NBA, PORT-HARCOURT BRANCH – ANNUAL LAW WEEK, 2025: A NOTE OF FELICITATION BY OKEY LEO OHAGBA I write to convey my warmest felicitation to my most amiable Chair, Mrs. Cordelia U. Eke, the branch EXCO, the Law Week Planning Committee, and all esteemed members of NBA PH Branch on this momentous occasion of our 2025...
A delegation from the Nigerian Law Society (NLS) was received by the Chairman of the Body of Benchers, the Honourable Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, GCON, former CJN, for a courtesy visit on Wednesday, 26th of November, 2025. The delegation was led by the President of the NLS, Chief Mela Nunghe, SAN, Bencher and included Dr. Lilian...
‘Haba na haba hujaza kibaba’ (Little by little fills the measure) – Learned Silk Joe-Kyari Gadzama Counsels Young Lawyers at the 30th East Africa Law Society Annual Conference and General Meeting During the 30th East Africa Law Society (EALS) Annual Conference and General Meeting in the vibrant city of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Chief Joe-Kyari Gadzama,...
A dispute over who is authorised to represent General Hydrocarbons Limited has stalled proceedings in the suit filed by the company against the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) and others before Justice Ambrose Lewis-Allagoa of the Federal High Court, Lagos. The issue arose when two senior lawyers — Dr. Abiodun Layonu (SAN) and Mr....
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...