWN, NOT DISMISSED: SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT ON SENATOR NATASHA’S MEDIA MANIPULATION. When I saw the recycled news from some bloggers and news outlets, I felt I need to offer a succinct and accurate clarification on the status of the pending legal matter between Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan and key officers of the National Assembly, currently before the...