The Chairman, Board of Directors, First Bank of Nigeria, Ibukun Awosika wants Nigerians to take their destiny in their own hands and build the country. Awosika who was speaking during the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) 2020 Conference on Tuesday, believes […]
The head of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Akinwumi Adesina, appealed on Wednesday for a second term in office after a months-long storm over alleged corruption and poor governance that ended after he was cleared in an independent probe. In […]
I received a letter from the Chairman of the NBA Board of Trustees, Dr. Olisa Agbakoba, SAN, on the 17th and 19th of August, 2o20 wherein the Board of Trustees conveyed their decision to me stating inter alia that the […]
INTRODUCTION. Dear learned Silks, Senior members of the Branch and Colleagues. This write up is to engender the needed peace and tranquillity in the Branch. With peace and harmony, we can only get better rather than struggling to get together. […]
The International Federation of Women Lawyers, FEDA, has been tasked to step up sensitization on societal values as well as undertake indepth research into the psychology of the culprits if the fight against rape must be won. The Commissioner for […]
Within and outside the Nigerian legal space, there are few words that get more constant reference than the word ’Justice.’ The consistency of its recurrence in our lexicon is indicative of the fact that, almost, if not, everyone with a […]
According to the publication, Nigerian Justice System: The Ideal, Hope And Reality by M. Shehu, Dr. M. Faud Bin Othman and Dr. N Binti Osman published in 2017, the “Justice system and its administration in every state is the reflection […]
A renowned NGO, the GivingTide International has congratulated Joyce Oduah, FICMC on her emergence as the General Secretary at the NBA National Election which held on 29th and 30th of July 2020. In a congratulatory letter signed by the Executive […]
At the recent Justice Research Institute (JRI) Virtual Roundtable themed “Selection and Appointment of Judges: Lessons for Nigeria”, His Excellency, Vice – President Yemi Osibajo GCON, SAN, mentioned that there is need for an urgent, honest and frank conversation about […]
By Femi Falana SAN Some people have said that it is against the African culture to speak ill of the dead. That is far from the truth. In the past, Africans spoke ill of the dead and exposed the dead […]