COMMENTARY YOUR EXCELLENCY, SIMINALAYI FUBARA, PLEASE COME TO THE RESCUE! BY MONDAY UBANI The ongoing controversy surrounding the N300 million donation by the Rivers State Government under Governor Siminalayi Fubara to the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) for its forthcoming Annual General Conference has become a subject of national discourse, legal curiosity, and political undertones. Originally, the funds were received by...
14 DAYS TO PRICE INCREMENT: PLOTS OF FALANA SAN, SIR. T. ODAUDU ESQ ETC UNDER MASSIVE CONSTRUCTION/DECKING AT THE LAWYERS IN BUSINESS MASS-HOUSING & LAND-BANKING SCHEME
FCDA COMMENCES ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY TO ALLOTEES OF MASS-HOUSING PLOTS IN ABUJA, FROM APRIL 21, 2025. 50% Deposit secures you a plot and shields from price increment. Balance can be spread across two years of monthly installments. Earn 5% Facilitator’s Fee when you refer someone. Call/Chat: 08060266163, 08067456723 Join us for more Allocations/inspection Today, Wednesday, 16th April, 2025...
RESIGNATION: RIVERS STATE JUDICIARY SAYS CHIEF MAGISTRATE WAS SACKED
Both the Rivers State Judiciary and the Rivers State Judicial Service Commission have disowned former Chief Magistrate Ejike George who sensationally stated that he resigned from judicial functions due to imposition of state of emergency on the state. Confirming CITY LAWYER exclusive report, the two entities stated that George was compulsorily retired from service due to his long absence from...
JUDGE THREATENS TO WITHDRAW FROM EFCC CASE OVER ALLEGED FALSE REPORT
Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday, threatened to send back the EFCC’s case file in the charge against Ali Bello, the Chief of Staff (CoS) to Kogi government to the Chief Judge, Justice John Tsoho, for reassignment. Justice Omotosho made this known following a complaint by Bello’s counsel, Abubakar Aliyu, SAN, accusing the EFCC...
EXCLUSIVE: ‘REAL REASON’ RIVERS CHIEF MAGISTRATE RESIGNED
The last has not been heard about the sudden resignation of a Chief Magistrate in Rivers State reportedly due to his unease over the appointment of a Sole Administrator to oversee the affairs of the state. Mr. Ejike George, a Chief Magistrate in the Rivers State Judiciary, had tendered his resignation from service, saying: “This difficult and regrettable decision is...
15 DAYS TO PRICE INCREMENT: CONSTRUCTION COMMENCES ON THE PLOTS OF DR. MONDAY UBANI SAN [PAST CHAIR, NBA IKEJA], SIR OLATUNJI SALAWU ETC AT THE LAWYERS IN BUSINESS MASS-HOUSING & LAND-BANKING SCHEME
FCDA ANNOUNCES ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY TO ALLOTEES OF MASS-HOUSING PLOTS IN ABUJA, FROM APRIL 21, 2025. Earn 5% Facilitator’s Fee when you refer someone. Call/Chat: 08060266163, 08067456723 Join us for more Allocations/inspection TODAY, 14 April, 2025; 4 pm to 7 pm and Daily till April 30, 2025, from 4 pm to 7 pm. Meeting Point/Temporary entrance is through...
DEMAND FOR REFUND: ‘RIVERS N300M A GIFT, NOT HOSTING RIGHT FEE,’ SAYS NBA
May we respectfully note that the view that NBA must refund the N300m 2025 NBA AGC, is neither supported by fact or law. NBA will not return any money to Rivers State government as the money was a gift meant for the sponsorship of certain conference items and not for “hosting rights”! Lawyers may recall that I announced the choice...
RIVERS ADMINISTRATOR ASKS NBA TO REFUND N300M OVER RELOCATION OF AGC TO ENUGU
The Rivers State Government has demanded a refund of N300 million from the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) following the relocation of its 2025 Annual General Conference from Port Harcourt to Enugu. In a statement signed by the Senior Special Assistant on Media, Hector Igbikiowubo, the state government criticized the NBA’s reasons for moving the event, despite having received payment for...
EXCLUSIVE: ‘TOBENNA EROJIKWE IS JUSTIFIABLY AN INTERESTED PARTY TO WHOM ECNBA DATABASES SHOULD BE PROVIDED ….,’ SAYS COURT (DOWNLOAD JUDGMENT)
A judge of the FCT High Court has held that Mr. Tobenna Erojikwe, a presidential candidate in the 2024 Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Elections, “is justifiably an interested party, having contested an election conducted by the ECNBA on behalf of the 1st Defendant.” This view is contained in the judgment of the court delivered by Justice C. O. Agashieze in...
NBA ACCREDITS 2025 GABRIEL ADIKWU ANNUAL LECTURE
The 2025 Gabriel Adikwu Annual Lecture has been accredited by the Nigerian Bar Association Institute of Continuing Legal Education (NBA- ICLE), CITY LAWYER can authoritatively report. The Annual Lecture is reputed as the largest single gathering of lawyers in North East Nigeria and FCT. This year’s Annual Lecture is billed to honour Honourable Justice Paul Adamu Galumje, a retired Justice...