NEWS RELEASE “IT IS AN OVERREACH FOR POLICE TO PURPORT TO HAVE POWER TO INVESTIGATE AN ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR DISCONTINUING A CRIMINAL MATTER” In another new low and affront to the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as well as the legal profession, the Nigeria Police Force has purported to have the power to investigate the exercise of the...
‘NIGHT ECONOMY BOOST WILL CRASH CRIMINALITY,’ SAYS RIGHTS ACTIVIST UBANI
OPINION REVITALIZING NIGERIA’S NIGHTLIFE ECONOMY: A STRATEGIC PATHWAY TO ECONOMIC GROWTH, JOB CREATION, CRIME REDUCTION, AND URBAN RENEWAL Addressed to: All Executive Governors of the 36 States of the Federation The Honourable Minister, Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja Federal and State Commissioners for Economic Planning, Youth Development, Tourism, Culture, Security, and Urban Renewal From: Dr. Monday Onyekachi Ubani, SAN Legal...
BAR COUNCIL BACKS AFAM OSIGWE ON MCPD, MOVES TO AMEND RPC
NEWS RELEASE COMMUNIQUE MEETING OF THE GENERAL COUNCIL OF THE BAR HELD AT HOTEL SEVENTEEN, KADUNA STATE ON THURSDAY, 7TH AUGUST, 2025 1. The meeting of the General Council of the Bar held on 7th August, 2025, at Hotel Seventeen Conference Centre, Kaduna State, to deliberate on critical issues regarding administering the general affairs of the Nigerian Bar Association in...
SENIOR ADVOCATE USMAN SULE TO SPEAK AT NBA-AGC IN ENUGU
NEWS RELEASE Respected senior lawyer, Mr. Usman Sule, SAN, is billed to speak at the 65th Annual General Conference of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), taking place from August 22 to 29, 2025, at the International Conference Centre (ICC), Enugu, Enugu State. Themed “Stand Out, Stand Tall,” this year’s conference will bring together an estimated 22,000 legal professionals to engage...
BREAKING: AMID HIGH FAILURE RATE, 72 NIGERIAN LAW SCHOOL STUDENTS MAKE FIRST CLASS
No fewer than 72 students of the elite Nigerian Law School have carted home the much-coveted First Class grade in the Bar Finals Examination held last February. According to information obtained by CITY LAWYER, the outstanding students constitute only 1.3 per cent of the 5,674 aspirants to the Nigerian Bar who sat for the examination for the Backlog Set. Meanwhile,...
GOV. BAGO’S BADEGGI FM DIRECTIVE IS EXECUTIVE RASCALITY OF HIGHEST ORDER,’ SAYS NBA
NEWS RELEASE Governor Mohammed Umaru Bago of Niger State Must Withdraw Unconstitutional Order Shutting Down Badeggi FM Immediately – NBA The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) strongly condemns the directive issued by Governor Mohammed Umaru Bago of Niger State ordering the immediate shutdown of Badeggi FM 90.1, a privately‑owned radio station in Minna. The action, implemented through instructions to the state...
THE SELECTORATE: WHEN THE PEOPLE VOTE BUT THE JUDGES CHOOSE
By Abdul Mahmud One month ago, in Abuja, a small circle of friends, literary enthusiasts, human rights activists, politicians, public intellectuals and thinkers gathered to listen to Chidi Odinkalu read from his latest offering, The Selectorate: When Judges Topple the People. It was a private reading, but the ideas Chidi graciously espoused belong in the public domain. They concern us, citizens of...
RAPULU NDUKA AT NBA MENTORSHIP SEMINAR: “FROM LAW SCHOOL TO REAL LIFE – WHAT I WISH I KNEW”
NEWS RELEASE “From Law School to Real Life – What I Wish I Knew”: Dr. Rapulu Nduka Delivers Goodwill Message at NBA Mentorship Seminar Abuja, Nigeria – July 28, 2025 As part of efforts to support and guide the next generation of legal practitioners, the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Mentorship Committee recently held a Seminar and Welcome Program for New...
POLICE OPERATIVES NAB ALLEGED KILLERS OF PORT HARCOURT LAWYER
The Rivers State Police Command has stated that it has apprehended all the suspects allegedly involved in the gruesome killing of Port Harcourt-based lawyer and an active member of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Port Harcourt Branch, Mr. Bright Owhor. In a statement obtained by CITY LAWYER, the Police High Command stated that “Through meticulous intelligence work and technical surveillance...
SANWO-OLU HAILS LASU ALUMNAE FOR EMERGING AS NIGERIAN LAW SCHOOL ‘BEST GRADUATING FEMALE STUDENT’
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has congratulated an alumnae of Lagos State University (LASU), Maryam Lawal, for emerging as both the Best Graduating Female Student and the Second Overall Best Graduating Student at the Nigerian Law School’s prestigious Call to Bar ceremony held in Abuja last week. Governor Sanwo-Olu, the Visitor to the Lagos State University, in a statement...