CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE I am deeply euphoric about your victory at the just concluded NBA 2020 National elections. It gives me great pleasure to extend my warmest and most sincere congratulations to you on your emergence as Assistant General Secretary elect […]
By AbdulGafar Alabelewe, Kaduna The Police have arraigned the driver and owner of the vehicle that killed Nigeria’s first female combat helicopter pilot, Flying Officer Tolulope Arotile, in a crash at the Nigerian Air Force Base, Kaduna. The duo was […]
My distinguished Colleagues, On Thursday, 30 July 2020, I was elected the General Secretary of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) – the largest and most vibrant Bar Association in Africa. Consequently, the Electoral Committee of the Nigerian Bar Association (ECNBA) […]
My distinguished Colleagues, It gives me great pleasure to join the United Nations and all the nations of the world to celebrate the 2020 International Youth Day, today, 12 August 2020. The theme of this year’s International Youth Day, “Youth […]
In the words of James Baldwin, “If one really wishes to know how justice is administered in a country, one does not question the policemen, the lawyers, the judges, or the protected members of the middle class. One goes to […]
The Administration of Child Justice in Nigeria is a process that involves children who are either in conflict with the law, beyond parental control or children in need of care and protection. In my first article on child justice, I […]
The Rivers State Police Command has arrested a couple and five others for selling a day-old baby for N600,000. The Guardian gathered that the incident happened last weekend in Igwurita community of Ikwere Local Government Area of the state. The suspects […]
Last week, I received the devastating news of the demise of an eminent member of the Nigerian Judiciary, Hon. Justice Okeke Jude, who died at the age of 64 on 04 August 2020. Until his death, His Lordship was the […]
On the 7th August, 2020, the NBA Abuja Branch, Unity Bar inaugurated the new Leaders of Young Lawyers’ Forum to pilot the affair of the forum for the next two years. At the virtual meeting of the branch presided over […]
Like many lawyers fondly say, humility is ingrained in the DNA of Joyce Oduah, FICMC. It is therefore not surprising that earlier today, Friday, Mrs. Oduah decided to visit and pay homage to the first female NBA General Secretary, Hairat […]