Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, representing Kogi Central, has clarified her decision to delay her return to the Senate for legislative duties. It has been reported that the outspoken senator made this known during a recent interview with African Independent Television (AIT) where she emphasized that she was awaiting the Certified True Copy (CTC) of the court...
NEWS RELEASE 1. The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) is irrevocably committed to giving effect to the mandatory provisions of Rules 11 and 12 of the Rules of Professional Conduct for Legal Practitioners (RPC), 2023 as well as the provisions of the mandatory Continuing Professional Development requirement as stipulated by the NBA Mandatory Continuing Professional Development...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) last Monday arraigned Awerusuo Otorudo and Chukwuebuka Ehirim before Justice Muhammed Umar of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja. They were arraigned on a three-count amended charge bordering on obtaining by false pretence, inducement and misleading the public into a fraudulent investment scam. One of the counts...
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Port Harcourt Branch has demanded probe of the death of its member, Mr. Bright Nda Owhor who was fatally shot last Saturday while on his way from work. In a letter made available to CITY LAWYER and addressed to the Rivers State Commissioner of Police, the branch leadership chronicled the...
RIGHT OF REPLY REBUTTAL TO DR. TONYE CLINTON JAJA’S OPEN LETTER: A MISGUIDED, MISINFORMED, AND MISCHIEVOUS INTERPRETATION OF A JUDGMENT The attention of discerning legal minds has been drawn to an open letter authored by one Dr. Tonye Clinton Jaja, dated the 5th of July, 2025, addressed to His Excellency, the President of the Senate...
THIRD OPEN LETTER TO DR. UBANI: HOW HON. JUSTICE BINTA NYAKO’S JUDGMENT IS AN INDICTMENT OF DR. UBANI’S ROLE AS LEGAL ADVISER TO THE SENATE PRESIDENT FOR HIS VIOLATION OF SECTION 63 OF THE NIGERIAN CONSTITUTION AND FAILURE TO REVIEW THE STANDING ORDERS OF THE SENATE, 2023 AND SPONSORED ONLY THREE BILLS SINCE 2023 (TIME...
NEWS RELEASE FEDERAL HIGH COURT AFFIRMS SENATE’S POWER TO DISCIPLINE MEMBERS, FINES SENATOR NATASHA ₦5M FOR CONTEMPT …Orders public apology to Senate and Judiciary over satirical Facebook post The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Thursday, delivered a landmark judgment affirming the constitutional powers of the Nigerian Senate to discipline any of its members...
An FCT Chief Magistrate Court sitting at Zone 6, Abuja, has ordered the remand of four alleged assailants, William Raymond, Jacob Fidelis, Sharon Alexander Chidera and Itoro Dominic Robert over alleged assault on a legal practitioner, Mr. Boluwaji Ajiki John, a member of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, Gwagwalada Branch. The assailants are facing a-six...
A LAW FIRM LOCATED AT LEKKI PHASE ONE, LAGOS REQUIRES THE SERVICES OF: TWO LITIGATION LAWYERS FOUR YEARS POST-CALL EXPERIENCE @300K MONTHLY SALARY 2-3 YEARS POST-CALL EXPERIENCE @250K MONTHLY SALARY NGO NEEDS PROJECT OFFICERS MUST BE ABLE TO WRITE REPORTS AND ORGANISE WORKSHOPS OPEN TO NON-LAWYERS ALSO REMOTE WORK IS ALLOWED 150K TO 200K...
NEWS RELEASE Avocats Sans Frontières France (Lawyers Without Borders France) under its EU-funded Strengthening National Actors’ Capacity for Ending Severe Human Rights Violations (SAFE) project, is proud to announce it has secured the unconditional release of Moses Abiodun, a Nigerian citizen unjustly detained for over 16 years without trial. This landmark judgment by the ECOWAS...