The scheduled arraignment of Halima Buba, Managing Director/CEO of SunTrust Bank Ltd, and Innocent Mbagwu, Executive Director/Chief Compliance Officer, was stalled due to the absence of the defendants. The case, which is before Justice Emeka Nwite at the Federal High Court in Abuja, centers on a $12 million fraud allegation brought by the Economic and...
Dispelling the Myth of Equal Division in Matrimonial Property Settlement: A Reaffirmation of Legal Principles in Aguolu v. Aguolu (2025) LPELR-80269 (CA) By Monday Ubani I consider myself privileged to have completed an advanced course on the Matrimonial Causes Act at Babcock University in 2024, under the esteemed instruction of Prof. Dorcas Odunaike, one of...
A Prosecution Witness with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Alvan Grumnaan, has narrated how an aide to the embattled former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Mr. Godwin Emefiele, received a total sum of $17.1 million over a three-year period. Grumnaan is the Head of Special Duty 77 (Special Operations Team) who claimed...
By Emeka Nwadioke The Nigerian Bar Association Section on Public Interest and Development Law (NBA-SPIDEL) has fallen on hard times for some time now. While there was a simmering face-off between the immediate past NBA President, Mr. Yakubu Maikyau SAN and estranged NBA-SPIDEL Chairman, Mr. John Aikpokpo-Martins, the tussle peaked with the dismissal of the...
NEWS RELEASE “You Cannot Jail a Citizen for Choosing Silence: The Nigerian Bar Association Condemns Compulsory Voting Bill as Unconstitutional and Draconian” The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) unequivocally condemns the proposed bill seeking to amend the Electoral Act 2022 to make voting compulsory for all eligible Nigerians, describing it as an unconstitutional affront to civil...
By Sylvester Udemezue In a joint statement issued on 17 April 2025, the Chairmen of all branches of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) in Rivers State strongly condemned the Rivers State Sole Administrator, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (retd.), accusing him of unconstitutional actions that undermine democratic governance. The NBA criticized the suspension of elected officials...
NBA-SPIDEL BOUNCES BACK WITH ANANABA IN SADDLE CORDELIA EKE: NBA VOWS RETALIATION IF … FG TO DRAG ATTORNEYS-GENERAL WHO CIRCUMVENT LG AUTONOMY TO LPDC NBA RAPS JAMB ON UTME FIASCO OSIGWE ASKS NJC TO DISMISS ERRANT JUDGES ‘RECENT KILLINGS IS FAILURE OF INTERNAL SECURITY’ Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) President, Mr. Afam Osigwe SAN has put...
The Nigerian Bar Association National Executive Council (NBA-NEC) meeting scheduled to hold in Ilorin tomorrow may take a definitive position on the request by Rivers State Sole Administrator for refund of the N300 million fund for aborted hosting of the NBA Annual General Conference (AGC) in Port Harcourt. The conference has since been moved to...
BY JESUTOFUNMI IDOWU INTRODUCTION The legal profession has long been associated with the courtroom, where lawyers argue cases before judges and represent clients in disputes. However, the landscape of legal careers is rapidly evolving, with new opportunities emerging beyond the traditional legal setting. Law graduates now find themselves facing a broader spectrum of career paths...
NEWS RELEASE Greetings. I hope you don’t mind that I’m sharing this with you, but I’m super excited. After months of planning and collaboration, I’m proud to share that JusticeTechNG 2025 is officially live! It’s Nigeria’s first national hackathon and accelerator focused entirely on solving justice problems through technology. We’re calling on teams of innovators...