It was a roll-call of ‘Who is who’ in the Bar, Bench and political sphere at the burial ceremony for Pa Ubani Egbedubi Nwokocha, the father of Nigerian Bar Association Section on Public Interest and Development Law (NBA-SPIDEL) Chairman, Dr. Monday Ubani. The late patriarch of the Ubani Dynasty was interred at the weekend in...
A human rights activist and the Lead Partner at Newworth LLP, Mr. Ayo Ademiluyi has urged the Ooni of Ife, His Royal Majesty, Ooni Enitan Ogunwusi to “direct the refund of the amount owed our clients with interest which has accumulated over the years as our clients are going through hardships.” In a press statement...
Former Nigerian Bar Assocaition (NBA) Assistant Publicity Secretary, Mr. Chukwuemeka Mbamala has hailed Catholic mothers on the occasion of their Mothering Sunday. Describing mothers as “golden,” Mbamala, who is believed to be eyeing the post of Welfare Secretary in the forthcoming NBA Elections scheduled for July 16, 2022 also extended his felicitations to “all mothers...
A leading aspirant in the race for the presidency of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Chief Joe-Kyari Gadzama SAN has urged lawyers to enquire into the Bar activism records of aspirants seeking offices in the forthcoming NBA Elections. Speaking to NBA Aba Branch members at the weekend, Gadzama said: “When people tell you they want...
That the legal profession is set to witness an epic wedding is no longer in doubt. This came on the heels of the announcement that the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) President, Mr. Olumide Akpata will next month put an official imprimatur to the relationship with his longstanding partner, Miss Osayamon Ogbebor. In light of the...
Former Chairman of Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Ota Branch, Mr. Isaac Omuta Ogbah has expressed confidence that the Electoral Committee of the NBA (ECNBA) will dismiss the petition written against him by an Abuja based senior lawyer. Mr. Uche Amulu had in a petition to ECNBA urged the electoral committee to bar Ogbah from participating...
• OGBAH VISITING AFAM OSIGWE GROUSE ON ME – PETITIONER • ECNBA HAS NOT SERVED ME WITH PETITION – OGBAH • ‘BE PATIENT,’ SAYS ECNBA An Abuja-based lawyer, Mr. Uche Amulu has petitioned the Electoral Committee of the Nigerian Bar Association (ECNBA) urging it to “immediately disqualify” former NBA Ota Branch Chairman, Mr. Isaac Ogbah...
Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) President, Mr. Olumide Akpata is set to wed his long-time heartthrob, Miss Osayamon Michelle Ogbebor. In a SAVE THE DATE flier sighted by CITY LAWYER, Akpata stated that he popped the question “after a bit of dithering” and his partner said “Yes!” CITY LAWYER gathered from a source close to the...
More aspirants have confirmed that they submitted Nomination Forms for the forthcoming Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) elections into the General Council of the Bar and the National Executive Council. Virtually all the aspirants who CITY LAWYER predicted in its earlier report would join the race confirmed that they had submitted their nomination forms. Aside from...
Avocats Sans Frontières France (ASF France) and the Nigerian Bar Association have provided free legal services to 120 victims of human rights violations relating to torture, arbitrary detention and extra-judicial killings. This was disclosed during a meeting organized by ASF FRANCE under the European Union and the Agence Française de Développement (AFD) funded, “Strengthening the...