In this article, DR. MONDAY UBANI, Chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association Section on Public Interest and Development Law (NBA-SPIDEL) reviews ongoing efforts by the National Assembly to amend the Electoral Act and accuses the lawmakers of “legislative rascality” The furore in the national assembly over the recent amendment of the electoral bill has not...
An Abuja based senior lawyer, Mr. Johnnie Egwuonwu SAN is dead. Announcing his passing, factional Publicity Secretary of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Abuja Branch, Mr. Ikemefuna Onyeka said: “NBA Abuja Branch regrets to announce the demise of her esteemed member J. N. Egwuonwu, SAN who passed on Friday 16th July, 2021 after a brief...
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos State has discharged and acquitted the immediate past President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Mr. Paul Usoro SAN. Usoro had been standing trial on 10 counts of fraud and money laundering made against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). He had pleaded not guilty...
Vocal human rights activist, Professor Chidi Odinkalu has been appointed a ‘Professor of Practice’ by one of America’s elite universities, Tufts University. In a press release dated July 14, 2021 the leading university stated that Odinkalu, a former Chairman of Nigeria’s National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), “will join Fletcher’s multi-disciplinary faculty focused on preparing tomorrow’s...
Leading lawyer, Chief Joe-Kyari Gadzama SAN has posited that though there is no consensus on the particular areas to be restructured within the Nigerian polity, “there seems to be a general agreement that the Nigeria structure of governance should be reviewed, and at its epicenter, the CFRN.” Speaking last Monday at the 2021 Law of...
GBAGIR BRIEFS AKPATA NBA MAY SUE EFCC The Chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mr. Abdulrasheed Bawa has boycotted a meeting initiated by the commission to resolve the furore over alleged assault on Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Makurdi Branch Chairman, Mr. Justin Gbagir. In an “update” on the assault made available to CITY LAWYER...
APATA HAS CALLED TO CONGRATULATE ME Barring any last-minute upset, there are strong indications that leading corporate lawyer, Mr. Ikechukwu Uwanna will clinch today’s election for the chairmanship of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Lagos Branch. He may have polled over 500 votes as against his closest rival who polled 100 plus votes. Uwanna told...
• BOSAN ACCUSES LPPC OF LOWERING CRITERIA • ‘YOU HAVE STRAYED FROM 50-YEAR STANDARDS’ • ‘WE WILL REVIEW SAN CRITERIA’ – CJN The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad (CFR) has promised that the Legal Practitioners Privileges Committee (LPPC) would review the criteria for award of the coveted rank of Senior Advocate of...
The controversy over the schedule of registration fees to be charged at this year’s Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Annual General Conference may have been laid to rest following release of the communique for the last quarterly meeting of NBA National Executive Committee. Though CITY LAWYER had in an exclusive report stated that “young lawyers will...
The Nigerian Bar Association Section on Public Interest and Development Law (NBA-SPIDEL) has appointed fiery human rights lawyers, Messrs Femi Falana SAN and Sam Amadi to head its two key groups. Speaking at the recent NBA National Executive Committee (NBA-NEC) Meeting in Abuja, the Chairman of SPIDEL Governing Council, Dr. Monday Ubani stated that the...