NEWS RELEASE NBA-HRI WILL NOT BE SILENT – FULL SPEECH OF THE 1ST VICE PRESIDENT, SABASTINE ANYIA, ESQ. AT THE AGM Distinguished colleagues, leaders of our noble profession, friends of justice and guardians of humanity, good morning. As we gather here at the AGM, let us reflect on the critical role the Nigerian Bar Association...
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Delegates have started arriving the beautiful city of Enugu for this year’s Annual General Conference of the Nigerian Bar Association, even as the Annual General Conference Planning Committee (NBA-AGCPC) has unveiled the final programme for the much anticipated event. In a short message made available to CITY LAWYER, the AGCPC Chairman, Dr. Emeka Obegolu SAN...
A magistrate’s court sitting at Eti-Osa in Lagos has remanded one Ruth Mathew, a manager of Second Coming Gas Plant in Kirikiri Correctional Centre over an alleged theft of her employer’s N18 million. According to the three-count charge seen by CITY LAWYER, the accused is alleged to have conspired with some persons still at large...
NEWS RELEASE “Justice Must Be Seen to Be Done: Operatives who assaulted Ms. Jennifer Elobor must be prosecuted” The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) strongly condemns the brutal assault on Ms. Jennifer Elobor, a National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member serving in Anambra State. The incident, which left her beaten and her clothing torn off, is...
NEWS RELEASE “THIRTY YEARS AFTER BEIJING”: PROF. JOY EZEILO, SAN, OON, SET TO STEER KEY GENDER EQUALITY DIALOGUE AT NBA AGC 2025 The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has announced that Prof. Joy Ngozi Ezeilo, SAN, OON (Life Bencher), one of Africa’s foremost legal scholars and women’s rights advocates, will moderate the breakout session titled “Thirty Years After...
NEWS RELEASE The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Electoral Reform Committee, chaired by Dr. Monday Onyekachi Ubani, SAN, on Monday, 18th August 2025, formally presented its expanded electoral reform recommendations to the NBA President, Mr. Afam Osigwe, SAN, at the Association’s National Secretariat in Abuja. The delegation included the Committee Secretary, Mr. Lawrence Ebewele, alongside members...
The Judges’ Performance Evaluation Committee of the National Judicial Council (NJC), chaired by HRH Hon. Justice Bage Muhammad I, has once again praised Hon. Justice Nelson Ogbuanya of the National Industrial Court for outstanding performance in the 1st and 2nd Quarters of the 2024 Assessment of Return of Cases by Judges of Superior Courts of...
The Nigerian Bar Assocaition Annual General Conference Planning Committee (NBA AGCPC) has unveiled a stellar cast of speakers for the Annual General Conference starting this weekend in Enugu. Aside from fiery Keynote Speaker and frontline South African opposition leader, Mr. Julius Malema, other speakers for the eagerly awaited conference include leading human rights activist, Mr....
• ‘THE SCREENING WAS HUMILIATING’ – SAN-DESIGNATE The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has commenced moves to stop invitation by security agencies of applicants for the award of the coveted rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN). CITY LAWYER gathered that NBA President, Mr. Afam Osigwe SAN was “highly furious” when it was confirmed that the...