The Court of Appeal has affirmed the decision of the High Court of Lagos State awarding N5 million as general damages for libel to a former deputy governor of Imo State, Sir Jude Agbaso against Prince Marshal Okafor Anyanwu, a former Imo State Chairman of All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA). Agbaso, who was impeached as...
Fiery human rights activist, Mr. Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa (SAN) has been named as the “sole speaker” at this year’s PASTOR E. A. ADEBOYE ANNUAL PUBLIC LECTURE. Adegboruwa will speak on the topic, “Leveraging Nigeria’s young population for national growth and development.” According to a statement seen by CITY LAWYER, the Annual Lecture, the 12th in the...
NEWS RELEASE RE: NIGERIAN LAW SOCIETY DISCLAIMER AGAINST TONYE CLINTON JAJA, FURTHER INFORMATION AND CAUTION TO LAWYERS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC PUBLIC STATEMENTIn view of recent publications in online media, newspapers and other channels and as decided by the National Executive Council of the Nigerian Law Society, we deem it necessary to write the general...
BY MUSTAPHA KASHIM Open Letter to Mr. Adetunji Oso, SAN: “Those Who Live in Glass Houses Should Not Throw Stones” Dear Mr. Oso, I read your recent blog post in which, as scribe of the Egbe Amofin Oodua Governing Council, you reportedly “formally drew the attention of NEC to what you described as a clear,...
NEWS RELEASE The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) today 4th of February, 2026 participated in a high-level stakeholders’ meeting convened by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) at its Headquarters in Abuja. The meeting brought together key electoral stakeholders, including Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), government officials, and senior officers of INEC, to deliberate on measures aimed...
Erudite scholar and human rights lawyer Professor Chidi Odinkalu, has warned that one of the charges reportedly filed against the former Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami, SAN, seriously threatens the integrity of the office of the Attorney-General in particular. He therefore called for an urgent corrective action by the Attorney-General, and expressed the...
Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuja, has ordered the Nigeria Police Force and the Department of State Services (DSS) to investigate alleged tampering with exhibits in an ongoing N10 billion fraud trial. The order followed a disclosure by the judge on Thursday that the court’s Registrar, Nasiru Zubairu, confessed to him...
The Nigerian Bar Association Section on Public Interest and Development Law (NBA-SPIDEL) has joined forces with the NBA Human Rights Institute (NBA-HRI) and the NBA Bwari Branch to petition to the Inspector General of Police (IGP) over “alarming cases of police brutality, arbitrary arrests, and extortion in Bwari, Federal Capital Territory (FCT).” A statement seen...
By Sylvester Udemezue I recently came across a news report titled “‘Judicial Independence Must Be Effective, Not Just Formal’ — Gov. Mbah Commissions Enugu Digital Court Facility,” in which it was reported that the Governor of Enugu State, His Excellency Peter Mbah, commissioned a newly built digital court facility. The project was presented as a...
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