As Mr. Ogaga Emoghwanre is interred today at Benin Vaults and Gardens, CITY LAWYER pays tribute to a consummate Bar-man with verve and panache, erstwhile Special Assistant to the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) President, NBA Benin Branch Publicity Secretary, and Secretary of NBA Welfare Committee. “As an astute Bar man, I strongly believe that we have no other Association than...

The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has appointed three new Trustees to join its Board of Trustees. The Trustees are Mr. Yunus Ustaz Usman, SAN (NBA Kaduna Branch); Mr. George Etomi (NBA Lagos Branch) and Patricia Igwebuike (NBA Oji River Branch). This brings to nine the total number of NBA Trustees. An unimpeachable source told CITY LAWYER that the appointments were...

An endorsement battle seems to be raging among the leading presidential candidates, CITY LAWYER can authoritatively report. Bar Leaders among others are currently lining behind their preferred candidates in the hope that this will sway eligible voters to tag along. Each endorsement is celebrated by the campaign organisations with flashy flyers highlighting the testimonial about the candidate. CITY LAWYER observes...

The Electoral Committee of the Nigerian Bar Association (ECNBA) has released the Election Magazine for the 2022 NBA Elections. This is in line with the Second Schedule to the NBA Constitution 2015 (as amended) which provides in Part IV Article 16 that “The Electoral Committee shall collate all materials, arrange them in alphabetical order without regard for the position being...

8th Point on the Manifesto of Isaac Omuta Ogbah as published by ECNBA on its website “In ensuring that government officials are properly guided in their responsibilities, I will see to it that the leadership of the NBA work with the National Assembly to ensure that every government agency both at the Federal, State and Local levels, have an established...

7th Point on the Manifesto of Isaac Omuta Ogbah, FICMC as published by ECNBA on its website Given the high level increase of brutalization of lawyers in the process of carrying out of their lawful and legitimate duties on a daily basis by law enforcement officers, to ensure we nip this in the bud. I will see to it that...

In a move that demonstrates their continued faith in the Annual International Business Law Conference of the Nigerian Bar Association Section on Business Law (NBA-SBL), over 50 corporate sponsors have thrown their weight behind the 16th conference coming up in Abuja in July. The sponsors include Corporate Affairs Commission, Aluko & Oyebode, Flutterwave, Banwo & Ighodalo, Africa Finance Corporation, Federal...

ADMINISTRATION OF OATH OF OFFICE TO JUDICIAL OFFICERS BY CHIEF EXECUTIVES: A SYMBOLIC REPRESENTATION OF JUDICIAL SUBJUGATION By Jonathan Gunu Taidi, Esq. There is no gainsaying the fact that the judiciary in Nigeria is in a state of anomie and absolutely unable to operate like an independent arm of government rather than as an appendage of the executive. A plethora...

The resurgent umbrella association of lawyers of Yoruba extraction, Egbe Amofin O’odua has thrown its weight behind some candidates in the forthcoming Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) General Elections, even as it shunned adoption of any of the presidential candidates. In a statement made available to CITY LAWYER by its Publicity Secretary, Mr. Yinka Sokoya, the Egbe “adopted” some of the...

BY REX ONYEKACHI UZOEGBU As the Great African Wooden Gong unendingly sounds with torrential lyrical frenzy renting the air to the delight of legal minds, we’re respectfully obliged and inclined to the standing ovation of an enigma; accomplished juggernaut, a legal icon, an uncommon Hero, Protector of the human race, former Action and unbeatable performing Chairman of NBA, Bwari, Erudite,...