Desmond Yamah, candidate for the office of the General Secretary, has appealed to the Electoral Committee of the Nigerian Bar Association (ECNBA) to extend the date for verification of eligible voters. Yamah observed that many of the eligible voters are still struggling to verify their data on the NBA website after several attempts. His words: “We appreciate the enormous responsibilities...
NBA APPEALS C’TE DISQUALIFIES PORT HARCOURT CHAIR ASPIRANT
The Nigerian Bar Association Branch Election Appeals Committee (East) has disqualified NBA Port Harcourt chairmanship aspirant, Mr. Viktor Benebo, paving the way for his erstwhile opponent, Mr. Romeo Isokariari to emerge unopposed as the branch chairman. In a decision obtained by CITY LAWYER, the 9-member Nnenna Uko-led Appeals Committee upheld the contention of Isokariari that Benebo and his supporters carried...
‘MY PRESENCE THREW SUPREME COURT JUSTICES OFF BALANCE,’ OMIRHOBO REPLIES OKUTEPA,
Activist-lawyer, Chief Malcolm Omirhobo has chided fiery senior lawyer, Mr. Jibrin Okutepa SAN for upbraiding him over his sensational appearance at the Supreme Court in religious attire laced with lawyers’ paraphernalia. Reacting to a CITY LAWYER interview where Okutepa lampooned the human rights activist as a mere attention seeker, Omirhobo berated the former Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Prosecutor at the...
‘AN INSIGHT INTO THE REAL JUSTICE ARIWOOLA, ACTING CJN,’ BY LAWYER
By Ibrahim Lawal My life as a student activist in University of Ibadan exposed me to all kinds of experience particularly brushes with authorities about objectionable policies aimed at stiffening Independent Unionism. I joined Democratic Student Movement (DSM) with the likes of Babatunde Oluajo a.k.a Sankara and other left wing students movements to champion the course of independent Unionism. I...
‘LAWYERS WILL GET N4M LOAN UNDER MY WATCH,’ SAYS FUNMI ADEOGUN
FEATURED AS THE NATIONAL TREASURER FUNMI ADEOGUN PLEDGES TO ADVOCATE FOR AN INCREASE TO N3 BILLION THE N1.5 BILLION CASH COLLATERAL TO ENABLE LAWYERS ACCESS N4M CREDIT FACILITY INSTEAD OF THE CURRENT N2M CREDIT FACILITY VOTE ! VOTE!! VOTE!!! ADEOGUN FUNMILOLA OLUWATOSIN AS YOUR TREASURER JULY 16, 2022 # Financial Prudence of the Bar To join our Telegram platform, please...
AJUMOGOBIA/OLANIPEKUN ROW: ‘I ACTED IN GOOD FAITH,’ SAYS PARTNER
Adekunbi Ogunde, the senior lawyer in the centre of an allegation of influence peddling and professional misconduct levied by former Minister for Energy and Petroleum ministries, Mr. Odein Ajumogobia SAN, has expressed “great perplexity and utter bewilderment” at the “grossly inaccurate headlines and comments” that have trailed the controversy. In a response to the CITY LAWYER report where Ajumogobia expressed...
HIJAB JUDGEMENT: ‘MALCOLM OMIRHOBO IS IMPUGNING SUPREME COURT,’ SAYS LAWYER
SUPREME COURT AND THE HIJAB JUDGMENT By Abdulrasheed Ibrahim, Notary Public At last the Supreme Court of Nigeria has laid to rest the controversy over whether a female Muslim Student in public primary or secondary school has the right to adorn her hijab over her school uniform. The Apex Court on 17th June 2022 affirmed the decision of the Court...
AKEREDOLU ENDORSES GADZAMA FOR NBA PRESIDENCY
FEATURED Past President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) and incumbent Governor of Ondo State, Arakunrin Rotimi Akeredolu SAN drums support for the man of the people, J-K Gadzama SAN to become the next NBA President. #JKNOW #ANALLINCLUSIVEBAR gadzama.com To join our Telegram platform, please click here COPYRIGHT 2022 CITY LAWYER. Please send emails to citylawyermag@gmail.com. Join us on Facebook...
EDE ASENOGUAN HAILS NBA EKPOMA, EFFURUN, OTUKPO ON PARLEY
GOODWILL MESSAGE FROM ASENOGUAN ISOBOMUWA OSAMUEDE, CANDIDATE FOR NBA GENERAL SECRETARY TO THE NBA, OTUKPO BRANCH AS THEY CONDUCT MONTHLY MEETING. Mr. Asenoguan’s message to the NBA, Otukpo branch as they conduct their monthly meeting today, 26th June, 2022 reads: “It is with great regards that I convey my thoughts to the distinguished leadership and members of the NBA, Otukpo...
SAFIA BALARABE HAILS NBAWF CHAIR, OTUKPO, EKPOMA, JOS, EFFURUN BRANCHES
SAFIYA BALARABE CELEBRATES HER CHAIRPERSON ON THE OCCASION OF HER BIRTHDAY Today, 26th June, marks the birthday of a notable personality in the person of the Chairperson, NBA Women Forum, Prof. Oluyemisi Bamgboye, SAN, consequent upon which Safiya Balarabe, the current Treasurer of the Forum and a candidate for the position of the NBA Treasurer, penned down a heartwarming birthday...