IGP Disu, NBA President, Badejo-Okusanya agree to end lawyer-police clashes
Seeks fast-track justice The Nigeria Police Force and the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) have opened fresh talks to end recurring friction between lawyers and police officers, improve professional relations, and…
Industrial Court slams company for withholding worker’s benefits 20 years after exit
The National Industrial Court of Nigeria sitting in Owerri has awarded N12.67 million against Golden Guinea Breweries Plc for withholding the terminal benefits of a former employee for more than…
NDDC Moot Court: Akpata, Justice Odili urges law students to maximize benefits
A retired Justice of the Supreme Court, Justice Mary Odili, has urged law students across the Niger Delta to value every practical experience and learning opportunity encountered during their training,…
A’Court affirms 490-year jail term for ex-NEXIM Bank MD Orya
The Court of Appeal in Abuja has affirmed the 490-year imprisonment handed to former Managing Director of the Nigeria Export-Import Bank (NEXIM Bank), Robert Orya, over a N2.4 billion fraud…
Assembly moves to raise Lagos Magistrates’ Civil Jurisdiction from ₦10m to ₦25m
Invites NBA to stakeholders’ meeting The Lagos State House of Assembly has invited the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Ikorodu Branch, to a one-day stakeholders’ meeting on a Bill for a…
NBA Conference POS Operator Returns ₦70,000 Mistakenly Sent to Her to Abuja Lawyer
Says “I Cannot Eat Somebody’s Money!” — Honest Lawyers at the closing moments of the just-concluded Nigeria Bar Association (NBA) annual conference at the Yakubu Stadium in Port Harcourt were…
NBA in fresh partnership with FG on women, child protection
The Federal Government and Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) have agreed to strengthen collaboration on women’s leadership, child protection, and access to justice for the vulnerable in the country. Minister of…
Bribes, Bimbos, and Babalawos. An Undiplomatic Memoir
By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu Sir Henry Wotton, the Renaissance-era politician and diplomat from Kent in England is credited with the line that an ambassador is “an honest gentleman sent to…
Ondo: Aiyedatiwa, citizens’ interest and the politicians in-between
By Debo Akinbami The theme refreshes the mind about the precursors to February 23, 2009; day one of Ondo’s finest leaders, Dr. Olusegun Agagu, was ousted as Governor. Agagu led…
Prof. Alfred Bandele Kasunmu (1934 – 2026)
By GEB The death of Professor Alfred Bandele Kasunmu (SAN) is not just another solemn entry in the obituary columns of the Nigerian legal profession. His passing is an occasion…