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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) last Monday arraigned Awerusuo Otorudo and Chukwuebuka Ehirim before Justice Muhammed Umar of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja. They were arraigned on a three-count amended charge bordering on obtaining by false pretence, inducement and misleading the public into a fraudulent investment scam. One of the counts...

NEWS RELEASE FEDERAL HIGH COURT AFFIRMS SENATE’S POWER TO DISCIPLINE MEMBERS, FINES SENATOR NATASHA ₦5M FOR CONTEMPT …Orders public apology to Senate and Judiciary over satirical Facebook post The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Thursday, delivered a landmark judgment affirming the constitutional powers of the Nigerian Senate to discipline any of its members...

“OPEN LETTER TO MAZI AFAM OSIGWE,SAN: LET THE NBA LAWYERS BREATHE-LESSONS FROM THE MUTINY BY THE ADVOCACY FOR BAR LICENCE FREEDOM” By Dr. Tonye Clinton Jaja Dear President of the Nigerian Bar Association-NBA, Sir, Let me begin by belatedly commending you on your election as the President of the Nigerian Bar Association-NBA. By both a...

• OPPONENTS CONCEDE DEFEAT Bar Leaders have been lining behind themselves to congratulate the newly elected pioneer female Chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Lagos Branch, Mrs. Uchenna Ogunedo Akingbade. Akingbade polled 552 votes to defeat two other opponents and make history as the first female chairman in the over 60 years history of...

Members of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Lagos Branch are currently voting to elect the Executive Committee that will lead the about 15,000-member influential branch for the next two years. As promised by the Electoral Committee led by Mr. Kelechi Obi SAN, the election kicked off at 5 am today. However, ballots were sent to...

• ‘WE WILL DELIVER TRANSPARENT, CREDIBLE POLL’ – ELECO CHAIR Members of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) will tomorrow head to the poll to elect a new Executive Committee as the curtains are drawn on the Bisi Makanjuola-led committee. Though there were indications that apathy may have gripped the election as no less than six...

NEWS RELEASE “Nigerian Law Society (NLS) Set to Launch its Stamp and Seal for its own Lawyers, Committee Chaired by Prof. Peter Akper, SAN” By Dr. Tonye Clinton Jaja Barring any unforeseen last minute hiccups, the Nigerian Law Society (NLS) is set to launch its stamp and seal in July 2025. Towards this Prof. Peter...

A High Court of Kenya sitting in Nairobi, the East African country, has declared the detention and transfer of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, from Kenya to Nigeria in June 2021 as unlawful and illegal. The court also awarded compensatory damages of 10 million Kenyan shillings against the Kenyan...

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...