A human rights activist, Mr. Maxwell Opara has dragged President Muhammadu Buhari and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mallam Mohammed Bello before a Federal High Court in Abuja over an alleged violation of the Federal Character Act in the appointment of Permanent Secretaries, Executive Secretaries, Personal Aides, Directors and other staff of the Federal Capital Territory Administration...
NBA LAGOS, CIARB NIGERIA, GADZAMA HAIL NEW SENIOR ADVOCATES
The Chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Lagos Branch, Mr. Ikechukwu Uwanna, has congratulated 14 members of the branch who were yesterday conferred with the rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN). A similar message by Mrs. Josephine Akinwunmi (FCIArb), the Branch Secretary of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, Nigeria Branch noted that 20 members of the global body...
GADZAMA HEADLINES CLASFON, NBA IBADAN EVENTS, FETES AKPATA, OTHERS
Pioneer Chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association Section on Public Interest and Development Law (NBA-SPIDEL), Chief Joe-Kyari Gadzama SAN will today deliver the Keynote Address at the Opening Ceremony of the NBA Ibadan Branch Annual Law Week. According to a press statement made available to CITY LAWYER, Gadzama, a chartered arbitrator, will speak to the theme of the Law Week,...
NDDC SCHOLARS SEND ‘SOS’ TO BUHARI
Many beneficiaries of the (Niger Delta Development Commission) NDDC International Postgraduate Scholarship scheme have urged President Muhammadu Buhari to intervene and save them from being thrown out of school due to non-payment of tuition fees among others. In two letters made available to CITY LAWYER, the PHD scholars who are studying in Russia and the United Kingdom stated that “our...
KANYIP, AGOMO, OTHERS TACKLE JUDICIAL PRECEDENT AT NIKI TOBI PARLEY
The President of the National Industrial Court of Nigeria, Justice Benedict Kanyip will on Thursday, December 2, 2021 give the keynote address on “Judicial precedent in Nigeria” at the second session of “The Hon. Justice Niki Tobi 1st Biennial Symposium.” The event holds from 1:30 pm at the Andrew Otutu Obaseki Auditorium, National Judicial Institute, Abuja. The Moderator/Lead Discussant for...
OSINBAJO TO DELIVER KEYNOTE ADDRESS AT CLASS ’91 REUNION
The Vice President of Nigeria, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo SAN will deliver the Keynote Address at the reunion and 30th anniversary of the Nigerian Law School Class of 1991. A press release made available to CITY LAWYER by Mrs. Joyce Oduah, General Secretary of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) and Chairlady of the Publicity and Mobilisation Sub-committee, noted that Osinbajo “has...
‘WE SHALL MEET IN COURT,’ EFCC DARES NBA ON MAKURDI CHAIR ASSAULT
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has declared its readiness to meet the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) in court over alleged assault on its Makurdi Branch Chairman, Mr. Justin Gbagir by EFCC operatives. Following a Pre-Action Notice by Mr. T. D. Pepe SAN on behalf of Gbagir, the EFCC stated that there were “absolute misrepresentation of facts” in the...
PIONEER LIFE BENCHER HAILS GADZAMA AT 60, NWAGBARA WINS DEBATE
A member of the Body of Benchers, Ambassador Chief C. D. Orike has paid a courtesy visit to the pioneer Chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Section on Public Interest and Development Law (NBA-SPIDEL), Chief Joe-Kyari Gadzama, SAN at his Abuja office. Orike, who was called to the Bar of England and Wales in 1961, was at the office...
‘ENDSARS PANEL REPORT DISGRACEFUL, SELF-SERVING,’ SAYS OWONIKOKO
In this article posted on his Facebook page by leading litigator, MR. ABIODUN JELILI OWONIKOKO SAN, he argues that the ENDSARS Panel Report submitted to the Lagos State Government is fraught with irregularities, adding that none of the eleven persons listed as dead was proved to have died from the Lekki Shooting incident. Re my Interview on Arise TV. This...
ENDSARS PANEL: ‘I DID NOT COLLECT ANY BRIBE,’ SAYS ADEGBORUWA
A member of the Lagos State ENDSARS Panel, Mr. Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa SAN has denied allegations that members of the panel received bribe in the course of discharging their duty. Noting that panel members are being targeted for vilification by agents for state, Adegboruwa described this as “unfair, ungodly and least expected” and urged Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu to...