President Bola Tinubu has dismissed suggestions that providing infrastructure for the judiciary amounted to executive interference, describing it instead as a constitutional duty. Tinubu disclosed this on Monday when he commissioned an Office Annex for the Body of Benchers and 10 units of four-bedroom staff quarters at the Nigerian Law School, Bwari. The president was...
Gentlemen of the Noble Profession, Welfare must be realistic, accessible, and lived… not just spoken. That’s why beyond promises, I’m already walking the talk.Through the NBA Unpacked by Audrey series on Twitter every Monday, we are spotlighting colleagues, telling their stories, and showing that #EveryLawyerMatters. It’s about #Solidarity, #Advocacy, and #EmpoweringMembers in real time. In...
Who will lead the Nigerian Bar Association next? What are their plans for the profession? These posers were x-rayed today at the NBA Lagos Law Week 2026 Town Hall Meeting where lawyers grilled the candidates on their programmes. NBA Lagos has by far the largest voting bloc in NBA electoral history. Among the candidates who...
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Ikeja Branch, on Friday, 26th June 2026, successfully conducted its 2026 Branch Elections, with voting commencing at 9:00 a.m. and concluding at about 4:00 p.m. The election was peaceful, transparent, and seamless, with the entire process streamed live on Zoom, enabling members to remotely observe and monitor the proceedings in...
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BY MARCEL MBAMALU When only 14 out of 100 registered voters show up at the polls, democracy is on life support. When a citizen’s voter data slips from inside the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) into a politician’s phone, the system is hemorrhaging. With Ekiti and Osun governorship polls weeks away and the 2027 general...
A lawyer and Senatorial aspirant of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in Enugu West district, Ogochukwu Onyema has petitioned the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), alleging extortion of N20 million through misrepresentation, undue influence and coercive pressure by members of the party’s Senatorial Screening Committee. In the petition dated June 3, which he directed...
BY MONDAY UBANI The recent renewed call for a single six-year tenure for Nigeria’s President and Governors has reignited once again an important constitutional debate. The central argument of proponents like Distinguished Senator Opeyemi Bamidele and his colleagues is straightforward: a Chief Executive who is not seeking re-election will be less distracted by politics and...
A civil society group has urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to ask both the Attorney-General of the Federation and Council of Legal Education (CLE) to probe the certificate scandal involving Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Benjamin Okezie Kalu. In an open letter to the President seen by CITY LAWYER, the group stated...
Ondo State Urban Renewal: Clearing the Mischaracterisation of a Policy Proposition By Abayomi Adebayo When responding to a highly critical issue, one must diligently examine the subject in its entirety, understand the concept, and avoid presenting self-serving interpretations or, at best, a position detached from reality. Therefore, I will not dwell excessively on Mr. Ajisafe’s...