Former Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Second Vice President (2018-2020), Prof. Foluke Dada-Lawanson has finally thrown her weight behind the aspiration of Mr. Olumuyiwa Akinboro SAN to lead the Nigerian Bar. Dada-Lawanson also told CITY LAWYER that the trending news that she has stepped down for Mrs. Oyinkansola Badejo-Okusanya SAN is “lies,” even as she made available her detailed rebuttal to...
DANGOTE LAUNCHES N1 TRN EDUCATION FUND TO SUPPORT 1.3M NIGERIAN STUDENTS
… Pledges 25% of personal wealth to Foundation… FG lauds initiative as governors pledge support Nigerian industrialist Aliko Dangote, on Thursday, announced a N100 billion annual education support initiative, describing it as a long-term investment aimed at reducing financial barriers that drive millions of young Nigerians out of school. The programme is expected to cost more than N1 trillion over...
POMP, AS OTU OKA IWU (LAW SOCIETY) HONOURS SENIOR ADVOCATES, OTHERS
Otu Oka Iwu, an association of legal practitioners of Igbo extraction, has reiterated its commitment to unity, communal upliftment and justice in Nigeria. This was restated at the association’s 2025 Annual Dinner and Award Night in Lagos, an event which brought together senior legal luminaries, government officials and leaders of major Igbo socio-cultural organisations. The event, which also featured the...
OKEY OHAGBA LAUDS RIVERS FIDA ON LAW WEEK
INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF WOMEN LAWYERS (FIDA) NIGERIA, RIVERS STATE BRANCH – 2025 ANNUAL LAW WEEK. A NOTE OF FELICITATION BY OKEY LEO OHAGBA I write to extend my sincere felicitations to the Mrs. Tamunoibuemi Life-George led Executive Committee, the Law Week Planning Committee, and all esteemed Rivers State branch FIDAns on this occasion of your 2025 FIDA Annual Law Week....
OKEY OHAGBA HAILS NBA OKEHI BRANCH (ANCHOR BAR) ON ANNUAL LAW WEEK
NBA OKEHI BRANCH (ANCHOR BAR) ANNUAL LAW WEEK 2025: A NOTE OF FELICITATION FROM NBA PAST NATIONAL OFFICER, OKEY LEO OHAGBA I write to heartily felicitate the Okey Nwogu led EXCO, the Promise Nwobiri led Law Week Planning Committee, and the entire esteemed members of NBA Okehi branch (Anchor Bar) on this momentous occasion of your 2025 Law Week. Your...
BLUE SILK: ALDRAP ISSUES ‘CEASE AND DESIST’ NOTICE TO NBA, CITES LAWSUIT
The Association of Legislative Drafting and Advocacy Practitioners (ALDRAP) has asked the Nigerian Bar Association to steer clear of its planned conferment of the rank of “Blue Silks” on some senior lawyers. In a “Cease and Desist” letter made available to CITY LAWYER, the association hinged its demand on a pending lawsuit on the new rank. Dated 11th December, 2025,...
COURT SLAMS INJUNCTION ON DEFENDANTS FOR ALLEGED DEFAMATION OF UBANI
The High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, has issued an ex parte interim injunction restraining the Editor-in-Chief of Law and Society Magazine as well as Dr. Tonye Clinton Jaja from making further alleged derogatory publications against prominent Nigerian lawyer, Dr. Monday Onyekachi Ubani, SAN. The order, granted on Tuesday, December 9, 2025, by Hon. Justice S. U....
THE PRACTICAL TRAINING ACADEMY (TPTA) TRAINS CROSS RIVER STATE JUSTICE MINISTRY ON PUBLIC LAW
The Practical Training Academy Ltd/Gte (TPTA) Delivers Comprehensive Public Law Office Training for Cross River State Ministry of Justice Five-day bespoke programme enhances capacity of 143 legal professionals The Practical Training Academy Ltd/Gte (TPTA) and The Law Crest LLP, in collaboration with the Cross River State Ministry of Justice, successfully delivered a specialised five-day training programme for public sector legal...
ODINKALU, OKUTEPA, DINO MELAYE, BAR LEADERS HAIL AGOMOH, NEW NBA-SPIDEL EXCO
Foremost human rights activist, Professor Chidi Odinkalu has congratulated leading justice sector reform advocate, Prof. Uju Agomoh on her election as the new Chair of the Nigerian Bar Association Section on Public Interest and Development Law (NBA-SPIDEL). In a post on his verified Twitter/X handle, Odinkalu, who is often described by his admirers as the ‘Conscience of the Nation,’ noted...
‘NEW NBA-SPIDEL CHAIR, PROF. AGOMOH CAN LEAD ANY GLOBAL GROUP’ – PIONEER SPIDEL SEC
BY VICTOR NWAKASI ‘Still On 2025 SPIDEL Leadership Transition – We can Leverage on the Positives’ Based on the election committee report released on this platform, which I am taking the liberty of considering as ‘information’ and the discernment of other information shared, projected, availed and offered so far, it appears there was a genuine effort by stakeholders (everyone indeed)...