Prosecuting our convictions with courage – A tribute to Oluwarotimi Odunayo Akeredolu, SAN (Aketi Baba)

By Ikeazor Ajovi Akaraiwe, SAN (1st Vice President when Aketi was NBA President) INTRODUCTION Warning. I may not be able to write about Aketi in the past tense. I had the good fortune of being First Vice-President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) when Aketi was NBA President (2008-2010). Our tenure commenced on my 46th…

February 3, 20240Comments

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An ovation for Jika

By Chuks Iloegbunam “From all indications,” said Jika Attöh. He was dark, and dapper. He spoke English with an uncommon fluency. We also communicated in Igbo, which made me wonder if he was of the ethnic group. It was in answer to my question that he said, “From all indications.” I failed to see the…

January 11, 20240Comments

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Chief Kolawole Shola Okeaya-Inneh, SAN: Your name was crystal clear

By Prof. Mike A. A. Ozekhome, SAN, CON, OFR, FCIArb, LL.M, Ph.D., LL.D, D.Litt., D. Sc. “I am ready to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me is another matter.”—Winston Churchill. I write this piece not to mourn you sir, but to celebrate you - your life…

January 2, 20240Comments

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Justice Benedict Kanyip pays tribute to Justice Edith Agbakoba at special court session

It was an atmosphere of gloom on Wednesday, December 13, 2023 at the National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NICN) when Judges, lawyers and family members of the Late Hon. Justice Edith Nneka Neolita Agbakoba gathered to bid her farewell at at a special valedictory court session held in her honour. Justice Agbakoba who until her…

December 13, 20230Comments

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The Life, Loves and Adventures of Obiefuna Benjamin Nwabueze

By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu In July 2013, Akunnia Obiefuna Benjamin Nwabueze, the extraordinary scholar, teacher, lawyer, winner of the Nigerian National Order of Merit (NNOM) and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), who has died at the age of 94, applied to the Almighty for another five years on earth. In keeping with the record of…

November 5, 20230Comments

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The Grace to flourish: A tribute by George Etomi to Chief Christopher Oladipo Ogunbanjo

By George Etomi Chief Christopher Oladipo Ogunbanjo, CON (December 14, 1923 – October 7, 2023) , a pioneer of commercial law practice in Nigeria, an area of law which had previously been the preserve of foreign elitist commercial Lawyers, who recently joined the saints triumphant a few weeks to his 100th birthday. Chief Ogunbanjo's illustrious career…

October 18, 20230Comments

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My street is drained without Akintola Williams, Chris Ogunbanjo – Pat Utomi

By Prof Pat Utomi I had looked forward to Chief Chris Ogunbanjo’s centenary birthday with relish. And history had much to do with that. I had been so privileged, in 1983 to represent the then Vice-President Dr. Alex Ekwueme at the 60th birthday celebration of the legal luminary, boardroom icon, and business leader, when the…

October 10, 20230Comments

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History and the History Historian: Professor E.J. Alagoa at 90

By: Godknows Igali In a great show of what is referred to in Latin as 'Opus Laudatio', - preeminent praisework, the Nigerian nation gathered in Yenagoa on Saturday, August 26, 2023, to celebrate one of the country’s living legends, Professor Emeritus Ebiegberi Joe Alagoa. Earlier, on April 14, 2023, this historian of lauded value and…

September 28, 20230Comments

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A salute to Afam Okeke @50

By Lillian Okenwa You can’t miss him in any crowd for he stands head and shoulders above others. Cooly extroverted, Afamefuna Okwudili Okeke, Esq. ChMC was born 50 years ago into the illustrious Okeke’s family in Adazi-Ani, Anambra State. A consummate Bar man, Afam who is currently the Chairman of NBA Abuja (Unity Bar) attended…

August 29, 20230Comments

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Hon. Justice Chima Centus Nweze: How the society kills its best

By Prof. Mike A. A. Ozekhome, SAN, CON, OFR, FCIArb, LL.M, Ph.D, LL.D, D.Litt. INTRODUCTION A HARVEST OF DEATHS It has been a harvest of deaths in the judiciary. Justice Raphael Chikwe Agbo, a ranking Justice of the Court of Appeal, died on July 3, 2023. Then Justice Chima Centus Nweze died on Sunday, July…

August 8, 20230Comments

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