What hit the Nigerian Bar Association yesterday could not be otherwise described than a double tragedy! We were still mourning the sad passage of the Chair of NBA Abuja Branch, Hauwa Shekarau, who passed on earlier in the morning, only […]
What do I write? How do I compose a tribute when I’m still struggling to accept the reality of your passage? No, I certainly cannot pen down a tribute at the moment but a lamentation over your passage. The last […]
By Paschal Njoku ABUJA – The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) on Monday said the conduct of some politicians, judicial officers and lawyers are “disturbing” and consequently dragging the reputation of the country’s judiciary to the mud. NBA President, Olumide Akpata, stated this […]
by Bolanle Olabimtan Monica Dongban-Mensem, president of the court of appeal, says salaries of judicial officers have not been reviewed for over 10 years. Speaking on Monday at the opening of the 2021/22 legal year in Abuja, the appellate court […]
By Joseph Onyekwere • Nigeria Failing Because Legal Profession Has Failed – Lawyers• Conflicting Court Orders Threat To Democracy, Reflects Dependent Judiciary – A2J• Forum-shopping For Ex parte Orders Is Judicial Rascality – Azinge• ‘Erring Judges Not Chief Judges Must Face […]
On behalf of all my colleagues at Adereti Adegbite & Co, I heartily congratulate the leadership of the Lagos State Branch and all members of the International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA) on the landmark achievement of the inauguration of […]
By Francis Onoiribholo BENIN – The Faculty of law, Edo State University, Uzairue, has been given full accreditation by the National University Commission (NUC). The approval by the NUC, according to the University authority, was effected after a thorough review of the […]
It was a great delight and most cherished moment to have taken part in the ceremony heralding the New Legal Year of the Enugu State judiciary. I listened with rapt attention to the outgoing Chief Judge of Enugu State, my […]
It was a great delight and privilege for me to have participated in the just concluded NBA Abuja Branch Law Week, which took place from 27th to 31st of August, 2021. The series of lectures that took place in the […]
JUSTINA MBOHO The Nigerian Bar Association has condemned lawyers ‘shopping’ for judgment, accusing them of ridiculing and perverting the course of justice. “These developments in our courts are antithetical to the actualisation of the just society and independent judiciary that […]