Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) President, Mr. Afam Osigwe SAN and Chairman of the 2025 NBA Section on Legal Practice (NBA-SLP) Annual Conference Planning Committee, Chief Paul Harris Ogbole SAN are among many senior lawyers billed to descend on Yola, the Adamawa State capital, for this year’s Gabriel Adikwu Annual Lecture. Osigwe is also the as Special Guest of Honour at the eagerly awaited event.

The Annual Lecture is reputed as the largest single gathering of lawyers in North East Nigeria.

This year’s Annual Lecture is billed to honour Hon. Justice Paul Adamu Galumje, a retired Justice of Nigeria’s Supreme Court. CITY LAWYER gathered that many of the senior lawyers have confirmed their attendance as a mark of honour for the eminent jurist.

The Annual Lecture will hold on 17th May, 2025 at the Government House Banquet Hall, Dougirei, Yola, Adamawa State. The theme for this year’s Annual Lecture is “THE LAW, THE COURT AND THE PEOPLE.”

Described as a distinguished jurist, Justice Galumje is reputed to have had an impactful stay on the bench, “and had immensely contributed in shaping the Nigerian legal jurisprudence. The jurist is noted to have spent his life raising and mentoring several Justices who are on the bench today and are making the Nigeria Bar Association and the nation proud.”

He will also be decorated with the “Distinguished Jurist Par Excellence Award.”

Meanwhile, the President of the National Industrial Court, Justice Benedict Kanyip has been named as the Keynote Speaker for the forthcoming Annual Lecture.

The speakers include Hon. Justice Ita Mbaba JSC (Rtd), NBA President Afam Osigwe SAN, and Hon. Justice Nathan Musa rtd (Wakili Alkalai Adamawa) as Royal Father of the Day.

The event will be co-hosted by the Hon. Justice Hafsat Abdulrahman, Chief Judge of Adamawa State High Court of Justice; Hon. A. K. Jingi, Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Adamawa State, and Barr. Idi Ali, Chairman, NBA Yola Branch.

This year’s event promises to be intellectually engaging, considering the array of eminent jurists who form the faculty, even as the lecture seeks to x-ray the waning confidence of the people in the judicial system and seek to return the Judiciary to its pristine past glory as the last hope of the common man.

The Annual Lecture will also provide a platform for networking among lawyers as delegates interact with other stakeholders in the legal profession who are making great strides in their space.

The Convener of the Annual Lecture, Mr. Gabriel Adikwu called on all lawyers to make plans to attend, adding that “This is one event you can’t afford to miss!” He also noted that registration is free but compulsory.

The 2025 Gabriel Adikwu Annual Lecture has been accredited by the Nigerian Bar Association Institute of Continuing Legal Education (NBA- ICLE), CITY LAWYER can authoritatively report.

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