A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mr. Charles Ihua-Maduenyi is dead. The Coordinator of the 2021 Class of Senior Advocates, Mr. Ade Agbola SAN told CITY LAWYER that Ihua-Maduenyi died this afternoon in Abuja. The Port Harcourt based senior lawyer was a Commissioner under Peter Odili and Celestine Omehia administrations. An unimpeachable source told CITY LAWYER that the deceased went to...

Bar Leader and former Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) General Secretary, Mr. Emeka Obegolu SAN has been appointed the Patron of National ADR Society. A statement made available to CITY LAWYER indicated that the appointment was in “extreme gratitude for your (Obegolu’s) show of support in such short timing, and in high appreciation of your good office.” Continuing, the association wrote:...

Immediate past Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) General Secretary Joyce Oduah has said that she “was severely persecuted by those who unjustly tried to bring me down for same reason.” In a “Thank You” message to NBA members made available to CITY LAWYER, Oduah who had a running battle with the NBA leadership in the twilight of her tenure, said that...

The Executive and Members of the Nigerian Bar Association, Kaduna Branch heartily felicitates with Yakubu Chinoko Maikyau, SAN FCIArb on his assumption of office as the 31st President of the Nigerian Bar Association.  The Branch also congratulates the Members of the Executive led by Yakubu Chinoko Maikyau, SAN FCIArb who have also assumed their various offices. It is our wish...

As Mr. Ogaga Emoghwanre is interred today at Benin Vaults and Gardens, CITY LAWYER pays tribute to a consummate Bar-man with verve and panache, erstwhile Special Assistant to the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) President, NBA Benin Branch Publicity Secretary, and Secretary of NBA Welfare Committee. “As an astute Bar man, I strongly believe that we have no other Association than...

The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has appointed three new Trustees to join its Board of Trustees. The Trustees are Mr. Yunus Ustaz Usman, SAN (NBA Kaduna Branch); Mr. George Etomi (NBA Lagos Branch) and Patricia Igwebuike (NBA Oji River Branch). This brings to nine the total number of NBA Trustees. An unimpeachable source told CITY LAWYER that the appointments were...

An endorsement battle seems to be raging among the leading presidential candidates, CITY LAWYER can authoritatively report. Bar Leaders among others are currently lining behind their preferred candidates in the hope that this will sway eligible voters to tag along. Each endorsement is celebrated by the campaign organisations with flashy flyers highlighting the testimonial about the candidate. CITY LAWYER observes...

The Electoral Committee of the Nigerian Bar Association (ECNBA) has released the Election Magazine for the 2022 NBA Elections. This is in line with the Second Schedule to the NBA Constitution 2015 (as amended) which provides in Part IV Article 16 that “The Electoral Committee shall collate all materials, arrange them in alphabetical order without regard for the position being...

8th Point on the Manifesto of Isaac Omuta Ogbah as published by ECNBA on its website “In ensuring that government officials are properly guided in their responsibilities, I will see to it that the leadership of the NBA work with the National Assembly to ensure that every government agency both at the Federal, State and Local levels, have an established...

7th Point on the Manifesto of Isaac Omuta Ogbah, FICMC as published by ECNBA on its website Given the high level increase of brutalization of lawyers in the process of carrying out of their lawful and legitimate duties on a daily basis by law enforcement officers, to ensure we nip this in the bud. I will see to it that...