ADDRESS OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE NIGERIAN BAR ASSOCIATION, MR YAKUBU CHONOKO MAIKYAU, OON, SAN, DELIVERED AT THE VALEDICTORY COURT SESSION HELD IN HONOUR OF THE RETIRED JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT OF NIGERIA, THE HONOURABLE JUSTICE AMINA ADAMU AUGIE, CFR, JSC, JARUMAR KABI, ON 21 SEPTEMBER 2023 AT THE SUPREME COURT COMPLEX, ABUJA
PROTOCOL Preamble “There should be two cardinal objectives of courts in a democracy. One is obvious: courts must accomplish justice. The second, often neglected, is: courts must convince those whom they serve that justice is being accomplished.” Child Rights Advocacy Depleting Supreme Court Remuneration of Judges and Justices Concluding remarks Yakubu Chonoko Maikyau, OON, SAN […]
KEYNOTE ADDRESS DELIVERED BY THE MR. YAKUBU CHONOKO MAIKYAU, OON, SAN, PRESIDENT OF THE NIGERIAN BAR ASSOCIATION, AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE 2023 ANNUAL CLASFON CONFERENCE HELD AT LA KINGS HOTEL, 31 STADIUM ROAD, PORT HARCOURT, ON 3 AUGUST 2023
THEME: THE LORD IS OUR LAW GIVER (ISAIAH 32:23) KEYNOTE TOPIC: LAW AS AN INSTRUMENT FOR NATION BUILDING: EXPLORING INNOVATIONS INTRODUCTION: What is Law? The correct answer to this question remains a matter of great disputations as there is no generally accepted definition of law. One author had boldly asserted that law can never be […]
Statement Of The President Of The Nigerian Bar Association, Mr Yakubu Chonoko Maikyau, Oon, San, On The Incident Between Officers Of The Dss And Ncos At The Premises Of The Federal High Court, Lagos On 25 July 2023
PRESIDENT’S WELCOME REMARKS AT THE NIGERIAN BAR ASSOCIATION SECTION ON LEGAL PRACTICE (SLP) CONFERENCE ON MONDAY 17 JULY 2023 AT THE AUDITORIUM, NBA NATIONAL SECRETARIAT BUILDING, ABUJA
PROTOCOLS It is with great joy that I welcome you all to this August event, the 2023 Annual Conference of the Nigerian Bar Association Section on Legal Practice (NBA – SLP), taking place here at the NBA House, Abuja. I am especially excited because this is my Section’s Conference – SLP being my primary Section. […]
GOOD GOVERNANCE, LEADERSHIP AND ACCOUNTABILITY: THE PANACEA FOR A NEW NIGERIA KEYNOTE SPEECH OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE NIGERIAN BAR ASSOCIATION, MR. YAKUBU CHONOKO MAIKYAU, OON, SAN AT THE 5TH JUSTICE ADEREMI ANNUAL LECTURE SERIES AT AARE AFE BABALOLA BAR CENTRE, IYAGANKU, IBADAN
7 JULY 2023 PROTOCOL 1. Five years ago, the Commonwealth lost of one of her finest jurists, our own Honourable Justice Pius Olayiwola Aderemi, Commander of the Order of the Niger and Papal Knight of St. Gregory the Great. His Lordship’s transition was an unquantifiable loss not only to the Bench, it also dealt the […]
PRESIDENT’S WELCOME REMARKS AT THE NIGERIAN BAR ASSOCIATION SECTION ON BUSINESS LAW (SBL) CONFERENCE WELCOME DINNER ON WEDNESDAY, 5 JULY 2023 AT EKO HOTEL, VICTORIA ISLAND, LAGOS
PROTOCOLS I am delighted to welcome you all to this auspicious and very distinguished occasion – the 17th Annual Conference of the NBA Section on Business Law (SBL), taking place in Nigeria’s Centre of Excellence and commercial nerve-centre; the 6th largest economy in the continent – the beautiful city of Lagos. This is the second […]
GOODWILL MESSAGE BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE NIGERIANBAR ASSOCIATION, MR. YAKUBU CHONOKO MAIKYAU, OON,SAN, AT THE NFIU NATIONAL ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING,COUNTER-TERRORIST FINANCING AND COUNTERPROLIFERATIONFINANCING (AML/CFT/CPF) COMPLAINCERETREAT BEING HELD ON 21 AND 22 JUNE 2023
GOODWILL MESSAGE BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE NIGERIAN BAR ASSOCIATION, MR. YAKUBU CHONOKO MAIKYAU, OON, SAN, AT THE NFIU NATIONAL ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING, COUNTER-TERRORIST FINANCING AND COUNTER-PROLIFERATION FINANCING (AML/CFT/CPF) COMPLAINCE RETREAT BEING HELD ON 21 AND 22 JUNE 2023
PROTOCOLS Yakubu Chonoko Maikyau, OON, SAN PRESIDENT
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE NIGERIAN BAR ASSOCIATION, MR YAKUBU CHONOKO MAIKYAU, OON, SAN, ON THE OCCASION OF THE INAUGURATION OF THE LEGAL PRACTITIONERS’ REMUNERATION COMMITTEE AND MEETING OF THE GENERAL COUNCIL OF THE BAR BEING HELD TODAY 15 MAY 2023
PROTOCOLS There shall be a Committee, to be called the Legal Practitioners Remuneration Committee, which shall consist of- The Committee shall have power to make orders regulating generally the charges of legal practitioners and, without prejudice to the generality of that power, any such order may include provision as to all or any of the […]
ADDRESS OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE NIGERIAN BAR ASSOCIATION, MR YAKUBU CHONOKO MAIKYAU, OON, SAN, DELIVERED AT THE VALEDICTORY COURT SESSION HELD IN HONOUR OF THE HONOURABLE JUSTICE IBRAHIM NYAURE BUBA OF THE FEDERAL HIGH COURT ON 9 FEBRUARY 2023
PROTOCOL “Section 174(1)(b) and (c) of the 1999 Constitution gives prosecutorial power to “any other authority or person” subject to the overriding powers of the Attorney General to take over such prosecution and even discontinue it having regard to the public interest…In other words, the sheer force of section 174 of the 1999 Constitution, the […]