The Osun State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal has displayed two petitions challenging the re-election of Governor Ademola Adeleke at the August 15, 2026 poll. The petitions were pasted on the tribunal’s notice board at the State High Court, Oke Fia, Osogbo on Monday, September 7, 2026, in line with electoral procedures. Tribunal Secretary, Pefe Belemore,...
By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu Sir Henry Wotton, the Renaissance-era politician and diplomat from Kent in England is credited with the line that an ambassador is “an honest gentleman sent to lie abroad for the good of his country.” What he did not quite capture was what the situation was at home from where the ambassador...
NEWS RELEASE The President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Oyinkansola Badejo-Okusanya, SAN, FCIArb (UK), has paid a moving tribute to the late Professor Alfred Bandele Kasunmu, SAN, describing him as a great teacher, distinguished lawyer and patriarch whose legacy will endure across generations of the Nigerian legal profession. Badejo-Okusanya, who joined the family, colleagues and...
A major crisis has engulfed the African Women Lawyers Association (AWLA) as two of its factions in Nigeria are in a face-off over its planned International Conference scheduled to hold in Accra, Ghana. CITY LAWYER recalls that African Women Lawyers Association (AWLA) International Inc. has been promoting its international conference, saying that it is planned...
Sir James Louis Okoye, a former Catholic Knight of St. John International who denounced Christianity during the official opening of Our Lady of Assumption Catholic Church, Nnewi, in January over non-recognition of late Senator Ifeanyi Ubah, has been arrested. In a video that went viral, Okoye, also known as Ebube Anaedo, was reportedly seen last...
Nigeria’s Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has approved an initial public offering of Dangote Group’s refinery business, the company said on Friday, officially kicking off Africa’s biggest-ever share sale. The IPO could raise approximately ₦2.15 trillion ($1.63 billion) if fully subscribed, with the company planning to sell 4.1 billion ordinary shares at 525 naira per...
FCT Minister Nyesom Wike has criticised former Rivers State Governor Rotimi Amaechi, questioning his suitability for the position of Vice President over what he described as his past actions against the judiciary. Wike also took aim at the leadership of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), accusing the association of abandoning its traditional role as an...
FROM MANDATE TO IMPACT: MOSHOOD ABIOLA’S LEADERSHIP AND THE NBA LAGOS TASKFORCE’S FIRST YEAR OF RESULTS By Uchenna Mathew, Secretary, NBA Lagos Branch Taskforce on Illegal Practice of Law The first year of the NBA Lagos Branch Taskforce on Illegal Practice of Law has demonstrated what purposeful leadership, collective commitment and a clear mandate can...
INAUGURAL ADDRESS PROTOCOLS Today, I stand before you with a heart full of gratitude, a profound sense of humility and responsibility, and an unshakable faith in the future of our profession. Twenty-four years ago, in August 2002, I attended my first Annual General Conference of the Nigerian Bar Association as a newly called lawyer. At...
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Dr. Monday Onyekachi Ubani, has criticised the organisation of the Nigerian Bar Association’s 66th Annual General Conference in Port Harcourt, saying the event fell below expected standards and exposed serious shortcomings in logistics and planning. Speaking on Sunrise Daily on Friday, a day after publishing an interim assessment of the...