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NEWS RELEASE REGISTRATION OFFICIALLY OPENS!!! Distinguished Member, Registration for the NBA AGC 2026 has been carefully designed to provide a simple, fast, and seamless experience for all members. How to Register: Individual Registration Guide Step 1:Visit http://agc.nigerianbar.org.ng and click the Register button. Step 2:Select your Registration Type and choose Individual. Step 3:Enter your SCN in full (e.g. SCN001122).If you were called in 2025, kindly enter your Exam Number instead (e.g. EXM234567). Step 4:Select your Professional Title from...

The federal government has halted the issuance of guidelines for the implementation of the new tax laws, citing uncertainty over the final version, Taiwo Oyedele, Chairman, Presidential Tax Reform Committee, has revealed. He said he had told the Nigeria Revenue Service (NRS) and the Joint Revenue Board (JRB) to wait because guidelines on the implementation...

A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) and former Vice President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Dr. Monday Ubani has vowed to prosecute Dr. Tonye Clinton Jaja over his alleged serial defamatory publications and contemptuous conduct against him. Clinton is allegedly facing contempt proceedings on the same subject matter before Justice S.U. Bature of the...

By Godwin Adindu I love this portrayal of Governor Alex Otti as a painter. This frame is very creative, artistic and altruistic. Whoever that must have captured the man with this metarphor of colours and beauty must be a great creative and philosophical mind. Don’t mind that the word may have dropped as a jab...

NEWS RELEASE “NBA Unveils Theme and Logo for 2026 Annual General Conference, Launches Young Lawyers Co-Working Space Named After Kanu Agabi, SAN” The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has officially unveiled the theme and logo for its 2026 Annual General Conference (AGC), formally setting the tone for preparations toward what is expected to be one of...

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Excitement has enveloped the legal industry following the appointment of Dr. Gbemisola Titilayo Odusote as the new Director-General of the elite Nigerian Law School. A stickler for discipline and excellence, Odusote was recently appointed by President Bola Tinubu as the first female Director-General of the 63-year-old school. Opening the floodgate of congratulatory messages, the Governor...

A NECESSARY DISCLAIMER AND CLARIFICATION TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC RE: THE SPURIOUS LETTER DATED DECEMBER 30, 2025, FROM A SELF-STYLED “EXECUTIVE COUNCIL” OF THE NIGERIAN LAW SOCIETY (NLS) By Chief Joe Kyari Gadzama, SAN, OFR, MFR For ease of reference, a copy of the spurious letter dated December 30, 2025, addressed to me is attached...

A team of clergymen and senior lawyers of the Anglican Church yesterday stormed Onitsha High Court in solidarity with Rev. Tochukwu Agina, a priest of the Anglican Diocese of Ogbaru, Anambra State who was battered and dehumanized by Naval men attached to Ogbaru Naval base on November 30, 2025. Agina, a youthful priest was attacked...

NEWS RELEASE The Nigerian Bar Association Section on Public Interest and Development Law (NBA-SPIDEL) will hold its inaugural Executive Committee Strategy Workshop/Meeting from January 22 to January 25, 2026. According to a notice obtained by CITY LAWYER, “The Strategy Workshop/Meeting will also provide opportunity for the development of the NBA-SPIDEL 2026 Annual Activities Workplan.” The...