NEWS RELEASE The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), under the leadership of its President, Mazi Afam Osigwe, SAN, has issued a formal clarification in response to a widely circulated voice message misrepresenting the provisions and implementation of the Legal Practitioners’ Remuneration Order 2023. The misleading message, attributed to one Frank Aboua, has been described by the...
The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Hon. Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, GCON, has emphasised the importance of applying caution in the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) within the nation’s judicial system. While acknowledging the promise AI holds for enhancing justice delivery, she stressed that its adoption must be guided by robust ethical and legal safeguards. Justice Kekere-Ekun...
Egbe Amofin Oodu’a, the influential regional bloc for lawyers of Yoruba extraction, is set to discuss the forthcoming Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Elections. According to a statement made available to CITY LAWYER, the meeting which is scheduled for Saturday, June 28, 2025, at the Aare Afe Babalola (NBA Ibadan) Bar Center, will discuss “NBA 2026...
The Police Command in Bayelsa today confirmed the abduction of Justice E. J. Umokoro in Yenagoa, the state capital. The command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Musa Mohammed confirmed the alleged kidnap of the Judge on Sunday in Yenagoa. “Umokoro, a judge at Bayelsa State High Court was on Saturday evening abducted from his car at...
BY CHIDI ANSELM ODINKALU The legal career of Joseph Chu’ma Otteh, whose mortal remains were committed to earth on 20 June 2025, could easily have been different. He graduated from the Faculty of Law at the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) in Ile-Ife in 1988, very much one of the best students in the set. In...
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NEWS RELEASE Imminent Judicial Meltdown in Imo – NGO Drags Governor, NJC, JSC, CR, to Court Over “Unconstitutional” Appointments. ~ As Former NBA Secretary, Chinedu Agu, Esq. Leads Challenge; Withdraws Earlier Suits.~ The unfolding judicial crisis in Imo State has taken a dramatic turn as The Incorporated Trustees of Prisons Advocacy and Justice Initiative, a...
OPINION LEGAL, STATUTORY, AND PRACTICAL FOUNDATIONS FOR NIGERIAN BAR ASSOCIATION’S ROLE IN COLLECTION OF THE BAR PRACTISING FEE (BPF) (a reaction to Amb Hameed Ajibola Jimoh) By Sylvester Udemezue Memory Verse: It is one thing to quote the law; it is another to understand the policy and jurisprudence underpinning its application. 1. Clarifying the Misapprehensions:...
NEWS RELEASE Setting the Records Straight: Visit of Honourable Justice Inyang Okoro, JSC CFR to Benin City Recent social media reports and insinuations surrounding the presence of a Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria in Benin City during the burial of the late Mrs. Caroline Uwaifo, mother of Mr. Hannibal Uwaifo, former President of...
A solicitor who received leaked confidential documents from the opposing side is not entitled to appeal a ruling that he acted improperly, the Court of Appeal has found. Seamus Andrew argued in The Federal Republic of Nigeria v Process and Industrial Developments Ltd that he had been treated unfairly by a judge who accused him...