By Sylvester Udemezue I recently came across a news report titled “‘Judicial Independence Must Be Effective, Not Just Formal’ — Gov. Mbah Commissions Enugu Digital Court Facility,” in which it was reported that the Governor of Enugu State, His Excellency Peter Mbah, commissioned a newly built digital court facility. The project was presented as a...
MY REFLECTIONS AT THE NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON DIGITAL RIGHTS 2026 IN ABUJA I had the privilege today Thursday, 29 January 2026 of sharing the stage at Sheraton Hotels [Abuja Continental Hotel] with the dynamic Aisha Yesufu, Executive Director and Founder of Citizen’s Hub, as we participated as panelists at the ongoing National Conference on Digital...
In this interview, Dr. Monday Ubani, SAN, Special Adviser on Legal Matters to the Senate President, speaks candidly on executive overreach, the Natasha controversy, electoral reforms, women’s representation, NBA accountability, and the legal–political tensions inside Nigeria’s Senate. “Akpabio has moved on from the Natasha issue,” he says. “Many Nigerians see him as a genuine statesman.”...
FRN V. CHIEF MIKE OZEKHOME, SAN: ACTIVISM, THE PRICE OF CONSCIENCE, AND THE THEATRE OF PERSECUTION: WHEN A STATE PUTS HISTORY ON TRIAL AND CALLS IT JUSTICE In this article, senior lawyer IFEANYI EJIOFOR reviews the trial of leading human rights activist, Chief Mike Ozekhome, and argues that he was in fact exonerated of any...
By Onikepo Braithwaite CondolencesFirst, I must express my heartfelt condolences to Chimamanda Adichie, her Husband, Dr. Ivara Esege, and their whole family, on the very sad death of their beloved son, Nkanu Nnamdi. The loss of a child is the greatest nightmare of a parent, and I’m sure I speak for all Nigerians when I...
A REJOINDER TO A MISLEADING AND CONJECTURAL REPORT ON THE AKPABIO-AKPOTI-UDUAGHAN APPEAL BY OPR. NEWS The referenced jaundiced reportage purporting to analyse proceedings at the Court of Appeal in the matter connected with the suspension of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan is a glaring example of speculative journalism, factual distortion, and advocacy masquerading as news. It is...
By Okechukwu Nwanguma The alleged defilement of a nine-year-old girl in Amainyi Autonomous Community, Ihitte Uboma Local Government Area of Imo State, and the threats faced by a journalist investigating the case, expose a disturbing but familiar pattern in Nigeria’s response to sexual violence against children: impunity sustained by silence, compromise, and abuse of discretion....
The Nigerian Bar Association and the Nigerian Law Society: On the Impossibility of Parallel Bar Associations in a Single Jurisdiction BY ERNEST OJUKWU I have read reports of Chief Mela Audu Nunghe, SAN, President of the Nigerian Law Society (NLS), and his presentation at the public hearing on the Legal Practitioners Bill 2025. In his...
Prominent senior lawyer, Chief Joe-Kyari Gadzama SAN has distanced himself from allegations that he was a mediator mediation in lifting of a court-ordered restriction on OML 40 corporate filings at the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC). At least two news blogs (not CITY LAWYER) had alleged that the senior lawyer was involved in an alleged improper...
THE ONLY REAL SOLUTION TO INSECURITY IN NIGERIA: WHY TRUE LOCAL GOVERNMENT AUTONOMY CAN NO LONGER BE IGNORED Nigeria is once again confronted with an alarming resurgence of insecurity, ranging from insurgency to kidnapping especially that of school children, banditry, armed robbery, rape of victims, killings of captured victims, and the senseless threats of more...