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held at the NBA House, Central Business District, Abuja, on 22nd September, 2026, Ass. Prof. Uju Agomoh, Chair, NBA-SPIDEL, congratulated the NBA President for so many reasons including her assumption of office as the first elected female President of NBA and for all the packages and programs  she has lined up for the Association. According to Prof Agomoh, SPIDEL sees NBA as a team, and the need to deliver as ONE NBA with all organs of NBA building synergies and effective coordination, and she emphasized that SPIDEL is ready to deliver with NBA, as a team. She sought the President’s guidance, direction and ability to leverage the expertise available in SPIDEL. Prof Agomoh, who was accompanied by some SPIDEL Executives and CPC members including Paul Daudu, SAN, Andrew O. Odum, SAN, Papa Dorn Cklaims Enameh, Bulus Atsen fsi, Folannoh Aluko, Emmanuel Tayo Ogunjide, Dr. Lilian Ojimma, Vincent Adodo and Monday Adjeh, described the essential purpose of the visit as being to n...

The Nigerian Bar Association FCT Chairmen Forum has announced a Town Hall Meeting for members of the five NBA branches in the Federal Capital Territory: NBA Abuja Branch, NBA Garki Branch, NBA Nyanya Branch, NBA Bwari Branch and NBA Gwagwalada Branch. The meeting, which will focus on policy formulation for the effective enforcement of the Legal Practitioners’ Remuneration Order 2023 , is scheduled to take place on Tuesday, 29 September 2026, at 2:00 p.m. at the NBA National Secretariat Auditorium, Abuja. A short dramatic video accompanying the announcement reinforces the importance of lawyers placing proper value on their professional services. The exchange depicted in the video highlights a familiar challenge in legal practice—clients seeking professional assistance while attempting to avoid or reduce the payment of appropriate legal fees. The message is clear: legal advice and representation are products of years of education, training, experience and prof...

The Lawyers in Business Institute (LIBI) celebrates an accomplished legal practitioner, distinguished business leader, respected academic, internationally recognised alternative dispute resolution expert and exceptional mentor, High Chief Emeka Obegolu, SAN, PhD, on the occasion of his birthday. Fondly known as the Akajiugo of Anaocha na Okotu and the Agbagho Dike’izu of Obeledu Kingdom in Anaocha Local Government Area of Anambra State, High Chief Obegolu is a man whose influence extends across the legal profession, business community and society at large. Over the years, he has distinguished himself through visionary leadership, professional excellence and an enduring commitment to raising the next generation of leaders. He is widely regarded as a benefactor, maker of men, trailblazer and generational inspiration whose life and accomplishments continue to encourage many. High Chief Obegolu currently serves as President of the Abuja Chamber of Commerce and Industry, w...

The Nigerian Bar Association Section on Public Interest and Development Law (NBA-SPIDEL) has announced its 2026 Annual Conference, scheduled to hold from 10 to 13 November 2026 at the International Conference Centre, Umuahia, Abia State. The conference, themed “In Public Interest: Advancing Justice, Democracy and Development,” will bring together legal practitioners, judicial officers, policymakers, public-interest advocates and other stakeholders to examine critical issues affecting justice, democratic governance and national development. Arrival and pre-conference activities are scheduled for 9 November 2026. Registration for the conference is now open, with discounted early-bird rates available until 30 September 2026. The early-bird fees are as follows: Lawyers of 1–5 years post-call — ₦10,000 Lawyers of 6–10 years post-call — ₦20,000 Lawyers of 11–19 years post-call — ₦30,000 Lawyers of 20 years post-call and above — ₦40,000 Senior Advocates of Nigeria and B...

It is with a profound sense of loss that the Nigerian Bar Association, Abuja Branch, pays tribute to Onyekachukwu Alex Anunusor, a young lawyer, a valued member of our Branch and a member of the 2019 Call to Bar Set, whose life and promising journey in the legal profession have been brought to an untimely end after a protracted illness. Alex was one of us; a brother at the Bar, a colleague and a member of our professional family. Alex hadp lofty dreams and ambitions to pursue. Those dreams, and the future they envisioned, now belong to others. These reflections remind us that however far we intend to travel, however much we hope to achieve, and however many tomorrows we confidently make plans for, life does not sign a contract with us for those tomorrows. They are neither sealed, nor ever truly delivered. Alex was young. He belonged to a generation of lawyers still at the beginning of their professional journey. Like all of us, he had plans, aspirations and perhaps a long l...

There is something increasingly unsettling about Nigeria’s political environment as we approach the 2027 general elections. Political competition appears to be giving way, gradually but unmistakably, to political intolerance. Threats, intimidation, bullying and open hostility are becoming disturbingly familiar features of our political discourse. This should worry every Nigerian. The campaign season may only be gathering momentum, but some of the language and conduct already on display suggest that the political temperature is rising dangerously. One of the early signals came from Ebonyi State, where the Governor, while addressing newly sworn-in local government chairmen, was reported to have warned them not to permit defeat in their respective constituencies. The message appears to have been taken seriously by some of the beneficiaries of the new political order. One of the newly sworn-in chairmen, Eze Paul Ituma of Ohaukwu Local Government Area, was reported to have decla...