The Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, recently, held its Bar Leaders summit, which brought together leaders of the association from the 36 states of the federation. The summit, was to chart a new course for the NBA.

Within the next week or so, Nigeria as a country will probably have a low key celebration to mark the 52nd anniversary of its political independence from our colonial masters. Perhaps, the anniversary will be celebrated without fanfare or pomp and pageantry in acknowledgment of the global and widespread economic crisis that is top on the agenda of most developed, developing and least developed nations.

Believe it or not, the Nigerian judiciary is on the verge of setting a new record! This time, it is not about a woman becoming the first female Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, or a serving judge being found dead in his hotel room.

With the controversy surrounding the Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) attempt to introduce a single N5,000 note and reduce existing N5, N10 and N20 notes to coins by early 2013 without appropriation by the National Assembly, Vanguard Law & Human Rights sought the view of lawyers on whether the apex bank has power to carry out a comprehensive review of the country’s currency as allegedly approved by the President, without clearance from the National Assembly. Excerpt:

The release of 233 inmates, majority of whom were awaiting trials inmates from the Kirikiri Prisons, Lagos by the Lagos State Chief Judge, Justice Ayotunde Philips formed part of the activities lined up to mark the celebrations of the 2012/2013 judicial Legal year in Lagos state.