• 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...
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...