OPEN LETTER FROM AMBASSADOR IGALI TO RT HON TAJUDEEN ABBAS Ref. PANDEF/NCH/2025/015 16th April, 2025 H.E. Rt. Hon. Tajudeen Abbas, PhD, GCON Honourable Speaker, House of Representatives, National Assembly, Abuja. My Dear Honourable Speaker, Excellency, KUDOS ON ADHOC OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE ON STATE OF EMERGEMCY (SIC) AND THE IMPERATIVE OF IMMEDIATE RESTORATION OF DEMOCRACY On behalf of the leaders and people...
EXCLUSIVE: 260 NIGERIAN LAW SCHOOL STUDENTS BAG FIRST CLASS, 940 FAIL
Two hundred and sixty students who sat for the November 2024 Bar Final Examinations have posted the much-coveted “First Class” grade, CITY LAWYER can authoritatively report. The figure represents only 3.6 per cent of the entire 7,134 students who sat for the examination. According to details obtained by CITY LAWYER, 940 students (13.2%) had their ambition of being admitted to...
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TEENAGER IN PETER OBI’S CONVOY SAGA REGAINS FREEDOM AFTER 3 MONTHS IN KIRIKIRI PRISON
The teenager in Peter Obi’s 2023 presidential campaign viral photograph, Alabi Quadri has been set free by a Lagos Magistrate after the state’s Department of Public Prosecution (DPP) submitted its legal advice to the court stating that there was not a shred of evidence linking the lad to the charge of armed robbery levelled against him by the Amukoko Police...
FALANA ASKS JUDICIARY TO DETERMINE TENURE OF RIVERS ADMINISTRATOR SPEEDILY
SAYS N300M NBA-AGC REFUND ‘DIVERSIONARY’ Foremost human rights activist, Mr. Femi Falana SAN has urged the Nigerian Judiciary to speedily determine the tenure of the Rivers State Sole Administrator, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (retd). The fiery senior lawyer also decried the controversy surrounding the N300 million donation by the state to the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA), describing it as “diversionary.”...
‘REIN IN SOLE ADMINISTRATOR NOW,’ RIVERS NBA BRANCHES URGE TINUBU, NASS
PRESS STATEMENT ISSUED BY THE CHAIRMEN OF THE 8 (EIGHT) BRANCHES OF NIGERIA BAR ASSOCIATION IN RIVERS STATE ON THE RELOCATION OF THE NBA ANNUAL GENERAL CONFERENCE, THE DISMANTLING OF DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS AND DISREGARD OF THE RULE OF LAW IN RIVERS-STATE 15th April, 2025 We the Chairmen of the 8 (Eight) Branches of the Nigerian Bar Association (N.B.A.) in Rivers...
IS NIGERIAN LAW SCHOOL NONCHALLANT? UDEMEZUE PROFFERS ANSWERS TO COMMON QUESTIONS
“NONCHALANT?” 𝗙𝗜𝗧𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗔𝗡𝗦𝗪𝗘𝗥𝗦 𝗧𝗢 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗠𝗢𝗡 𝗤𝗨𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦 𝗔𝗕𝗢𝗨𝗧 𝗡𝗜𝗚𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗔𝗡 𝗟𝗔𝗪 𝗦𝗖𝗛𝗢𝗢𝗟 𝗣𝗥𝗢𝗚𝗥𝗔𝗠𝗦 BY SYLVESTER UDEMEZUE (A). Questions and Observations by Respected Learned Damilola Mumuni, Esq. (Legal Practitioner) posted on the Law and Society WhatsApp Platform on April 10, 2025: “Please release the results, sir. Also, the session has resumed, and some schools have not received their postings. Why is the law...
‘OPPORTUNITIES FOR NIGERIA’S YOUNG LAWYERS,’ BY SENIOR ADVOCATE
Thriving in the Nigerian Legal Market: Opportunities for Young Lawyers By Oyetola Muyiwa Atoyebi INTRODUCTION The Nigerian legal market offers both immense opportunities and significant challenges for young lawyers. As Africa’s largest economy and one of its most influential countries, Nigeria is home to a diverse and rapidly evolving legal system[1]. From the bustling corporate hubs of the different states...
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N300M REFUND: ‘NBA IS NOT FOR SALE, BUT NOT A MONASTERY’ – UBANI
REJOINDER TO DR. OPE BANWO’S ARTICLE ON THE NBA’S N300 MILLION DONATION: A MISPLACED OUTRAGE AND A DANGEROUS MORAL POSTURING By Monday Onyekachi Ubani I have read with respectful interest the recent piece authored by brilliant mind, Dr. Ope Banwo, titled “The NBA and the N300 Million ‘Donation’ Mess – Is it Legit Fundraising or Proof of a Compromised Lawyers’...