Legal scholar, Professor Alfred Bandele Kasunmu SAN is dead. CITY LAWYER gathered that Kasunmu “departed peacefully” in the early hours of today. A trending post by “The Kasunmu Family” stated that “Professor Kasunmu was not only a cherished patriarch of our family but also a distinguished scholar, mentor, and Senior Advocate of Nigeria whose legacy...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has narrated how it successfully prosecuted a fake lawyer, one John Nwawuto Anoruo. In a statement following the court judgment on the matter, the anti-graft agency stated that “His case began after he submitted a petition dated September 22, 2025, to the EFCC on behalf of his clients...
The Chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Remuneration Committee, Chief Emeka Obegolu, SAN, has charged participants at the Law Students’ Association of Nigeria (LAWSAN) North Central Convention in Abuja to uphold the rule of law and defend the supremacy of the Constitution. In a keynote address, the former NBA General Secretary told the participants...
The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (Ciarb) Nigeria Branch has extended registration for its eagerly awaited 2026 Annual Conference and Gala Night. The conference holds in Port Harcourt from November 4, 2026 to November 6, 2026, with the theme: “Beyond Dialogue: Delivering Excellence in Arbitration and ADR.” The theme is a sequel to previous themes which...
The Electoral Committee of the Nigerian Bar Association (ECNBA) has urged the NBA National Officers Election Appeals Committee to dismiss the petition by one of the presidential candidates challenging the return of Mrs. Oyinkansola Badejo-Okusanya SAN as the duly elected President of the association. In an Answer to Akangbe’s petition obtained by CITY LAWYER, the...
![AT THE AGC 2026 PROMO: PLOT OF CHIEF EMMANUEL OSUALA NWAGBARA ESQ. [NBA LAGOS] PROCEEDS TO FINISHING, WITH P.O.P. CEILING, DOORS, WINDOWS & TILING AT LAWYERS IN BUSINESS MASS-HOUSING & LAND-BANKING SCHEME](https://citylawyermag.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/IMG-20260725-WA0016-360x360.jpg "IMG-20260725-WA0016")
AGC 2026 Promo: Plot of Chief Emmanuel Osuala Nwagbara Esq [NBA Lagos] proceeds to finishing, with P.O.P Ceiling, doors windows & tiling at the Lawyers In Business Mass-Housing & Land-Banking Scheme We are building into flats, and Tenants are already waiting to move in; while maintaining the Duplex Exterior, approved by the FCDA. Other Seniors...
The troubled Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Port Harcourt Branch Election has been engulfed in another controversy over a list of ‘preferred candidates’ allegedly endorsed by the branch leadership. CITY LAWYER recalls that NBA President, Mr. Afam Osigwe SAN recently waded into the controversies surrounding the election, leading to the appointment of an Electoral Committee to...
The Chair of Nigerian Bar Association Section on Public Interest and Development Law (NBA-SPIDEL), Professor Uju Agomoh, has urged members of the 2026 SPIDEL Conference Planning Committee (CPC) to ensure that the forthcoming annual conference leaves a lasting legacy for the legal profession rather than becoming “just another conference.” Agomoh gave the charge on Thursday...
The crisis rocking the planned election of officers to run the affairs of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Port Harcourt Branch peaked yesterday as members vigorously protested the plan by the Caretaker Committee to hold the election yesterday. It reportedly took a combined team of Police and Directorate of State Services (DSS) operatives to calm...
President Bola Tinubu has congratulated Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) President-elect, Mrs. Oyinkansola Badejo-Okusanya SAN on her victory at the poll. In a statement seen by CITY LAWYER and signed by his Special Adviser on Information & Strategy, Mr. Bayo Onanuga, Tinubu described her emergence as “a watershed in the legal profession and a triumph for...