CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE TO PIONEER ELECTED GOVERNING COUNCIL MEMBERS OF EGBE AMOFIN O’ODUA With great pride, I write to congratulate Aare Isiaka Olagunju Abiola, SAN and Members of the Governning Council of Egbe Amofin O’Odua who have made history as pioneer elected officers to steer the affairs of esteemed members of Egbe Amofin Odua within and in diaspora. This historic feat...
SAFIYA BALARABE LAUDS USMAN ON NBA ELCO JOB
Safiya Balarabe has congratulated Mr. Sule Usman, SAN on his appointment by the NBA President, Mr. Olumide Akpata as the Chairman, NBA Branch Election Appeal Commitee for the Northern Zone. Balarabe who is also Treasurer, NBA Women Forum while commending her long-standing friend, wrote: “Dear Learned Silk, Sule Usman, SAN, it gladdens my heart to congratulate you on your recent...
MAXIMUS UGWUOKE CONGRATULATES CLASFON ON ABUJA SUMMIT
Mr. Ikechukwu Maximus Ugwuoke, an aspirant for the position of Welfare Secretary in the 2022 Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Elections has commended the Christian Lawyers Fellowship of Nigeria (CLASFON) on its summit which holds in Abuja. The statement reads: MAXIMUS UGWUOKE CONGRATULATES CLASFON ON SUMMIT; CHARGES THEM TO CONTINUE TO SET THE PACE. NBA National Welfare Secretary frontline Aspirant, Ikechukwu...
GADZAMA ASSURES LAWYERS OF OPEN-DOOR POLICY
The Chairman of the Body of Benchers Mentoring Committee for Young Lawyers, Chief Joe-Kyari Gadzama SAN has assured the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) members that he would operate an open-door policy if elected President. Gadzama made this promise while addressing NBA Sokoto Branch members at the Amma Hall, Dankani Guest Inn, Sokoto on Friday, May 20, 2022. A statement on...
SENIOR ADVOCATE TACKLES ECNBA OVER DISQUALIFICATION OF VP ASPIRANT
A senior lawyer, Mr. Mohammed Ndayako, SAN has disagreed with the Electoral Committee of the Nigerian Bar Association (ECNBA) over its disqualification of NBA First Vice President aspirant, Mr. Muhammad Idris Doko from contesting the forthcoming NBA National Officers election. Doko was disqualified from participating in the election because “your Seconder being a member of a political party in Nigeria...
EGBE AMOFIN O’ODUA ELECTS OLAGUNJU AS CHAIR
Former Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) General Secretary and Chairman of the Oyo State Independent Electoral Commission, Chief Isiaka Olagunju SAN has been elected as Chairman of the Governing Council of Egbe Amofin O’odua, the one-time influential lawyers’ regional bloc. A statement made available to CITY LAWYER reads: AARE ISIAKA OLAGUNJU SAN, TOYIN BASHORUN SAN, OSO ADETUNJI, OLAYINKA SOKOYA AND OTHERS...
JONATHAN, LAWAN, OTHERS FOR LAWYER’S BOOK PRESENTATION
Nigeria’s former President, Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan , GCFR is among many dignitaries billed to grace the presentation of “Political Party Governance,” a book authored by former Minister of State for Power, Dr. Mohammed Wakil (OON). The event will hold at NAF Conference Centre, Kado, Abuja on Thursday, May 26, 2022 at 10 am. While Jonathan is the Special Guest...
MAXIMUS UGWUOKE LAUDS 2008 LAW SCHOOL SET ON ANNIVERSARY
Mr. Ikechukwu Maximus Ugwuoke, an aspirant for the position of Welfare Secretary at the 2022 Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Elections has congratulated the 2008 Call Set of the Nigerian Law School on their anniversary celebration. The statement reads: MAY YOUR STARS CONTINUE TO SHINE “I congratulate my learned colleagues who were called to the Nigerian Bar with me this day...
‘I ACCEPT MY DISQUALIFICATION BY ECNBA, I WON’T APPEAL,’ SAYS ABDUSSALAM SALEH
An aspirant for the post of Assistant General Secretary in the forthcoming Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Elections, Mr. Abdussalam Mohammed Saleh has said that he would not challenge his disqualification by the Electoral Committee of the NBA (ECNBA). In a statement made available to CITY LAWYER, Saleh, who is currently the Welfare Secretary of NBA Unity Bar Abuja Branch and...
DOKO, NWOSU, AKPETO, OTHERS DISQUALIFIED, NDUKWU FILES APPEAL
More aspirants have been disqualified by the Electoral Committee of the Nigerian Bar Association (ECNBA) in the run-up to the 2022 NBA National Officers and General Council of the Bar (GCB) Elections. While there is palpable anxiety within the ranks of the aspirants as most of them are yet to be communicated by the electoral committee on their fate, CITY...