One of the surviving pioneer students of the Nigerian Law School, Mr. Nathaniel Nnamdi Onugha is dead. In an obituary notice obtained by CITY LAWYER, the family of the deceased wrote: “In 2024, was recognized by the Planning Committee for the 60th Anniversary of the Nigerian Law School as one of the two surviving pioneer...
Excitement has gripped the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Lagos Branch following the inauguration of senior lawyer, Mrs. Uchenna Akingbade as the first female Chairman in the nearly 60 years electoral history of the largest NBA branch. Akingbade made history when she dusted two other candidates to clinch victory in the keenly contested branch elections which...
NEWS RELEASE 50 NBA BRANCHES NOW ACCREDITED BY THE NBA ICLE TO TRAIN LAWYERS; DECENTRALIZING LEARNING, EXPANDING ACCESS In a major leap towards democratizing access to Continuing Legal Education (CLE), 50 Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) branches across the country have now been officially accredited by the NBA Institute of Continuing Legal Education (ICLE) as service...
NEWS RELEASE At the 2025 Law Week of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Barnawa Branch, former NBA National Publicity Secretary, Dr. Rapulu Nduka, delivered a “stirring address” on the theme “Democracy and the Nigerian Experience: The Mirage of Chapter 2 of the 1999 Constitution.” Speaking before a packed hall of legal minds and stakeholders in...
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CASE LAW As another Judge seeks to suffocate the people of Nigeria By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu Three different decisions of the highest court in the country over the past two decades illustrate how the judicial conspiracy against popular sovereignty in Nigeria has prospered. In 2008, the Supreme Court ruled that elections in Nigeria are not governed by any...
An Onitsha High Court presided over by Justice Theophine Oguji has adjourned to October 24, 2025, a suit on alleged electoral malfeasance and lack of transparency brought against the Nigerian Bar Association(NBA) and two others. In the Suit No. O/193/2025 dated July 24, 2025, the plaintiff, Mr. Steven Onyechi Ononye, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria...
Senate President, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has congratulated his Special Adviser on Legal Matters, Dr. Monday Ubani, SAN, on the occasion of his birthday. Ubani is 61 years today. In a congratulatory message signed by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Hon. Eseme Eyiboh, Akpabio described Ubani as a tireless human rights crusader and a...
The Legal Practitioners’ Privileges Committee (LPPC) has unveiled the list of lawyers newly elevated to the rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN). The list comprises 56 advocates and one from the academia. According to the Chief Registrar of the Supreme Court and Secretary of the LPPC, Mr. Kanir Eniola Akanbi, the list was approved...
PRESS RELEASE RULAAC Commends DSS DG’s Human Rights Reforms, Tasks IGP to Emulate Same in the Nigeria Police Force July 22, 2025 – Lagos, Nigeria The Rule of Law and Accountability Advocacy Centre (RULAAC) commends the Director General of the Department of State Services (DSS), Mr. Tosin Ajayi, for demonstrating a rare and commendable commitment...