ASENOGUAN OSAMUEDE ISOBOMUWA CANDIDATE, FOR NBA GENERAL SECRETARY CONGRATULATES NBA WARRI AND EFFURUN BRANCHES ON THE SMOOTH CONDUCT OF THEIR BRANCH ELECTIONS Among the recent NBA branches that have conducted elections to usher in new branch executives are Warri and Effurun. Mr Asenoguan, a prominent candidate for NBA general secretary has congratulated the stated branches for smooth transitioning. He stated...
‘IN CLEMENT CHUKWUEMEKA YOU’LL FIND A TRUE LEADER,’ SAYS MOHAMMED
CLEMENT UGO CHUKWUEMEKA: A MAN OF IMPECCABLE CHARACTER WORTHY TO BE ENTRUSTED WITH LEADERSHIP ROLE My first encounter with Mr. Clement was at MOHAMMED NDARANI MOHAMMED SAN & CO., SOLACE LAW CHAMBERS, ABUJA. Precisely on the 18th, Day of April, 2022. The occasion was a courtesy visit to Learned Silk, MOHAMMED NDARANI MOHAMMED SAN, principal partner of NDARANI SAN &...
ISAAC OGBAH FELICITATES WITH NEW NBA IBADAN CHAIR, ASSURES PROGRESS
ISAAC OGBAH FELICITATES WITH THE IBADAN BRANCH ON ITS AGM AND HANDING OVER CEREMONY, CONGRATULATES MRS. FOLASHADE BOSEDE ALADENIYI FOR RECORD BREAKING EMERGENCE AS THE FIRST FEMALE CHAIRMAN OF THE BRANCH Mr. Isaac Omuta Ogbah, an aspirant for the post of 3rd Vice President of the Nigerian Bar Association(NBA) heartily congratulates the entire members and outgoing executives of Ibadan Branch...
‘ISAAC OGBAH IS A MAN OF CHARACTER,’ SAYS NWAMAKA
When knowledge transcends merely knowing to emotional intelligence, its application forms the character of a person. For several years, I have watched Isaac Ogbah, FICMC live this character effortlessly because he believes in the efficacy of “a bundle of many broomsticks” working for the same goal. If given your mandate as the 3rd Vice-President of the Nigerian Bar Association, we...
DESMOND YAMAH HAILS ECNBA, WANTS VOTER VERIFICATION EXTENDED
Desmond Yamah, candidate for the office of the General Secretary, has appealed to the Electoral Committee of the Nigerian Bar Association (ECNBA) to extend the date for verification of eligible voters. Yamah observed that many of the eligible voters are still struggling to verify their data on the NBA website after several attempts. His words: “We appreciate the enormous responsibilities...
NBA APPEALS C’TE DISQUALIFIES PORT HARCOURT CHAIR ASPIRANT
The Nigerian Bar Association Branch Election Appeals Committee (East) has disqualified NBA Port Harcourt chairmanship aspirant, Mr. Viktor Benebo, paving the way for his erstwhile opponent, Mr. Romeo Isokariari to emerge unopposed as the branch chairman. In a decision obtained by CITY LAWYER, the 9-member Nnenna Uko-led Appeals Committee upheld the contention of Isokariari that Benebo and his supporters carried...
‘MY PRESENCE THREW SUPREME COURT JUSTICES OFF BALANCE,’ OMIRHOBO REPLIES OKUTEPA,
Activist-lawyer, Chief Malcolm Omirhobo has chided fiery senior lawyer, Mr. Jibrin Okutepa SAN for upbraiding him over his sensational appearance at the Supreme Court in religious attire laced with lawyers’ paraphernalia. Reacting to a CITY LAWYER interview where Okutepa lampooned the human rights activist as a mere attention seeker, Omirhobo berated the former Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Prosecutor at the...
‘AN INSIGHT INTO THE REAL JUSTICE ARIWOOLA, ACTING CJN,’ BY LAWYER
By Ibrahim Lawal My life as a student activist in University of Ibadan exposed me to all kinds of experience particularly brushes with authorities about objectionable policies aimed at stiffening Independent Unionism. I joined Democratic Student Movement (DSM) with the likes of Babatunde Oluajo a.k.a Sankara and other left wing students movements to champion the course of independent Unionism. I...
‘LAWYERS WILL GET N4M LOAN UNDER MY WATCH,’ SAYS FUNMI ADEOGUN
FEATURED AS THE NATIONAL TREASURER FUNMI ADEOGUN PLEDGES TO ADVOCATE FOR AN INCREASE TO N3 BILLION THE N1.5 BILLION CASH COLLATERAL TO ENABLE LAWYERS ACCESS N4M CREDIT FACILITY INSTEAD OF THE CURRENT N2M CREDIT FACILITY VOTE ! VOTE!! VOTE!!! ADEOGUN FUNMILOLA OLUWATOSIN AS YOUR TREASURER JULY 16, 2022 # Financial Prudence of the Bar To join our Telegram platform, please...
AJUMOGOBIA/OLANIPEKUN ROW: ‘I ACTED IN GOOD FAITH,’ SAYS PARTNER
Adekunbi Ogunde, the senior lawyer in the centre of an allegation of influence peddling and professional misconduct levied by former Minister for Energy and Petroleum ministries, Mr. Odein Ajumogobia SAN, has expressed “great perplexity and utter bewilderment” at the “grossly inaccurate headlines and comments” that have trailed the controversy. In a response to the CITY LAWYER report where Ajumogobia expressed...