A senior lawyer, Mr. Mohammed Ndayako, SAN has disagreed with the Electoral Committee of the Nigerian Bar Association (ECNBA) over its disqualification of NBA First Vice President aspirant, Mr. Muhammad Idris Doko from contesting the forthcoming NBA National Officers election. Doko was disqualified from participating in the election because “your Seconder being a member of a political party in Nigeria...
EGBE AMOFIN O’ODUA ELECTS OLAGUNJU AS CHAIR
Former Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) General Secretary and Chairman of the Oyo State Independent Electoral Commission, Chief Isiaka Olagunju SAN has been elected as Chairman of the Governing Council of Egbe Amofin O’odua, the one-time influential lawyers’ regional bloc. A statement made available to CITY LAWYER reads: AARE ISIAKA OLAGUNJU SAN, TOYIN BASHORUN SAN, OSO ADETUNJI, OLAYINKA SOKOYA AND OTHERS...
JONATHAN, LAWAN, OTHERS FOR LAWYER’S BOOK PRESENTATION
Nigeria’s former President, Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan , GCFR is among many dignitaries billed to grace the presentation of “Political Party Governance,” a book authored by former Minister of State for Power, Dr. Mohammed Wakil (OON). The event will hold at NAF Conference Centre, Kado, Abuja on Thursday, May 26, 2022 at 10 am. While Jonathan is the Special Guest...
MAXIMUS UGWUOKE LAUDS 2008 LAW SCHOOL SET ON ANNIVERSARY
Mr. Ikechukwu Maximus Ugwuoke, an aspirant for the position of Welfare Secretary at the 2022 Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Elections has congratulated the 2008 Call Set of the Nigerian Law School on their anniversary celebration. The statement reads: MAY YOUR STARS CONTINUE TO SHINE “I congratulate my learned colleagues who were called to the Nigerian Bar with me this day...
‘I ACCEPT MY DISQUALIFICATION BY ECNBA, I WON’T APPEAL,’ SAYS ABDUSSALAM SALEH
An aspirant for the post of Assistant General Secretary in the forthcoming Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Elections, Mr. Abdussalam Mohammed Saleh has said that he would not challenge his disqualification by the Electoral Committee of the NBA (ECNBA). In a statement made available to CITY LAWYER, Saleh, who is currently the Welfare Secretary of NBA Unity Bar Abuja Branch and...
DOKO, NWOSU, AKPETO, OTHERS DISQUALIFIED, NDUKWU FILES APPEAL
More aspirants have been disqualified by the Electoral Committee of the Nigerian Bar Association (ECNBA) in the run-up to the 2022 NBA National Officers and General Council of the Bar (GCB) Elections. While there is palpable anxiety within the ranks of the aspirants as most of them are yet to be communicated by the electoral committee on their fate, CITY...
SAFIYA BALARABE HAILS EGBE AMOFIN O’ODUA EXCO MEMBERS
Safiya Balarabe has congratulated Egbe Amofin O’odua on its successful transition to a new set of Executive Committee members. Prof. Oluwole Akintayo led Executive Committee today handed over to the new Executives led by Aare Abiola Olagunju, SAN. Her message reads: “I wish to most elatedly felicitate the great Egbe Amofin O’odua on the handing over of leadership baton to...
GADZAMA LLP WELCOMES BAR ASPIRANTS FROM LAW SCHOOL
J-K Gadzama LLP has welcomed 19 Students of the Nigerian Law School for chambers attachment, the second arm of their externship programme. The Founding Principal Partner of J-K Gadzama LLP, Chief Joe-Kyari Gadzama, SAN, a Life Bencher and the Chairman Mentoring Committee of the Body of Benchers for Young Lawyers, personally welcomed the externs from the Nigerian Law School into...
ISAAC OGBAH LAUDS NBA IKORODU ON LAW WEEK
Mr. Isaac Omuta Ogbah, the immediate past chairman and the publisher of Erudite Judgement of Supreme Court has congratulated the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Ikorodu Branch on its 2022 Law Week. His words: “I wish the NBA Ikorodu Branch’s chairman, members of the executive and the entire members of the branch a successful Law Week celebration. “The theme for this...
NBA-SBL KICKS OFF REGISTRATION FOR ANNUAL CONFAB
The Nigerian Bar Association Section on Business Law (NBA-SBL) has commence registration for the 16th Annual International Business Law Conference at www.nbasbl.org. The conference, themed “Recent Developments in the Business Law Environment”, will hold from Wednesday, 20th to Friday, 22nd July, 2022 at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja. A breakdown of the registration rates released by the NBA-SBL 2022 Conference...