Nigeria’s Court of Appeal, Abuja Division, has reserved judgment in an appeal filed by former Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) presidential candidate Tobenna Erojikwe relating to NBA’s 2024 National Officers Election. The judgment was reserved after the appellate court heard the appeal today after adjournments. While Mr. Abdul Muhammed (SAN) represented NBA, Mr. J. J. Usman (SAN) was Lead Counsel for...
‘2027 ELECTIONS AND CONFLICTING JUDGMENTS: IMPERATIVE FOR URGENT JUDICIAL REFORM,’ BY MONDAY UBANI
By Monday Ubani Justice Delivery and Prevailing Conflicting Judgments: An Imperative for Urgent Judicial Reforms I had the rare privilege of participating as a panelist at the Biennial Law Week of the Nigerian Bar Association, Anaocha Branch, Anambra State this weekend, where distinguished Professors of Law, Justices of various courts, Senior Advocates of Nigeria, and legal scholars gathered to interrogate...
KEYNOTERS GET SUB-THEMES FOR 2026 GABRIEL ADIKWU LECTURE
Organisers of the eagerly anticipated Gabriel Adikwu Annual Lecture have unveiled the sub-themes which the Keynote Speakers will address during the colloquim. While Senior Lawyer, Chief Godwin Odumu Obla SAN has been designated to deliver the Keynote Address at the eagerly awaited event, another Keynote Address will also be delivered by Mr. Abdul Muhammed SAN, currently Chairman of the NBA...
CLEARED NBA GENSEC CANDIDATE OKEY OHAGBA LAUDS NBA BARNAWA, KEFFI ON LAW WEEK
NBA BARNAWA BRANCH LAW WEEK 2026: A NOTE OF FELICITATION I write to warmly felicitate the Bukola Ajao led Executive Committee, the Law Week Planning Committee, and the entire members of the NBA Barnawa Branch, on this auspicious occasion of your 2026 Law Week. The theme; ‘Strengthening Democratic Governance and National Development in Nigeria: The Interplay Between Electoral Integrity, Fiscal...
KWANKWASIYYA HITS BACK AT CRITICS OVER KWANKWASO-OBI ALLIANCE RUMORS
The Kwankwasiyya Movement has issued a strongly worded defense of its national leader, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, following a wave of criticism regarding his potential political alliance with Peter Obi under the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) platform. The movement in a press statement slammed what it described as “selective attacks” and “misleading narratives” coming from sections of the Northern political...
NBA PRESIDENT AFAM OSIGWE ASKS IGP TO FIND MISSING YOUNG LAWYER
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has asked the Inspector-General of Police Tunde Disu to deploy all resources to ensure the safe return of missing young lawyer Eunice Ameh whose disappearance in Abuja has raised widespread concern on safety in Nigeria’s seat of power. CITY LAWYER investigation shows that Eunice Aladi Ameh was admitted to the Nigerian Bar in 2025. In...
ANYIA, RIGHTS LAWYER AND NBA VP, TURNS 50 TODAY
FIFTY: A JUBILEE OF PURPOSE BY SABASTINE ANYIA Today I turn 50. Fifty years of life, and over two decades in the trenches of law — defending the voiceless, challenging illegality, and insisting that the Constitution means what it says. I look back at courtrooms where we argued pre-action notice, jurisprudence, Land cases , Contracts etc until the judges themselves...
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‘SUPREME COURT DECISION ON STAMP AND SEAL REMAINS SACROSANCT,’ SAYS NBA
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has vowed that it would continue to enforce its Stamp and Seal regime, warning that recent reports suggesting that the regime has been invalidated by a Federal High Court judgement are misleading. In a statement made available to CITY LAWYER and signed by NBA General Secretary, Dr. Mobolaji Ojibara, the association stated that “the decision...
THE TRAVAILS OF NESTOIL AND THE TRAVESTIES OF COURTS
BY CHIDI ODINKALU In a week in which the Nigerian judiciary at all levels has been the focus of considerable civic and party-political energy, it may seem odd to expend bandwidth on the travails of an investor or businessman, but Ernest Azudialu-Obiejesi is no ordinary businessman. The story of the ongoing ordeal in the Nigerian court system involving him, his...