The Law and Individual Rights Sub-committee of the Nigerian Bar Assocaition Section on Legal Practice (NBA-SLP) chaired by Mr. Steve Adehi, SAN, FCIArb will today hold a webinar on digital rights and data protection. According to details made available to CITY LAWYER, the theme of the webinar is “Digital Rights and Data Protection: The Roles and Opportunities for Lawyers.” Time...
EROJIKWE, TCCP CHAIR’S DAD, BEGINS HOMEWARD JOURNEY TODAY
The funeral rites for Chief Edwin Ekemezie Erojikwe, the late father of the Chairman of Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Technical Committee on Conference Planning (TCCP) 2022, Mr. Tobenna Erojikwe, will commence today with a Vigil Mass at his Uruagu Nnewi home. Time is 5 pm. The rites will climax tomorrow, Thursday, September 22, 2022 with a Funeral Mass at St....
BREAKING: BILLIONNAIRE KIDNAPPER, EVANS BAGS 21 YEARS IN JAIL
Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of the Ikeja Special Offences Court today sentenced billionaire kidnapper, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, also known as Evans, and his co-defendant, Victor Aduba, to 21 years imprisonment for kidnapping one Sylvanus Hafia. The duo were accused of conspiring and abducting Sylvanus Ahanonu Hafia at about 5:30 pm on June 23, 2014, at Kara Street, Amuwo Odofin in Lagos and...
PEACE BUILDING: FIDA KICKS OFF WOMEN INCLUSION PROJECT
PRESS RELEASE FIDA Nigeria Commences the Implementation of A Women Inclusion in Peace Building Project in Plateau State The International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA) Nigeria is set to commence the implementation of a project with specific focus on Promoting the Inclusion of Women in Peace Building & Conflict mitigation across vulnerable communities in Plateau State, Nigeria. On this project,...
USORO, ETOMI, IKWUAZOM, YAHYA MAKE NBA C’TES LIST
The President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Mr. Yakubu Maikyau SAN has constituted some committees to tackle issues ranging from electoral reform and law firm mentorship to lawyers’ employment and remuneration. A statement made available to CITY LAWYER indicated that the setting up of the committees is in fulfillment Maikyau’s promise “to improve and effectively reform the NBA’s electoral...
‘THE TASK BEFORE MAIKYAU,’ BY JIBRIN OKUTEPA
MAIKYAU REGIME MUST HIT THE GROUND RUNNING In the just concluded Nigerian Bar Association NBA annual conference many ugly incidents happened. The outgone NBA president Mr Olumide Akpata publicly acknowledged that some lawyers stole conference bags and other items. To me this was ridiculous and a shame. When I decided to read law and by the grace of God I...
‘DIASPORA FUNDING OF POLITICAL PARTIES IS LEGAL,’ SAYS BALOGUN
Against the backdrop of the controversy that has trailed Diaspora funding of elections in Nigeria, AKINTAYO BALOGUN, a legal practitioner argues that crowdfunding being proposed by Nigerians in the diaspora in support of Mr. Peter Obi’s presidential bid does not infringe the Electoral Act PROPRIETY OF THE SPONSORSHIP/FUNDING OF POLITICAL PARTIES/ASPIRANTS BY INDIVIDUALS OR ASSOCIATIONS UNDER THE 1999 CONSTITUTION AS...
MIDWEST BAR FORUM HAILS AKPATA, OTHERS ON TENURE
Goodwill Message of the Chairman of the Midwest Bar Forum -Chief G. C. Igbokwe SAN, FCIArb UK , Heralding the Commencement of the 2022-2023 New Legal Good day our Noble Leaders , learned Senior advocates and my Learned Friends. Happy new legal year to you all. As we have come back from our various vacation trips within and outside the...
‘HOW MY SIGNATURE WAS FORGED FOR INEC, BVAS LAWSUIT,’ BY LAWYER
• SAYS ‘MY COLLEAGUE HAS APOLOGIZED TO ME, BUT ….’ • LAWYER SAYS IT IS A ‘MISPLACEMENT’ The lawyer in the middle of the controversial lawsuit filed at Federal High Court, Owerri to stop electronic transmission of results and use of Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has told CITY LAWYER that the lawyer...
LAWYER DISOWNS SUIT AGAINST INEC, BVAS, ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION, BLAMES COLLEAGUE
Controversy has enveloped a lawsuit reportedly filed against the use of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) by one “J. O. ABAZIE ESQ,” an Owerri-based lawyer. Washing her hands off the lawsuit, Joy Abazie stated in a “Disclaimer” now trending on social media that “I do not know Nwankwere Morale Chinwen, the purported plaintiff in the Suit neither have I...