OKEY LEO OHAGBA ON BLISSFUL MAY DAY 2026 To all legal minds who never stop advocating, today is your day to put down the files, rest, and celebrate the dignity of your labour. Happy May Day, beloved colleagues and friends. LET’S INNOVATE👌🏻 With warm compliments,Okey Leo Ohagba, Esq.Past National Officer, NBA. InnovativeSecretariatTheIBAmodel InnovativeBar Thefuturestartsnow OkeyisOk BlissfulMayDay
‘HOW EMEFIELE MOVED $6.23B FROM CBN COFFERS,’ BY EFCC WITNESS
A prosecution witness, Chinedu Eneanya, last Monday told Justice Hamza Muazu of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Maitama, that a staggering $6.23 billion was allegedly diverted from the coffers of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) by former Governor Godwin Emefiele. According to Eneanya, Emefiele moved the sum under the guise of funding foreign election observers for the 2023...
PARTY POLITICS: WHY SECTION 83 OF ELECTORAL ACT CAN’T SILENCE COURTS
BY MONDAY UBANI Section 83 and the Myth of Judicial Silence in Party Politics The recent assertion by my brother, Festus Okoye Esq, that lawyers have become scapegoats in internal party conflicts owing to their recourse to the courts calls for careful constitutional and judicial interrogation. At the centre of this debate lies Section 83 of the Electoral Act 2026,...
CIARB NIGERIA UNVEILS THEME FOR 2026 PH CONFAB
The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (Ciarb) Nigeria Branch has unveiled its theme for this year’s eagerly awaited Annual Conference. In an online post seen by CITY LAWYER, the 2026 Annual Conference Planning Committee stated that this year’s theme is “Beyond Dialogue: Delivering Excellence in Arbitration and ADR.” CITY LAWYER gathered that the theme is a sequel to previous themes which...
‘ELECTORAL ACT ALTERED BEYOND RECOGNITION’ – SENATOR IRETI KINGIBE
Senator Ireti Kingibe, who represents the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), has raised concerns that the Electoral Act was significantly altered from its original version. Speaking during an interview on Arise Television’s Prime Time, Kingibe explained that she was part of the Electoral Reforms Committee and insisted that many provisions in the current Act differ from what was initially agreed upon....
OKEY OHAGBA HAILS NBA BWARI ON ANNUAL LAW WEEK
I write to convey my warmest note of felicitation to the Elder E. I. Nwude led branch Executive, the Law Week Planning Committee, and the entire members of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Bwari Branch, on this occasion of your 2026 Law Week. Your chosen theme; “The Leadership Challenge In Nigeria: The Way Forward, Beyond Rhetoric,” is timely and thought-provoking,...
NBA C’TE URGES BANKS TO COMPLY WITH REMUNERATION ORDER
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Remuneration Committee, led by Chief Emeka Obegolu, PhD., SAN, has formally notified all banks in Nigeria, to comply with the Legal Practitioners’ Remuneration Order 2023, which took effect on May 16, 2023. The Order, issued under Section 15(3) of the Legal Practitioners Act, sets a minimum fee structure for legal services, including property transactions and...
BADEJO-OKUSANYA IN ABA, OWERRI, UMUAHIA, ORLU TO CONSULT LAWYERS
A leading aspirant in the forthcoming Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) 2026 Presidential Election, Mrs. Oyinkan Badejo-Okusanya SAN has concluded consultations with lawyers across three jurisdictions, namely Aba, Owerri, Umuahia, and Orlu. Badejo-Okusanya ended her consultations by attending the child dedication of a Bar Leader and former Imo State Attorney-General & Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Ndukwe Nnabuchi at Saint Mark’s Church,...
BILLIONAIRE ELON MUSK ENTERS COURTROOM SHOWDOWN WITH OPENAI
Jury selection is to begin in a high-profile legal battle between billionaire Elon Musk and artificial intelligence startup OpenAI, which he accuses of betraying its non-profit mission. The clash in a courtroom across the bay from San Francisco pits the world’s richest man against a startup that Musk once backed and now competes against in the booming AI sector. OpenAI’s...