The Grundnorm

Oladapo Ajila has won the 2022 Lawyers Table Tennis Open( Mfon Usoro cup) defeating Yahaya Olarewaju in a fierce final match.

I am delighted to extend a warm welcome to all distinguished delegates to the NBA Annual General Conference (2022) taking place at the Centre of Excellence, from 19th to 26th August, 2022.

The NBA Lagos female team began a robust training today in preparation for the female soccer event at the Annual General Conference of the Nigeria Bar Association coming up later this month from 18th to 26th of August.

The feud between Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar and Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike deepened yesterday. The Board of Trustees (BoT) rejected Wike’s supporters’ demand for the resignation of the National Chairman, Dr. Iyorchia Ayu.

Budget deficit has risen to at least N30.58tn in the last seven years. This is according to data from budget implementation reports for the third and fourth quarters of 2015; the four quarters of 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020; the first three quarters of 2021; and the first […]

The Commander, Operation Safe Haven, Major General Ibrahim Ali, has said the the military will remain neutral and fair to all in securing the nation. OPSH is a multi task force in charge of security of lives and properties in Plateau, Bauchi and parts of southern Kaduna.

The Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, Professor Bolaji Owasanoye SAN, has hailed the contributions of the Anti-corruption and Transparency Units of various Ministries, Departments and Agencies in their efforts to tame corruption in the public service.

The industrial dispute between the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities may worsen following the insistence of the Federal Ministry of Education that its proposed agreement with the union will not be binding on state universities.

Dear Colleagues, You will recall that in preparation for the elections into the National Executive Committee of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), and the Executive Committee of various NBA Branches, the leadership of the Nigerian Bar Association had constituted the NBA Election Appeal Committees for the NBA National […]

It has become imperative that the letter written by Mr. Olumide Akpata requesting that one of his predecessors in office who is also one of the undisputed leading lights of the legal profession, Chief Wole Olanipekun, SAN recuses himself as the chairman of the Body of Benchers (BOB) […]

The attention of the Governing Council of Egbe Amofin O’odua: (The Yoruba Lawyers’ Forum) has been drawn to the calls on Chief Wole Olanipekun,SAN to recuse himself as the Chairman of Body of Benchers by some commentators and groups in the Legal profession.

Anthony Atata,the founder of Africa’s top legal community publication, Courtroom Mail has been awarded a champion of change at the WOZA women in Law recognition held in Emperor’s Palace,Guateng South Africa on Saturday 30th of July 2022.

A lawyer to the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, Ifeanyi Ejiofor has expressed displeasure about the alleged continued detention of his domestic staff by men of the State Security Service (SSS) since June 6, 2021.

The community in Idemili South local government area has elected Igwe, Collins Ebelechukwu Chukwumesili as its new monarch while waiting for his recognition from the government.

Rivers Governor Nyesom Wike has said the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Atiku Abubakar told many lies during his recent interview.