Author: bibncollar

As the dust settles on the compulsory retirement of nine judicial officers in Imo State over allegations of age falsification and misconduct, former Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice of Imo State, Chief Soronnadi Njoku, SAN, has called on the National Judicial Council (NJC) to expand its recent sanitization exercise beyond Imo to other states and all superior courts of record across the federation. Chief Njoku made this call in a chat with bibncollar.com this Saturday afternoon, stating that the NJC’s bold actions in Imo should mark the beginning of a nationwide judicial integrity campaign, rather than an isolated cleanup operation.…

About six years ago, my client, a UK-based Nigerian widow became the target of an audacious scheme orchestrated by a notorious syndicate of land grabbers operating under the guise of a land owning family in Ikeja/ Lagos. Their objective was clear: to dispossess her of her rightful ownership of three plots of land situated behind the former Tasty Fried Chicken building on Opebi Road, Ikeja. In a disturbing abuse of judicial process, these individuals approached a Magistrate Court then at Ikeja Local Airport, and by misrepresentation and fraudulent manipulation, secured a writ of possession against my client. It appeared their…

On June 16, the final day of my three-week visit to Nigeria, I met with my dear friend Malam Ali M. Ali, Managing Director of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). Malam Ali, who was my editor at Kano State Government’s Sunday Triumph in the late 1990s and with whom I had related since my first year at Bayero University in the early 1990s when he was features editor of the Daily Triumph, unexpectedly sprang a surprise: he asked me to deliver an impromptu talk to NAN editors on the pleasures and perils of artificial intelligence in journalism. Malam Ali,…

• Bars National Industrial Court Judge from Promotion for 3 Years • Issues warning/caution to five Judges The National Judicial Council at its 109th Meeting presided over by the Honourable, the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Hon. Justice Kudirat M. O. Kekere-Ekun, GCON, held on 25 June 2025 has recommended two Hon. Judges for appointment as Heads of Court for Ekiti and Yobe States, respectively. The Heads of Court are: Hon. Justice Adekanye Lekan Ogunmoye, Chief Judge, Ekiti State and Hon. Kadi Abba Mammadi as Grand Kadi, Yobe State. Similarly, Council has also recommended Mainasara Ibrahim Kogo Umar, Esq. to the…

Theme: “Justice for All” Are you a legal practitioner, academic, researcher, activist, or law student passionate about expanding access to justice in Nigeria? The Nigerian Law Society (NLS) invites submissions for its Maiden Edition of the NLS Law Journal, set to be officially unveiled at the NLS Annual General Conference (AGC), July 2025. 🗓️ Submission Deadline: 15th July 2025 📄 Word Count: Maximum of 3,000 words 📎 Format: MS Word | Referencing Style: OSCOLA (Oxford Standard for Citation of Legal Authorities) 📚 Key Areas of Interest Include: Access to Justice Legal Education Litigation and Court Practice Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)…

The Federation of International Women Lawyers (FIDA) Nigeria has commenced its 2nd Quarter National Executive Council (NEC) Meeting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, amid warm messages of goodwill and solidarity from across the legal community. One of such notable greetings came from Okey Ohagba, Esq., a past national officer of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), who in a heartfelt message extended his “warmest felicitation to the FIDA Nigeria National Executive Council led by the CVP/National President, Mrs. Eliana Martins, the EXCO and members of FIDA Nigeria, Rivers State branch ably led by Chairperson Mrs. Tamunoibuemi Life-George, all FIDAns Nationwide.” Ohagba…

(A). BACKGROUND: Earlier in 2025, the Nigerian Bar Association led by Mazi Afam Osigwe, SAN, introduced the Mandatory Continuing Professional Development (MCPD) Rules 2025, requiring all practising lawyers in Nigeria to complete at least five CPD credit hours annually. The goal is to uphold professionalism and excellence, ensuring lawyers continuously update legal knowledge, skills, and ethical practice. Lawyers can earn these credits through: (1) NBA‑ICLE-approved courses, seminars, workshops, webinars, and (2) publishing in accredited legal journals, thus catering to diverse learning methods. To this end, NBA is rolling out digitalised annual practice licences (the first of their kind) accessible to members via…

In a major legal victory for electricity consumers, the High Court of Imo State sitting in Owerri today delivered judgment in Suit No: HOW/1169/2021 — Dr. Nnamdi Iwu v. Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) & Anor., awarding the Plaintiff, Dr. Nnamdi Iwu, the sum of ₦3 million in damages. The presiding judge, Hon. Justice L.C. Azuama, found the Defendants liable for negligence and extortion, condemning the EEDC’s conduct as unlawful and exploitative. According to facts presented before the court, Dr. Iwu had, after months of inaction by EEDC, personally replaced a dangerously dilapidated electricity pole supplying power to his residence.…

Expert and those who know insist that security is the business of everyone. That is why the slogan “if you see something say something” is a useful preventive or pre-emptive admonition or caution. What if the people see something and say or do nothing? How about where nothing is done in response to what was seen and said? To be useful, the person or authority to whom something seen was reported to must do something. That is being responsible and responsive. It takes two to tango. Across the globe, the primary purpose of government remains welfare and security of the…

The legal career of Joseph Chu’ma Otteh, whose mortal remains were committed to earth on 20 June 2025, could easily have been different. He graduated from the Faculty of Law at the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) in Ile-Ife in 1988, very much one of the best students in the set. In 1989, Joe enrolled as a lawyer in Nigeria. He had every opportunity to deploy his prodigious talents and considerable skills in the pursuit of personal fortune and no one could have begrudged him. Instead, he chose the path of legacy and impact through the pursuit of an unpredictable career…