Anxiety has gripped the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, following the confirmation of Prof. Bernard Odoh’s professorship by the National Industrial Court sitting in Abuja. Odoh, who was appointed Vice Chancellor of UNIZIK, was sacked by the Federal Government over the status of his professorship. Since his departure, Prof. Joseph Ikechebelu and Carol Arinze-Umobi have acted...
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....
Apex Igbo sociocultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has expressed disappointment over the life imprisonment sentence by Justice James Omotosho on the leader of proscribed Indigenous People Of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, even as it insisted on political solution. Spokesman of Ohanaeze, Dr. Ezechi Chukwu, in a statement on Friday, disclosed that the President-General of Ohanaeze...
The Lagos State Commissioner of Police has been accused of defying a Federal High Court order directing the vacation of Nestoil premises. Court officials allegedly reported that police officers resisted the court sheriff from enforcing the ruling and used tear gas to disrupt the enforcement proceedings. The dispute stems from ex-parte orders obtained by First...
The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Prince Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), is pleased to report a favourable final arbitral award issued on 11th November 2025 by a Tribunal constituted under the auspices of the Alternative Dispute Resolution Centre of the Federal High Court. The Claimant (Fougerolle V Fougerolle) initiated the arbitration vide a...
Fiery Bar activist and former Nigerian Bar Association First Vice President, Mr. John Aikpokpo-Martins is set to dazzle the audience at the eagerly awaited parley between 2026 NBA presidential aspirants. Tagged “Nigerian Bar Association: A peep into the future,” the debate is seen by NBA political watchers as a golden opportunity for aspirants for the...
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...
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 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...