Former Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission, Prof, Chidi Odinkalu, has said that Nigerians cannot trust the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Joash Amupitan SAN, to conduct a credible election in 2027. Speaking on Channels Television’s programme “Politics Today,” Odinkalu described INEC’s handling of the recent Federal Capital Territory (FCT) election as a complete failure....
NBA–SPIDEL INVITES MEDIA PRACTITIONERS TO JOIN NETWORK
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Section on Public Interest and Development Law (NBA–SPIDEL) has set up a Media Network to drive its engagement with media practitioners. A notice seen by CITY LAWYER indicates that the section is inviting media practitioners to join the NBA–SPIDEL Media Network. According to the online notice, “The Network aims to strengthen collaboration between the media...
INEC: ANTI-GRAFT COALITION BACKS SUIT TO SCRAP PARTY NOMINATION FEES
COALITION AGAINST CORRUPTION AND BAD GOVERNANCE CACOBAG PRESS RELEASE WE STAND WITH EJIME OKOLIE: POLITICAL PARTIES MUST ERADICATE NOMINATION FEES FOR ELECTIONS Coalition Against Corruption and Bad Governance CACOBAG is to join Ejime Okolie’s suit FHC/ABJ/CS/04/2026 before Justice Binta Nyako, Federal High Court Abuja, against Independent National Electoral Commission INEC and nineteen political parties, demanding scrapping of nomination fees. These...
BREAKING: FORMER NBA LAGOS BRANCH CHAIR PA ODUNLAMI DIES AT 91
A former Chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Lagos Branch, Pa Godwin Oladeinde Odunlami, is dead. A notice seen by CITY LAWYER and signed by Mr. Adeleke Agbola, his former Partner at the law firm of Cheakley Chambers, indicated that Pa Odunlami died yesterday. The full text of the notice reads: PRESS RELEASE GODWIN OLADEINDE ODUNLAMI (12 February 1935...
ONDO AG KAYODE AJULO DEBUNKS FESTUS ADEDAYO’S CLAIMS AGAINST AIYEDATIWA
In a rare and forceful public intervention, Ondo State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Dr Olukayode Ajulo, SAN, has issued a blistering, intellectually rigorous rebuttal to veteran columnist, Festus Adedayo’s opinion article titled, “Aiyedatiwa’s Years of the Locusts”. The Attorney-General, who stated that he had long maintained a posture of restraint befitting his high office, noted that he had...
FORMER NBA-SLP CHAIR BOMA ALABI TO SPEAK AT NBA LAGOS MENTORING SESSION
NEWS RELEASE NBA LAGOS MENTORING COMMITTEE PRESENTS AN EVENING WITH EXCELLENCE: GROUP SESSION MENTORING (GSM) 1 Dear Esteemed Members, The NBA Lagos Mentoring Committee is thrilled to announce the first edition of its Group Session Mentoring (GSM) series — an exclusive opportunity to learn from some of Nigeria’s most distinguished legal minds. WHAT IS GROUP SESSION MENTORING? GSM is an...
ALUMNI HAIL TOP LAWYER, RICKEY TARFA AS HE TURNS 64 TODAY
Alumni members of the leading law firm, Rickey Tarfa & Company have been pouring encomiums on the Founder and Principal Partner of the firm, Mr. Rickey Tarfa (SAN), as he turns 64 years today. The significant list of alumni includes judges, no less than nine Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SAN) and several senior members of the Bar. Among the senior...
JAILED ENUGU LAWYER: CJN WADES IN, MARCH 27 IS JUDGMENT DAY
At last, the prolonged delay that has jeopardized hearing of appeal filed by jailed lawyer-turned-politician, Mr. Bright Ngene, has been resolved by the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Kudirat Motonmori Olatokunbo Kekere‑Ekun. A report by the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Fact-Finding Committee on the plight of the embattled lawyer indicated that Justice Kekere‑Ekun directed that the case should be remitted...
SCANDAL, AS MAGISTRATE COURT DEMANDS PAYMENT OF N15M BAIL BOND INTO COURT
An unusual practice may have gripped Nigeria’s magistrate courts in light of emerging evidence that the courts now demand payment of bail bonds into courts’ coffers before accused persons could regain their freedom. This growing practice peaked during a recent case where, Mr. Augustine Otobo, the client of former Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) First Vice President, Mr. John Aikpokpo-Martins was...
‘IT’S TIME TO SAVE JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS FROM CORRUPTION,’ SAYS ODINKALU
By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu For nearly five years, Abia State has been the site of a bewildering contest over the crisis of corruption that now bedevils Nigeria’s judicial appointment process. Essentially, the appointment of judges in Nigeria has become something akin to a life-and-death contest, not for or on behalf of those seeking to get justice from the courts but...