Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Section on Public Interest and Development Law (NBA-SPIDEL) Chairman, Dr. Monday Ubani has revealed why he did not indict Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami SAN over the invasion of Supreme Court jurist, Justice Mary Odili’s residence. CITY LAWYER recalls that Ubani was appointed by NBA President, Mr. Olumide Akpata as a “Special...

Renowned professor of jurisprudence and international law, Professor Akin Oyebode will today deliver the keynote address at the eagerly awaited Opening Ceremony of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Lagos Branch Law Week. The Law Week kicked off last Friday with a jumat service for Muslim faithful as well as a Thanksgiving Service at Good News Baptist Church, Surulere, Lagos, setting...

The Council of Legal Education (CLE), the proprietor of the Nigeria Law School, has appointed a Deputy Director-General (DDG) to head its newly created campus at Port Harcourt, Rivers State. The new appointee is Mr.  Chinonso Uzodinma  Mmuozoba, a renowned author, teacher and current Director of Academics at Bwari campus of the institution. CITY LAWYER gathered that the Council at...

The Nigerian Bar Association National Executive Council (NBA-NEC) has approved about N34.878 million for the conduct of this year’s National Officers Election. This is a fallout of a painstaking review of the proposed interim budget submitted by the Electoral Committee of the NBA (ECNBA) led by respected senior lawyer, Mr. Richard Akintunde SAN. The NBA-NEC had deferred the budget review...

The Electoral Committee of the Nigerian Bar Association (ECNBA) has laid to rest the controversy on the zoning arrangement for this year’s National Officers Election. Meanwhile, former NBA General Secretary, Mr. Jonathan Gunu Taidi who is believed to be eyeing the post of NBA President has hailed the electoral body for striving to abide by the constitutional timelines set for...

Hapless senior lawyer who was detained by a senior police officer for ‘coming late to an appointment’ has demanded a written apology from the police chief. CITY LAWYER had reported that under-fire Commissioner of Police in-charge of Force Intelligence Bureau (FIB) Annex, Lagos, Mr. Salisu Gyadi Gyadi had apologized to Odukale for his detention alongside his client. But in a...

• SAYS BAR COUNCIL RATIFIED RPC Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami SAN has asked the Federal High Court to dismiss a suit brought by the Nigerian Bar Association to annul the amended Rules of Professional Conduct for Legal Practitioners (RPC). Malami has also told the court that the Bar Council held a meeting to ratify the...

All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate in the last Ebonyi State Governorship Election, Senator Sunday Ogbuoji has declared his intention to head to court to challenge the court’s verdict that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) should nominate a replacement for embattled Governor Dave Umahi. Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court had sacked Umahi on the basis that he decamped...

A leading solar company, Bricks and Castles Energy-Tech Limited has urged Nigerians to embrace solar as an electricity source especially in light of continued collapse of the national grid. Worried that many households have been thrown into darkness due to the persisting outage, the solar company stated that solar power “is a veritable and efficient power source that also aligns...

In this article, AKINTAYO BALOGUN, an Abuja based lawyer, asserts that there are several issues plaguing the legality and/or sustainability of the order of an Abakaliki High Court directing that Ebonyi State Governor Dave Umahi and his deputy must not be removed from office On 10th March 2022, we were greeted with an Order granted Ex-parte (without hearing the other...