NEWS RELEASE Imminent Judicial Meltdown in Imo – NGO Drags Governor, NJC, JSC, CR, to Court Over “Unconstitutional” Appointments. ~ As Former NBA Secretary, Chinedu Agu, Esq. Leads Challenge; Withdraws Earlier Suits.~ The unfolding judicial crisis in Imo State has taken a dramatic turn as The Incorporated Trustees of Prisons Advocacy and Justice Initiative, a civil society organisation renowned for...

LIBI: WE ARE AMONG THE PROUD SPONSORS OF THE NBA ABUJA LAW WEEK, 2025
Visit our stand and take advantage of the 15% Discount Promo in the Lawyers In Business Mass-Housing and Land-Banking Scheme. Promo ends 30th June, 2025. Join us today at the NBA House, Central Area, Abuja for the NBA Abuja Unity Bar Law Week and stand a chance to win a Ticket to the Prestigious “NBA Abuja Annual Law Dinner!”. We...

LEGAL, STATUTORY AND PRACTICAL FOUNDATIONS FOR NBA’S ROLE IN COLLECTION OF BAR PRACTISING FEE
OPINION LEGAL, STATUTORY, AND PRACTICAL FOUNDATIONS FOR NIGERIAN BAR ASSOCIATION’S ROLE IN COLLECTION OF THE BAR PRACTISING FEE (BPF) (a reaction to Amb Hameed Ajibola Jimoh) By Sylvester Udemezue Memory Verse: It is one thing to quote the law; it is another to understand the policy and jurisprudence underpinning its application. 1. Clarifying the Misapprehensions: I have read with utmost...

UCHENNA OGUNEDO AKINGBADE ANCHORS FLAGSHIP SESSION AT NBA LAGOS BRANCH ANNUAL LAW CONFERENCE
Bar Leader and Co-Opted Executive Committee member of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Lagos Branch, Mrs. Uchenna Ogunedo Akingbade was the cynosure of all eyes yesterday as she anchored the flagship session at the ongoing NBA Lagos Branch Annual Law Conference. The session, with the topic “Redefining Standards in a Disruptive Legal Landscape,” featured the Keynote Address, the 1st Panel Session,...

OKEY OHAGBA HAILS NBA LAGOS ON ANNUAL LAW CONFERENCE
NBA LAGOS BRANCH LAW WEEK 2025: A NOTE OF FELICITATION BY OKEY LEO OHAGBA, ESQ I write to convey my heartfelt felicitation to the Olabisi Makanjuola led EXCO, the Planning Committee and the entire members of Nigerian Bar Association Lagos Branch on this occasion of the Lagos Branch Annual Law Conference, 2025, aptly themed, REIMAGINING THE PRACTICE OF LAW: ETHICS,...

UCHENNA OGUNEDO AKINGBADE, COORDINATOR OF THE FLAGSHIP SESSION, STORMS NBA LAGOS ANNUAL LAW CONFERENCE
UCHENNA OGUNEDO AKINGBADE, COORDINATOR OF THE FLAGSHIP SESSION, WILL BE ATTENDING THE NBA LAGOS BRANCH ANNUAL LAW CONFERENCE. I am honoured to be attending the NBA Lagos Branch Conference as the coordinator of the Flagship Session. Having served on the Law Week Planning Committee for three consecutive years, it is a privilege to coordinate this integral session. The session brings...

BARROOM BATTLES: REFLECTIONS ON THE UNFORTUNATE SPAT BETWEEN MIKE OZEKHOME AND ADEBAYO OJO
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
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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
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