There are strong indications that the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) may have micro-zoned the presidency of the association in the forthcoming elections to the South West bloc. This indication emerged at the weekend as the association shut out at least two aspirants from the MidWest bloc from the high-profile Annual General Conference (AGC) ‘debate’ slated...
NEWS RELEASE EASTERN BAR FORUM QUARTERLY MEETING/COUNCIL ELECTIONS, 2025 YENAGOA, BAYELSA STATE: A NOTE OF FELICITATION Your Excellency, Aniekan Akpan, I write to convey my profound message of goodwill to you and our esteemed Governing Council of the Eastern Bar Forum as your administration winds down at this quarterly meeting holding in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State. Under...
NEWS RELEASE “IT IS AN OVERREACH FOR POLICE TO PURPORT TO HAVE POWER TO INVESTIGATE AN ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR DISCONTINUING A CRIMINAL MATTER” In another new low and affront to the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as well as the legal profession, the Nigeria Police Force has purported to have the power to...
NEWS RELEASE COMMUNIQUE MEETING OF THE GENERAL COUNCIL OF THE BAR HELD AT HOTEL SEVENTEEN, KADUNA STATE ON THURSDAY, 7TH AUGUST, 2025 1. The meeting of the General Council of the Bar held on 7th August, 2025, at Hotel Seventeen Conference Centre, Kaduna State, to deliberate on critical issues regarding administering the general affairs of...
NEWS RELEASE Respected senior lawyer, Mr. Usman Sule, SAN, is billed to speak at the 65th Annual General Conference of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), taking place from August 22 to 29, 2025, at the International Conference Centre (ICC), Enugu, Enugu State. Themed “Stand Out, Stand Tall,” this year’s conference will bring together an estimated...
No fewer than 72 students of the elite Nigerian Law School have carted home the much-coveted First Class grade in the Bar Finals Examination held last February. According to information obtained by CITY LAWYER, the outstanding students constitute only 1.3 per cent of the 5,674 aspirants to the Nigerian Bar who sat for the examination...
By Abdul Mahmud One month ago, in Abuja, a small circle of friends, literary enthusiasts, human rights activists, politicians, public intellectuals and thinkers gathered to listen to Chidi Odinkalu read from his latest offering, The Selectorate: When Judges Topple the People. It was a private reading, but the ideas Chidi graciously espoused belong in the public domain....
NEWS RELEASE “From Law School to Real Life – What I Wish I Knew”: Dr. Rapulu Nduka Delivers Goodwill Message at NBA Mentorship Seminar Abuja, Nigeria – July 28, 2025 As part of efforts to support and guide the next generation of legal practitioners, the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Mentorship Committee recently held a Seminar...
The Rivers State Police Command has stated that it has apprehended all the suspects allegedly involved in the gruesome killing of Port Harcourt-based lawyer and an active member of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Port Harcourt Branch, Mr. Bright Owhor. In a statement obtained by CITY LAWYER, the Police High Command stated that “Through meticulous...
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has congratulated an alumnae of Lagos State University (LASU), Maryam Lawal, for emerging as both the Best Graduating Female Student and the Second Overall Best Graduating Student at the Nigerian Law School’s prestigious Call to Bar ceremony held in Abuja last week. Governor Sanwo-Olu, the Visitor to the Lagos...