A LEGACY OF ADVOCACY: A TRIBUTE TO A DISTINGUISHED LIFE | Clementina E. Ukiri, Esq.
I once sat in a courtroom and watched, in quiet awe, as the distinguished Learned Chairman Emeritus of the NBA Ikorodu Branch addressed the bench. I studied his mastery of courtroom advocacy, taking mental notes on the precision and grace with which he navigated the law. How quickly time flickers by. Yesterday, he transitioned to eternal glory. While my heart is heavy, I am profoundly thankful for a life spent enriching the Nigerian legal industry. His passing is a reminder: we will not be young forever. Old age eventually brings its trial…
NBA MOURNS THE PASSING OF ADESINA OGUNLANA, PAST CHAIRMAN, NBA IKEJA BRANCH.
It is with great sadness that the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) received the news today of the passage of one of the illustrious members of the NBA, Adesina Ogunlana, Esq. Mr. Ogunlana was a former chairman of the Ikeja Branch of the NBA. His term as the Chairman of the NBA Ikeja Branch between 2016 and 2018 witnessed a renaissance of some sort within the Bar, as he actively led the protest against the increase in the Land Use Charge introduced by the Lagos State Government in 2018. In this time, wh…
A TRIBUTE TO DR. ALIYU ALARAPE SALMAN, SAN (THE DOYEN OF THE INNER BAR IN KWARA STATE), BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE NIGERIAN BAR ASSOCIATION, MR. YAKUBU CHONOKO MAIKYAU, OON, SAN.
I was saddened by the news of the demise of a revered senior member of the Bar, an elder statesman, the doyen of Senior Advocates of Nigeria in Kwara State, and more personally - my father, Dr. Aliyu Alarape Salman, SAN, which event took place on Sunday, 7th January 2024. Late Dr. Salman, SAN, was called to the Nigerian Bar in 1968 and started his career as Counsel at the Sokoto State Ministry of Justice, where he rose to the position of Deputy Solicitor-General. He was subsequently appointed as Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, …
NBA PRESIDENT MOURNS PRINCE BOLA AJIBOLA, SAN.
The President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Mr. Yakubu Chonoko Maikyau, OON, SAN, commiserates with the family of the late Prince Bola Ajibola, SAN, the Owu kingdom, the management, staff, and students of Crescent University, Abeokuta, the government and good people of Ogun State, friends, mentees and associates of Prince Bola Abdul Jabbar Ajibola (SAN, KBE, D.Sc, D.Litt, FNIALS, FCIArb, CFR) who passed away early this morning, Sunday, 9th April 2023, at the ripe age of 89. Prince Bola Ajibola, SAN, was President of the NBA between 19…
OGAGA EMONGWANRE AICMC: THE BAR'S LOSS, HEAVEN'S GAIN. | Douglas Ogbankwa Esq.
It was the British Best Selling Novelist and Author-J K. Rawlings, the author of the Epic - Harry Potter posited thus: To the well-organised, death is but the next adventure. Sometime around the 2000s, at Standard Lectures in Benin City owned by Pastor Mike Omoregbee, I was teaching Government in the JAMB Class, when I noticed a then bright young boy who was very brilliant and animated. I took to him and that is how I took him to the Programme "Can You Guess", on Edo Broadcasting Service, which I was privileged to present at that tim…
FROM THE DESK OF OGAGA. | HE WON THE RACE.
This is personal. It smashed my being. I am a party in one of his last big acts. But the 2022 contest as NBA Publicity Secretary was not the beginning of a relationship formed on campaign routes and mostly defined by a passion for service to the Bar. We were called to the Bar on the same date, December 2nd, 2010. But I met Ogaga Emoghwanre for the first time in 2018 when I was aspiring as NBA Assistant Publicity Secretary. He was a mainstay in the Paul Usoro SAN’s successful presidential bid. I sought and enjoyed his support and I won. In 20…
THE NBA MOURNS THE TRAGIC LOSS OF MR. OGAGA EMOGHWANRE.
Dear Colleagues, As many of you may be aware, yesterday, the 10th of August 2022, we lost one of our members – Mr. Ogaga Emoghwanre - to the cold hands of death. Until his demise, Ogaga was a member of the Benin Branch of the Nigerian Bar Association (“NBA”) who served the NBA at different levels and in various capacities including most recently as a member of the National Executive Council, the Secretary of the NBA Welfare Committee and as a Special Assistant to the NBA President. More importantly, he was a friend and worthy colleague to many…
CONDOLENCES IN RE: OGAGA EMOGHWANRE, ESQ. | NBA IKORODU BRANCH
Dated this 10th day of August 2022. Distinguished Colleagues, CONDOLENCES IN RE: OGAGA EMOGHWANRE, ESQ. As we are all aware by now, the rude shock of the demise of Mr. Ogaga Emoghwanre broke in the evening of today. Our condolences to the NBA family on the passing unto greater glory today of Mr. Ogaga Emoghwanre, Aspirant for the office of NBA National Publicity Secretary, 2022, Publicity Secretary NBA Benin Branch, Secretary NBA National Welfare Committee, and Special Assistant to the NBA President, Mr. Olumide Akpata. In Mr. Ogagas's h…
I COMMISERATE WITH BOTH THE BAR AND BENCH IN BAUCHI ON THE DEATH OF MALLAM UMAR SARKI. | EWENODE O. WILLIAM ESQ.
I wish to commiserate with milord, Hon. Justice F. U Sarki of the Bauch State High Court of Justice and my Learned Colleague, S. U. Sarki of Sahel Chambers on the death of their beloved father, Mal. Umar Sarki. It is on record that late Mallam Umar Sarki was a forth right and a disciplinarian who gave his best to humanity. Though the Patriarch of the Sarki of Bauchi is gone, his legacies will certainly outlive him. I pray God Almighty to grant the children and all those left to mourn the late sage, the fortitude to bear this irreparable loss. …
PUBLIC STATEMENT RELEASED BY THE FAMILY OF PROFESSOR MRS. DORA AKUNYILI ON THE THE MURDER OF DR. AKUNYILI.
Death in any situation is painful, but when it is as brutal and senseless as murder, our hearts break twice. As a nation mourns a man known to many as the husband of late Professor Dora Akunyili, we as a family remember the man we call Daddy. He was a son — as a young man, he fought as a soldier in the Biafra war. A war that earned him a bullet that stayed lodged in his skull ever since. From this experience of violence and death, he went on to become a doctor saving thousands of lives — a powerful testament to his journey through life. He …
NBA MOURNS THE PASSING OF ITS FORMER PRESIDENT, CHIEF BABATUNDE OLUSOLA BENSON, SAN.
Dear Colleagues, The Nigerian Bar Association received with shock, the sad news of the passing of its former President, Chief Babatunde Olusola Benson, SAN, whose demise occurred on 24th June, 2021. Late Chief Benson who passed on at the age of 89 had served the NBA as its General Secretary and subsequently as its President between 1978 and 1980. He was called to both the English and Nigerian Bar, and was subsequently elevated to the prestigious rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria in 1983. Chief Benson was an astute and dogged Bar Man who serv…
OBITUARY ANNOUNCEMENT: HRM OBA KABIR SHOTOBI AYANGBURE OF IKORODU ANNOUNCES THE DEMISE OF CHIEF BABATUNDE OLUSOLA BENSON, (SAN) ASIWAJU OF IKORODU ON THURSDAY AT 89 YEARS; THE NIGERIAN BAR ASSOCIATION, IKORODU BRANCH RELEASES A CONFIRMATION.
His Royal Majesty Oba Kabir Shotobi Ayangbure of Ikorodu hereby announce the demise of CHIEF BABATUNDE OLUSOLA BENSON SAN Asiwaju of Ikorodu today, Thursday 24th June, 2021. Papa was expecting to celebrate his 89th birthday on 5th July, 2021. Further announcement and burial arrangement will be made available by the family. HRM thanked God for the life of the deceased. Life of committed service to development of Ikorodu Kingdom and to humanity. May God forgive his sins and admit his soul into eternal rest. HRM sends condolences to the Benson fa…
NBA MOURNED ITS PAST ASSISTANT GENERAL SECRETARY - LATE ALIYI SUNJUYE EKINEH ESQ.
Dear Colleagues, The Bar and the entire Nation were thrown into mourning when the news of the death of Aliyi Sunjuye Ekineh Esq. filtered in. Late Aliyi Sunjuye Ekineh who passed on at the age of 99 years, was a former Assistant General Secretary of the Nigerian Bar Association in the early 1960s. He was called to the Nigerian Bar in 1953 and subsequently founded Cheakley Chambers. He later served on the Board of Directors of the Central Bank of Nigeria from 1970 to 1975. Committed to mother earth on Tuesday, the NBA bids its past Assistant…
DELTA STATE: A PREGNANT WOMAN AND TWO SONS ROASTED BY A FIRE INFERNO IN UGHELLI, DELTA STATE By Ukiri Favour Oghenefejiro.
The incidence as narrated by Ms. Vivian Abomah, a casualty to our reporter happened in Ughelli Delta State at 1st Amekpa Road on the 17th of May 2021. Speaking further with another victim of the inferno Mr. Godwin Abomah who lost all his life belongings to the fire incidence. He is one of the occupants of the building engulfed in fire that begin in the flat of the Landlord whose wife and children perished most unfortunately. The story is that the said deceased pregnant woman had just filled their gas cylinder that fateful afternoon and was c…
