Mr. Ikechukwu Maximus Ugwuoke, Nigerian Bar Association Welfare Secretary aspirant, recently visited NBA Abuja Branch to felicitate with members. A statement on the visit reads: Mr. Ikechukwu Maximus Ugwuoke, Nigerian Bar Association Welfare Secretary aspirant, received a thunderous ovation from members of the Unity bar, the Abuja Branch of NBA when he informed them that he is also known as...

Mr. Ikechukwu Maximus Ugwuoke, Nigerian Bar Association Welfare Secretary aspirant, has canvassed better welfare package for lawyers serving in the Nigeria Police Force. A statement made available to CITY LAWYER reads: Frontline Aspirant to the office of National Welfare of Nigerian Bar Association, Ikechukwu Maximus Ugwuoke is making a case for the upgrade of the welfare of Legal Practitioners in...

An Abuja based lawyer has urged the Electoral Committee of the Nigerian Bar Association (ECNBA) to reject any aspirant whose Letter of Good Standing is endorsed by any of the factional chairmen of NBA Abuja Branch. If successful, this will sound the death knell for the ambition of two leading presidential aspirants, Chief Joe-Kyari Gadzama SAN and Mr. Yakubu Chonoko...

Embattled Bar aspirant, Mr. Kayode Bello has written a petition to the Electoral Committee of the NBA urging it to disqualify Mr. Felix Ashimole (aka Che Oyinatumba) from contesting the forthcoming NBA Elections. In a petition addressed to the ECNBA Secretary and copied to CITY LAWYER, the petitioner alleged that the NBA Publicity Secretary aspirant “has violated the above section...

There are strong indications that a leading aspirant to the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Elections, Mr. Yakubu Chonoko Maikyau SAN may have his hands full responding to the gale of petitions against his candidacy as yet another petition has been brought against him by an Abuja based lawyer, Mr. Tochukwu Ohazuruike. It is recalled that Ohazuruike had earlier brought an...

CHIEF JOE-KYARI GADZAMA, SAN CELEBRATES WITH HON. JUSTICE MARY PETER-ODILI (RTD) ON HER OFFICIAL BOW FROM THE NIGERIAN JUDICIARY On Thursday, May 12, 2022, Hon. Justice Mary Peter-Odili finally retired from the Nigerian Judiciary after having served for over four decades and attaining the retirement age of 70 years. A befitting valedictory court session was organized to bid her farewell...

Following the birthday and retirement of Hon. Justice Mary Peter Odili from the Supreme Court, Safiya Balarabe has felicitated with the jurist on this dual celebration. Her message reads: “My Lord, Honourable Justice, you are a constant inspiration to all gentlemen in skirt and to all women. You are a blessing to humankind, a pacesetter, a rare gem, an achiever...

Mr. Isaac Ogbah, FICMC has congratulated His Lordship, Honourable Justice, Mary Ukaego Peter-Odili, JSC on her 70th year birthday celebrations and retirement from the Supreme Court.  His words: “His Lordship was undoubtedly, an erudite and disciplined member of the highest Bench, who has by years of service both at the Bar and at the Bench, contributed immeasurably to upholding the...

Palpable anxiety has gripped aspirants in the Nigerian Bar Association National Officers and General Council of the Bar Elections in the wake of the long-awaited screening by the Electoral Committee of the NBA (ECNBA), CITY LAWYER can authoritatively report. The Electoral Committee summoned some aspirants to an online “further screening” via ZOOM during which the aspirants were grilled on their...

A leading aspirant in the forthcoming Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) National Officers Election and Chairman of the NBA Security Agencies Relations Committee (NBA-SARC), Chief Joe-Kyari Gadzama SAN has visited NBA Lagos Branch to felicitate with members. Gadzama, who is also the Chairman of the Body of Benchers Mentorship Committee for Young Lawyers, has equally relocated his Lagos law office even...