The Nigerian Bar Association Section on Business Law (NBA-SBL) has released a schedule of programmes for its 16th Annual International Business Law Conference billed to hold at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel Abuja from Wednesday, 20th to Friday, 22nd July 2022. The programme schedule released by the 2022 Conference Planning Committee shows that the conference, themed “Recent Developments in the Business...

GOODWILL MESSAGE TO NIGERIAN BAR ASSOCIATION JALINGO BRANCH ON HER 2022 LAW WEEK I felicitate with the Chairman and Members of the Nigerian Bar Association Jalingo Branch on the occasion of her 2022 Law Week. The theme: “Legal Practice In A Volatile Democracy: The Nigerian Experience” provides opportunity for a thorough x-ray of our practice over the years especially in...

The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Women Forum Treasurer, Safiya Balarabe has sent a goodwill message to NBA Jalingo Branch wishing the branch success in their ongoing 2022 Annual Law Week holding between May 11-13, 2022 with the theme, “Legal Practice in a Volatile Democracy; the Nigerian Experience.” The goodwill message reads: GOODWILL MESSAGE BY SAFIYA BALARABE TO THE JALINGO BRANCH...

An aspirant for the post of Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Welfare Secretary, Mr. Maximus Ugwuoke has visited NBA Lagos, Ikeja and Ikorodu branches where he vowed to end security agencies brutality on lawyers while urging all NBA branches to emulate NBA Lagos Branch by introducing health checks for members. Below are the statements made available to CITY LAWYER: “I HAVE...

Former Chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Ota Branch and Editor-in-Chief of Erudite Judgements of the Supreme Court (EJSC), Mr. Isaac Omuta Ogbah (FICMC) attended the monthly meetings of NBA Lagos and Ikeja branches which held on Monday, May 9, 2022. The Bar Leader commended the leadership of NBA Ikeja Branch (“Tiger Branch”) for always being in the forefront...

An Abuja based senior lawyer, Mr. Tochukwu Ohazuruike has urged the Federal High Court to order Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Mr. Godwin Emefiele to resign. In an Originating Summons brought by their Lead Counsel, Chief Chukwudi Oli of Oli & Partners pursuant to Sections 2, 8(4-5), 9 &11(2)(C) of the Central Bank of Nigeria Act, 2007; Section 84(12)...

GOODWILL MESSAGE BY SAFIYA BALARABE, TREASURER, NBA WOMEN FORUM TO NBA IKOT EKPENE BRANCH ON THE OCCASION OF THE 2022 BAR WEEK “Strengthening the Pillars of Democracy Through Effective Legislation” is the theme of this year’s Bar Week of the Ikot Ekpene Branch of the Nigerian Bar Assocaition. The 5-day long event takes place between 8th May to 12th May,...

I warmly congratulate the Chairman NBA Ikorodu Branch and his Exco and Planning Committee Chair and members on the occasion of their Law week scheduled to hold from May 11, 2022 – May 17th 2022. The theme of this law week: Nation Building: Our Collective Responsibility is apposite and in season at this time in our National search for peace...

The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Section on Public Interest and Development Law (NBA-SPIDEL) has released a list of its Partner Hotels for the eagerly awaited 2022 Annual Conference. This comes on the heels of the close of Early Bird registration window by midnight tomorrow. NBA-SPIDEL has also advised conferees on the airlines to use for their trips to Sokoto. These...

A frontline presidential aspirant in the forthcoming Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) 2022 Elections, Mr. Yakubu Chonoko Maikyau SAN has again been slammed with another petition by an Abuja-based lawyer. In the petition dated 6th May, 2022 and received yesterday by the Electoral Committee of the Nigerian Bar Association (ECNBA), the petitioner, Mr. Tochukwu Ohazuruike urged the electoral committee to “do...