Barring any last-minute hitch, the Anambra State Government will today arraign three top native doctors before an Anambra State High Court sitting at Awka for alleged involvement in criminal activities. The suspects are Chidozie Nwangwu popularly known as “Akwa Okuko Tiwara Aki”, Onyebuchi Okocha known as “Onye Eze” and Ekene Igboezekwe popularly known as “Eke...
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has moved its signature Annual General Conference (AGC) from Port Harcourt, Rivers State to Enugu. CITY LAWYER reckons that the move is yet the most damning verdict of Africa’s largest lawyers’ association on the controversial imposition of State of Emergency on Rivers State by President Bola Tinubu. Jointly signed by...
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A high-stakes lawsuit seeking to mandate Imo State Governor Hope Uzodinma to appoint the most senior judge of the High Court of Imo State as the Acting Chief Judge took a dramatic turn yesterday following the sudden transfer of the presiding judge to another division. The lawsuit was brought by human rights lawyer, Mr. Chinedu...
Former Vice-Chair of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Lagos Branch, Mrs. Abiye Tam-George has formally expressed interest in becoming the next Chairman of the highly influential branch. A statement made available to CITY LAWYER reads: “The ever amiable and soft-spoken Abiye who has previously distinguished herself in diligent service to the Branch as a former...
TRIBUTE Admitted to the largest Bar in Africa in 1991, Okey I. Anichebe was the first lawyer to come from Umulokpa Town, just as Christopher Alexander Sapara Williams was the first lawyer in Nigeria. Accordingly, Okey Anichebe was a pioneer of the legal profession in Umulokpa He had opened the door and led the way...
‘WE’VE CONTACTED INIBEHE EFFIONG TO FREE HIM’ HE IS APPARENTLY INNOCENT – SOWORE A young boy who went viral ahead of the 2023 general elections for standing in front of the convoy of former Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, is reportedly languishing in the Kirikiri Prison, Lagos State. According to reports, the boy was...
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The 2025 Gabriel Adikwu Annual Lecture is billed to honour Honourable Justice Paul Adamu Galumje, a retired Justice of Nigeria’s Supreme Court. The Annual Lecture will hold on 17th May, 2025 at the Government House Banquet Hall, Dougirei, Yola, Adamawa State. The theme for this year’s Annual Lecture is “THE LAW, THE COURT AND THE...
As he settled in to deliver the judgment of the Edo State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal on 2 April 2025, presiding judge, Wilfred Kpochi, felt obliged to get one ritual out of the way. Glancing left and right, he asked each of his two colleagues on the three-person tribunal to confirm that the judgment he was...