Leading litigator and senior lawyer, Chief Wole Olanipekun SAN has emerged the new Chairman of the embattled Body of Benchers, CITY LAWYER can authoritatively report. Olanipekun assumed leadership of the august body following the completion of tour of duty by the immediate past chairman, retired Justice Olabode Rhodes-Vivour. In an acceptance speech obtained by CITY LAWYER , Olanipekun said that...

Another member of the troubled Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee (LPDC) has resigned, CITY LAWYER can authoritatively report. In a resignation letter obtained by CITY LAWYER and dated March 29, 2022, Boma Ayomide Alabi SAN stated that she has resigned from the LPDC “effective immediately.” Alabi said that she was “utterly dismayed” by the outcome of the November 22, 2021 meeting...

Former Eastern Bar Forum (EBF) Governor, Mr. Soseipriye Long Williams has commended the Chairman of Nigerian Bar Association Security Agencies Relations Committee (NBA-SARC), Chief Joe-Kyari Gadzama SAN on his role as Keynote Speaker at the just concluded Annual Summit of NBA Port Harcourt Branch Young Lawyers Forum (YLF). Reviewing Gadzama’s speech at the summit, Williams said it was not only...

The Electoral Committee of the Nigerian Bar Association (ECNBA) has issued guidelines for conduct of the 2022 NBA National Election as well as election into the General Council of the Bar. According to the Guidelines obtained by CITY LAWYER and dated March 24, 2022 there are strong indications that the committee may have foreclosed the controversy surrounding micro-zoning of national...

WE WILL RESPOND SOONEST – ECNBA CHAIR Fiery Bar Leader and former Secretary of the NBA Constitution Review Committee, Mr. Olasupo Ojo has faulted the Electoral Committee of the Nigerian Bar Association (ECNBA) over its recently released Preliminary Notice of Election. The activist also demanded an amendment of the notice to reflect “micro zoning” of offices to geopolitical blocs. If...

Fiery lawyer and human rights activist, Mr. Maxwell Opara has urged the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to issue new practice directions directing former public office holders to obtain clearance before travelling overseas. In a letter to EFCC Chairman dated March 22, 2022 and made available to CITY LAWYER, Opara stated that “a more critical process should be put...

World acclaimed quondam Professor of Jurisprudence and International Law at the University of Lagos, PROFESSOR AKIN OYEBODE warns that Nigeria’s legal profession is at the cross-roads. In this Keynote Address presented at the just concluded Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Lagos Branch Law Week, the pre-eminent jurist says lawyers must be ready, willing and able to be at the vanguard of...

Former Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) General Secretary, Mr. Jonathan Taidi has lauded NBA Lagos Branch on its 2022 Law Week. Saying that the Law Week “is coming at a critical period in our nation’s history when law and order have become anathema and lawlessness threatens our very existence, with no hope in sight,” the Bar Leader stated that “the choice...

The Chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Security Agencies Relations Committee (NBA-SARC), Chief Joe-Kyari Gadzama SAN has felicitated with NBA Lagos and Kano branches on their Law Week programmes. The chartered arbitrator also commended Young Lawyers Forum Owerri Branch on their 2022 Summit which held between March 17 and March 19, 2022. The leading litigator said of his sojourn...

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