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...
A Federal High Court in Lagos has ordered MTN Nigeria Communications Plc to appear before it and show cause why the reliefs sought by Access Bank Plc and three other firms over an alleged N180.95 billion debt should not be granted. Justice Akintayo Aluko issued the directive while ruling on an ex parte application in Suit...
NEWS RELEASE APPEAL WITHDRAWN, NOT DISMISSED: SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT ON SENATOR NATASHA’S MEDIA MANIPULATION. When I saw the recycled news from some bloggers and news outlets, I felt I need to offer a succinct and accurate clarification on the status of the pending legal matter between Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan and key officers of the...
TRIBUTE SALUTE TO A MONOLITH OF GREATNESS – Tribute to Hon. Justice Mohammed Lawal Uwais, GCON (1936–2025). On Friday, 6th June 2025, as the country woke up to the celebration of the Eid el Adha, the sad news of the eclipse of an era in our legal history, the loss of a collosus in our...
CITY LAWYER LAW REPORT In the Supreme Court of Nigeria Holden at Abuja On Friday, the 19th day of July, 2024 Before Their Lordships Adamu Jauro Jummai Hannatu Sankey Obande Festus Ogbuinya Habeeb Adewale Olumuyiwa Abiru Mohammed Baba Idris Justices, Supreme Court SC.853/2018 Between MOHAMMED DOGONYARO AUDU APPELLANT ...
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝘂𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗲 𝗙𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘂𝗿𝗲: 𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗡𝗼 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗲𝗳 𝗝𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗢𝗳 𝗡𝗶𝗴𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗮 𝗛𝗮𝘀 𝗟𝗲𝗳𝘁 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗸𝘀 𝗢𝗻 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗝𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗗𝗲𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗦𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 By Sylvester Udemezue Reacting to a breaking news-headline about the recent passing of a very respected Chief Justice of Nigeria, Emeritus, Hon Justice Mohammed Uwais, learned senior colleague and notable human rights advocate who is an...
The National Human Rights Commission has documented no fewer than 3,012 incidents of kidnapping and 3,584 killings in Nigeria between January 2024 and April 2025. According to the NHRC dashboard, Kaduna, Benue, Katsina, Plateau, and Borno states were the top five states with the highest number of killings between January and June 2024. In June...
Tributes have started pouring in for former Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Mohammed Uwais, who passed away today in Abuja. Noting that Justice Uwais would have been 89 years on 12 June, 2025, senior lawyer, Mr. Ali Aikhunegbe Malik SAN recalled that the respected jurist “was the longest-serving Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria...