NEWS RELEASE NBA President Addresses NBA Awka Branch, Commends Commitment to Professional Development and Remuneration Order Enforcement The President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Mazi Afam Osigwe, SAN, today addressed members of the NBA Awka Branch during their meeting, where he commended the branch for its dedication to professional growth, institutional development, and the welfare...
By Sylvester Udemezue The Ibadan Court Order, Constitutional Supremacy, and the Limits of Regional Political Influence in NBA Presidential Elections (1). Introduction Reports that the High Court of Oyo State sitting in Ibadan, presided over by Honourable Justice Y. S. Adekunle in Suit No. I/205/2026, directed the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) to adopt Aare Olumuyiwa...
The Electoral Committee of the Nigerian Bar Association has issued Notice No. 5, publishing the list of aspirants who have submitted their respective Letters of Expression of Interest to contest in the 2026 Elections of the Nigerian Bar Association. In the Notice seen by CITY LAWYER, the Committee informed members of the Bar that the...
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has condemned the reported summons issued to the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Honourable Justice John Tsoho, by the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) over alleged non-declaration of certain bank accounts. In a letter dated March 2, 2026, addressed to the CCB Chairman, the NBA emphasized that the...
NEWS RELEASE “Forging a Fraud-Resistant Nigeria: NBA President Hosts CIFCFIN Leadership on Strategic Anti-Corruption Partnership” The President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Mazi Afam Osigwe, SAN, has received in audience the leadership of the Chartered Institute of Forensic and Certified Fraud Investigators of Nigeria (CIFCFIN) at the NBA National Secretariat in a high-level engagement focused...
The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, has resigned from office at the instruction of President Bola Tinubu. Vanguard gathered from a source in the Presidency on Tuesday that Egbetokun is to be replaced by AIG Tunji Disu, the Assistant Inspector General of Police in charge of Force CID Annex, Lagos. Egbetokun was asked...
The Office of the Attorney General of the Federation has withdrawn the criminal charge filed against senior advocate, Mike Ozekhome, over alleged forgery. The withdrawal was announced on Tuesday at the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory sitting in Maitama. The Director of Public Prosecution of the Federation, Rotimi Oyedepo (SAN), informed Justice Peter...
Igbo lawyers under the aegis of Otu Oka Iwu (Law Society) have asked the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun to halt the ongoing exercise for appointment of Court of Appeal justices due to alleged marginalization of the South East geo-political zone. In a strongly worded complaint addressed to the Chief Justice of Nigeria...
The Grand Finale of the Incomparable Mock Trial, The Mike Igbokwe SAN Edition held last Thursday at the J. F. Ajayi Auditorium, University of Lagos. Sponsored by senior lawyer and maritime law expert, Chief Mike Igbokwe SAN, the moot programme is designed to hone the skills of Law students in litigation and courtroom decorum among...
The President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Afam Osigwe, SAN, has called on legal practitioners to embrace innovation, invoking the timeless wisdom of Lord Denning in Parker v. Parker, that the law would remain stagnant if we refuse to act simply because something has never been done before. He stressed that continuous professional development is...