Fiery rights and good governance advocate, Prof. Chidi Odinkalu has berated the National judicial Council (NJC) for not taking harsher disciplinary measures against judges found to have compromised their judicial oaths. In a series of tweets seen by CITY LAWYER, the former Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) stated that instead of praise,...
The Rivers State Government has queried the Chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Port Harcourt Branch, Mrs. Cordelia Eke over her role in the joint statement by NBA Rivers Chairmen which indicted the controversial Rivers State Sole Administrator, retired Vice-Admiral Ibok Ete-Ibas. CITY LAWYER recalls that the eight chairmen of NBA branches in Rivers...
The Council of Legal Education (CLE) has given the green light to five universities to commence admission into the Law programme. In a statement made available to CITY LAWYER, the Council also increased admission quota for Tier-1 University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) from 220 to 250 students. Confirming CITY LAWYER exclusive report, the statement also...
Two hundred and sixty students who sat for the November 2024 Bar Final Examinations have posted the much-coveted “First Class” grade, CITY LAWYER can authoritatively report. The figure represents only 3.6 per cent of the entire 7,134 students who sat for the examination. According to details obtained by CITY LAWYER, 940 students (13.2%) had their...
SAYS N300M NBA-AGC REFUND ‘DIVERSIONARY’ Foremost human rights activist, Mr. Femi Falana SAN has urged the Nigerian Judiciary to speedily determine the tenure of the Rivers State Sole Administrator, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (retd). The fiery senior lawyer also decried the controversy surrounding the N300 million donation by the state to the Nigeria Bar Association...
PRESS STATEMENT ISSUED BY THE CHAIRMEN OF THE 8 (EIGHT) BRANCHES OF NIGERIA BAR ASSOCIATION IN RIVERS STATE ON THE RELOCATION OF THE NBA ANNUAL GENERAL CONFERENCE, THE DISMANTLING OF DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS AND DISREGARD OF THE RULE OF LAW IN RIVERS-STATE 15th April, 2025 We the Chairmen of the 8 (Eight) Branches of the Nigerian...
The Rivers State Judiciary has refuted a report that one of its judges, Justice Boma Diepriye declared as “unconstitutional, null and void”, the appointment of Retired Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ekwe Ibas by President Bola Tinubu as Administrator of the state. CITY LAWYER recalls that the social media was awash yesterday with reports that a Federal...
COMMENTARY YOUR EXCELLENCY, SIMINALAYI FUBARA, PLEASE COME TO THE RESCUE! BY MONDAY UBANI The ongoing controversy surrounding the N300 million donation by the Rivers State Government under Governor Siminalayi Fubara to the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) for its forthcoming Annual General Conference has become a subject of national discourse, legal curiosity, and political undertones. Originally,...
Both the Rivers State Judiciary and the Rivers State Judicial Service Commission have disowned former Chief Magistrate Ejike George who sensationally stated that he resigned from judicial functions due to imposition of state of emergency on the state. Confirming CITY LAWYER exclusive report, the two entities stated that George was compulsorily retired from service due...
The last has not been heard about the sudden resignation of a Chief Magistrate in Rivers State reportedly due to his unease over the appointment of a Sole Administrator to oversee the affairs of the state. Mr. Ejike George, a Chief Magistrate in the Rivers State Judiciary, had tendered his resignation from service, saying: “This...