In this article, senior lawyer and prominent political analyst FRANK TIETIE urges President Bola Tinubu to pursue establishment of State Police, adding that he should resist being intimidated and blackmailed by the mixed reactions trailing his decision to remove petroleum subsidies The only way President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will be different from former President Goodluck Jonathan, who served one term,...
‘RETIRED LAGOS MAGISTRATES STRUGGLE TO PAY RENT, OTHER BILLS,’ SAYS ACTIVIST-LAWYER
Retired Lagos Magistrates Struggle With N23,000 Monthly Pension After Decades Of Service, Lawyer Says A lawyer and National Convener of Citizens Support for Lower Courts, Bayo Akinlade, has raised concerns over the welfare of retired magistrates in Lagos State, saying some receive as little as N23,000 monthly pension after decades of service. Akinlade, in a statement, said about 23 magistrates...
$100M DEFAMATION LAWSUIT: LAWYERS, SEAN ‘DIDDY’ COMBS BICKER OVER FEES, PART WAYS
Attorneys in Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ $100M defamation lawsuit seek to withdraw over months of unpaid fees. The attorneys said in the filing that Combs is more than six months behind on fees and that there has been “a total breakdown in cooperation and communication between Mr. Combs and the Firm.” Sean “Diddy” Combs has “declined to make himself available for...
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‘PROTECT CHILD RIGHTS, DON’T CRIMINALIZE POVERTY,’ NBA LAGOS TELLS LAGOS LAWMAKERS
NEWS RELEASE The Nigerian Bar Association, Lagos Branch, recently joined legislators at the Lagos State House of Assembly to review the proposed Street Begging and Street Urchins (Prohibition, Prevention and Rehabilitation) Bill 2026 at the public hearing. Presenting the Memorandum of the Branch’s Law Reform Committee, the Chairman of NBA Lagos Branch, Mrs. Uchenna Ogunedo Akingbade, emphasised the need for...
ANXIETY, AS EX NBA PRESIDENT NWOKOYE TAKES CONTROVERSIAL ‘BLUE SILK’ RANK
Chief Ebele Nwokoye, a former president of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), has been conferred with the controversial ‘blue silk’ rank as a Senior Counsel of Nigeria (SCN). The rank is reportedly designed as an alternative to the coveted rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) conferred by the Legal Practitioners Privileges Committee (LPPC). Nwokoye, who served as NBA President...
SENIOR ADVOCATE OF NIGERIA MELA NUNGHE UNVEILS GOMBE SOUTH SENATE BID
Senior Advocate of Nigeria and President of the Nigerian Law Society (NLS), Mela Audu Nunghe, has declared his intention to contest for the Gombe South Senatorial seat in the 2027 general elections on the platform of the African Democratic Congress, ADC. Nunghe, known by his traditional cognomen Rabagardama, stated that he is seeking the mandate to ensure equitable representation and...
EARLY BIRD WINDOW FOR AWLA INT’L CONFERENCE CLOSES SEPT. 20
African Women Lawyers Association (AWLA) International Inc. has announced September 20, 2026, as the end of the Early Bird window for its eagerly awaited International Conference scheduled to take place in Accra, Ghana from November 18th to 22nd, 2026. The Conference is hosted by Mandy Demechi-Asagba Esq., President, AWLA International Inc., with Her Excellency Betty Mould- Iddrisu, the Founder and...
EFCC HAS NO POWER TO REGULATE LAWYERS’ FEES, LAWGAN DECLARES
The Law Graduates Association of Nigeria (LAWGAN) has declared that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) lacks general statutory powers to regulate, fix or determine the professional fees charged by legal practitioners. CITY LAWYER recalls that the EFCC had called on legal practitioners in the country to desist from the “illegal and unethical practice of charging clients in foreign...