Lawyer Corpers In search of a PPA?..Apply now.

*Nigerian Bar Association, Abuja Branch*

*NBA Abuja Young Lawyers Employment*

Dear Colleagues,

Are you a Youth Corps Member in search of a PPA in Abuja? Please read the outlined notices carefully.

1. A full-service litigation Law Firm based in Abuja, FCT, seeks the services of 2 youth Corps Members who are smart and willing to learn. A working knowledge of Microsoft Office is an advantage.

2. A corporate-commercial practice based in Wuse 2, Abuja, seeks the services of a Corps Lawyer who has a flair for Corporate and Compliance Practice.

Interested candidates should send their CVs to jobs.nbaabujabranch@gmail.com using the appropriate title. Deadline for receipt of applications is Friday, 30st January, 2020.
Feel free to tell a friend.

Olatunji Atoyebi
08035886823
Chairman, Young Lawyers Forum/Coordinator Employment Scheme
Nigerian Bar Association, Abuja Branch (Unity Bar)

United Nations (UN) Legal Affairs Internship Program 2020

United Nations (UN) Legal Affairs Internship Program 2020 in New York, USA-

Deadline: April 7, 2020

Applications are open for the United Nations (UN) Legal Affairs Internship 2020. The Administrative Law Division (ALD) in the Office of Human Resources (OHR), Department of Management Strategy, Policy and Compliance (DMSPC) internship is for two months with an opportunity for extension, pending on the needs of the department.

The Appeals and Accountability Section of ALD prepares advice on internal disciplinary matters and represents the Organization in appeals before the United Nations Dispute Tribunal. The Critical Incident Response Service of ALD responds to complex and critical incidents and matters posing significant risks to the reputation of the Organization.

Responsibilities

ALD is seeking highly motivated graduate students who wish to gain professional experience in administrative law within an international organization. This three to six-month internship offers a practical educational experience and provides interns with the opportunity to work in a multicultural, intergovernmental organization.

• Interns perform tasks under the supervision of a Legal Officer from either the Appeals and Accountability Section or the Critical Incident Response Service. 
• Interns assist in preparing advice on disciplinary matters, conducting legal research, and analyzing issues arising from the application of the Staff Regulations and Rules. 
• Interns also assist counsel to prepare written and oral submissions in proceedings before the United Nations Dispute Tribunal. 
• They assist to draft various legal documents and communications, support information and knowledge management practices, and perform other duties as required.
• Applicants are not required to have professional work experience for participation in the programme. 
• English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat. Fluency in English is required, and knowledge of French is desirable.

Eligibility

• Applicants should be enrolled in a graduate school programme (second university degree or equivalent, or higher); be enrolled in the final academic year of a first university degree programme (minimum Bachelor’s level or equivalent); have graduated with a university degree (as defined above) and, if selected, must commence the internship within a one year period of graduation; or if pursuing their studies in countries where higher education is not divided into undergraduate and graduate stages, have completed at least four years of full-time studies at a university or equivalent institution towards the completion of a degree in Law or an area related to Law;
• Be computer literate in standard software applications;
• Have a demonstrated keen interest in the work of the United Nations and have a personal commitment to the ideals of the Charter; and
• Have a demonstrated ability to successfully interact with individuals of different cultural backgrounds and beliefs, which include willingness to try and understand and be tolerant of differing opinions and views.

Application

A completed online application (Cover Note and Personal History Profile) is required. Incomplete applications will not be reviewed.

The Cover Note must include:

• The exact title and receipt date of your most recent degree and the title of any degree currently being pursued;
• Graduation Date (when will you be graduating from the programme in which you are enrolled);
• List the IT skills and programmes in which you are proficient;
• Explain why you are the best candidate for the Administrative Law Division and how the internship fits within your career plans;
• The period for which you will be available during Summer 2020, along with your estimated and preferred start and end dates of the internship.

Click here to apply

For more information, visit UN Internship.

Lawyer Sues CBN, Army, Others Over Use Of Arabic Inscription On Naira, Army Logo

Lawyer Sues CBN, Army, Others Over Use Of Arabic Inscription On Naira, Army Logo-

A rights activist and lawyer, Chief Malcolm Omirhobo, has asked a Federal High Court to interpret the provisions of Section 10 of the 1999 Constitution, in relation to the inscription on the Naira notes and logo of the Nigerian Army.

The plaintiff filed two suits labeled FHC/Abj/CS/2/2020 and FHC/Abj/C’S/3/2020.

The defendants in the two suits are Central Bank of Nigeria, Attorney-General of the Federation, the Nigerian Army, as well as the Ministry of Defence.

Plaintiff is seeking a court interpretation whether by a community reading of Sections 10 and 55 of the 1999 Constitution, it is lawful and constitutional for the defendants to permit the Naira notes to be adorned with Arabic inscriptions.

In the same vein, the plaintiff is asking whether by a community reading of Sections 1(1)(3), 10 and 55 of the 1999 Constitution, it is proper for the defendants to permit the Nigerian Army logo to be adorned, or inscribed in Arabic insignia.

He is seeking a court interpretation whether by the true letter and spirit of Section 10 of the 1999 Constitution, Nigeria is a secular state without any official religion.

Plaintiff wants the court to decide, whether by the true letters and spirit of Section 55 of the 1999 Constitution, the official language of Nigeria is English and under special circumstances Hausa, Igbo and Yoruba.

He wants the court to interpret whether by virtue of Section 1(1) of 1999 Constitution, (as amended), the Nigerian constitution is supreme and its provisions binding on all defendants.

Omirhobo is asking whether the provisions of Section 53 (1) of the Banks and other Financial Institutions Act, which makes the defendants not to be subject to liability in relation to anything done or omitted to be done in relation to any powers conferred on it is lawful.

Plaintiff, therefore, wants the court to declare that by the true letters and spirit of Section 10 of the 1999 Constitution, Nigeria is a secular state without any official religion.

He wants the court to declare that it is improper, illegal, unlawful, and unconstitutional to allow the Nigerian Army logo to be adorned, and inscribed in Arabic language.

He seeks order, compelling the defendants to rebrand the Nigerian Army logo to reflect the true spirit of Sections 1(1) (3), 10, and 55 of 1999 Constitution, for the logo to be inscribed in Nigeria’s official language and devoid of any religious affiliation.

Plaintiff is asking the court to declare that it is illegal and unconstitutional for the defendants to print and issue Naira notes bearing Arabic inscriptions as the legal tender for Nigeria, which official language is English.

Omirhobo seeks an order, compelling the defendants to expunge the Arabic inscriptions from the Naira notes and replace them with their translated meaning in English, which is official language of Nigeria or alternative, in Hausa, Yoruba or Igbo.

No date has been fixed for hearing of the new suits. Sues CBN, Army, Others Over Use Of Arabic Inscription On Naira, Army Logo-

A rights activist and lawyer, Chief Malcolm Omirhobo, has asked a Federal High Court to interpret the provisions of Section 10 of the 1999 Constitution, in relation to the inscription on the Naira notes and logo of the Nigerian Army.

The plaintiff filed two suits labeled FHC/Abj/CS/2/2020 and FHC/Abj/C’S/3/2020.

The defendants in the two suits are Central Bank of Nigeria, Attorney-General of the Federation, the Nigerian Army, as well as the Ministry of Defence.

Plaintiff is seeking a court interpretation whether by a community reading of Sections 10 and 55 of the 1999 Constitution, it is lawful and constitutional for the defendants to permit the Naira notes to be adorned with Arabic inscriptions.

In the same vein, the plaintiff is asking whether by a community reading of Sections 1(1)(3), 10 and 55 of the 1999 Constitution, it is proper for the defendants to permit the Nigerian Army logo to be adorned, or inscribed in Arabic insignia.

He is seeking a court interpretation whether by the true letter and spirit of Section 10 of the 1999 Constitution, Nigeria is a secular state without any official religion.

Plaintiff wants the court to decide, whether by the true letters and spirit of Section 55 of the 1999 Constitution, the official language of Nigeria is English and under special circumstances Hausa, Igbo and Yoruba.

He wants the court to interpret whether by virtue of Section 1(1) of 1999 Constitution, (as amended), the Nigerian constitution is supreme and its provisions binding on all defendants.

Omirhobo is asking whether the provisions of Section 53 (1) of the Banks and other Financial Institutions Act, which makes the defendants not to be subject to liability in relation to anything done or omitted to be done in relation to any powers conferred on it is lawful.

Plaintiff, therefore, wants the court to declare that by the true letters and spirit of Section 10 of the 1999 Constitution, Nigeria is a secular state without any official religion.

He wants the court to declare that it is improper, illegal, unlawful, and unconstitutional to allow the Nigerian Army logo to be adorned, and inscribed in Arabic language.

He seeks order, compelling the defendants to rebrand the Nigerian Army logo to reflect the true spirit of Sections 1(1) (3), 10, and 55 of 1999 Constitution, for the logo to be inscribed in Nigeria’s official language and devoid of any religious affiliation.

Plaintiff is asking the court to declare that it is illegal and unconstitutional for the defendants to print and issue Naira notes bearing Arabic inscriptions as the legal tender for Nigeria, which official language is English.

Omirhobo seeks an order, compelling the defendants to expunge the Arabic inscriptions from the Naira notes and replace them with their translated meaning in English, which is official language of Nigeria or alternative, in Hausa, Yoruba or Igbo.

No date has been fixed for hearing of the new suits.

MAN JAILED FOR ASSAULTING LAWYER

Man jailed for assaulting lawyer-

An Edo State Magistrate Court has sentenced one Sunny Ajayi to six months imprisonment for assaulting a Benin based lawyer and notary public, Barr. Olayiwola Afolabi.

Sunny who was arraigned on a two-count charge bothering on unlawful assault and detaining of Afolabi.

He was said to have committed the offence on October 22, 2016 at Iyobosa Street, Off New Lagos Road.

The convict pleaded not guilty to the charges.

Police prosecutor, ASP Patrick Agbonifo, called three witnesses in the course of trial.

ASP Agbonifo said the offences contravened 355 and 365 of the Criminal Code law Cap 48, Vol.II Laws of the defunct Bendel State of Nigeria as applicable in Edo State.

Presiding Magistrate, I.A Osayande, found Sunny guilty on count one and discharged him on count two.

LEGAL ASSOCIATE NEEDED IN AN OIL AND GAS FIRM

An integrated Oil and Gas firm is looking to fill the role of LEGAL ASSOCIATE.

Job Location: Abuja

Job Description:
• Product liability litigation caseload and other cases of company-wide significance
• Develop and execute litigation strategy, manage discovery obligations, manage outside counsel, determine proper case disposition, and monitor litigation                                          
• Maintain good client relationship skills, gaining clients’ confidence and that of other professionals.
• Offer advice on the law, legal procedures and a wide range of associated issues.
• Attend and represent the firm at client meetings.
• Draw up contracts and other legal documents.
• Represent clients in Courts where required.

Requirement
*Min of LL.B, BL and LL.M  with not less than Second Class Upper (Class Degree)
*Min of 7 years post NYSC experience in an Oil & Gas firm company with a track record of International company.

Note***Only qualified candidate would be shortlisted. Interest persons should forward CV “MS WORD FORMAT” to jobs@willerssolutions.com Using “LEGAL ASSOCIATE” as mail subjetc.

FAKE LAWYER REGISTERED AN ATTENDED NBA CONFERENCE 2019.

How a fake Lawyer Registered and Attended NBA AGC, had photo with NBA President

A fake lawyer, Richard Ebuka Eberechukwu, has been exposed by Lawyers in Asaba Delta State.

The Fake lawyer who has practiced in both Ekiti State and Delta State escaped from policemen by jumping down from two storeys building, when the security operatives  were invited to arrest him.

According to a Facebook post from Asaba Based Lawyer, Samson Okehielem, Mr Eberechukwu not only has a fake lawyers stamp with him but also a fake law degree and call to bar certificate.

The fake lawyers also reigistered and attended the 2019 AGC in Lagos where he had a photo shot with NBA President Paul Usoro.

Below is the post from Mr Okehielem.

THE FAKE AMONG US: THE BASTARDISATION OF THE LEGAL PROFESSION BY QUACKS AND A CALL TO FLUSH THEM OUT OF THE PROFESSION.

The Legal Profession is a noble, honourable and learned profession. In every modern democratic welfare State, the legal profession is a broad concept: It includes not merely the Profession which is practiced in Courts, but also covers law teaching, law research, etc. It has quite a number of parts. The Bench is one, and the Bar is another.

Therefore, any person who aspires to become a member of the legal profession must acquire legal education which is the repository of both academic and professional legal knowledge and skill which makes the 

lawyer who he/ she is.

Legal education in Nigeria is in two sectors. There is the University education which leads to the award of a degree in Law. There is also the Law School which is involved in the training of Nigerian lawyers. Whereas the University education provides basic academic education, the Law School provides vocational education of an apprenticeship nature leading to the practice of the Law.

Sequel to the above, to become a member of the legal profession (lawyer) in Nigeria, you must do the following:

A. You must study law at accredited University and 

successfully obtain law degree ( LLB).

B. You must have proceeded to the Nigerian Law School for at least one year and successfully passed the Bar examination thereby obtain your BL.

C. You must be called ( admitted) to the Nigerian Bar followed by enrollment in the Supreme Court as Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Nigerian thereby becoming an authomatic member of the Nigerian Bar Association which is a professional Association of lawyers in Nigeria.

If you don’t meet the above-mentioned requirements of becoming a lawyer and you begin to practice law or parade yourself as a lawyer, then you are a fake or quack lawyer. So, when you practice the law as a quack, you are bastardizing and/or inflicting great damage on the Profession.

One Richard Ebuka Eberechukwu is a fake or quack lawyer. He is the person dressed on black suit and black long sleeve ( dressed like a pastor) and the person on the left side hand of Paul Usoro in the picture taken with Paul Usoro.

The said Richard Ebuka Eberechukwu came to Delta State (from Ekiti State) sometime in January 2019, and began to practice law and/or to parade himself as a lawyer. He told us that he was called to the bar in 2012, later he changed it to 2013. We later discovered that his purportedly being called to the Bar in 2012 or 2013 is false, not true.

However, before we discovered that he was a fake lawyer, he was appearing in Courts. He appeared in Both the Federal High Court in Asaba and Warri, both in Delta State. He also appeared in various High Courts and Magistrate’s Courts in Delta State.

In fact, he collected the sum of two hundred and ninty thousand Naira ( N290,000.00) from one Dr. Moses M. Adagbabiri on the ground that he wanted to write a petition to the Department of State Security ( DSS) Headquarters in Abuja, Nigeria, against Dr. Adagbabiri’s tenant who is a Naval officer and who had refused to vacate the premises.

The said Richard Ebuka Eberechukwu also told Dr. Adagbabiri that he had also petitioned the latter tenant to the Orodje of Okpe, the Chairman of Sapele Bar, The 

Nigerian police, zone 5, Benin City, etc and gave Dr Adagbabiri a copy of the supposed petition which has a letter headed paper of ‘R SQUARE LEGAL FIRM’ .

The Said Eberechukwu, in order to also defraud Dr Adagbabiri’s tenant, told the tenant that his Landlord, Dr Adagbabiri, had agreed that the issue be settled. So he fraudulently wrote two terms of settlement: one is titled ‘CONSENSUS ADIDEM’, while the other is titled ‘TERMS OF SETTLEMENT’. And forged the signature of both parties, the landlord and the tenant. This he did without the Consent or Knowledge of Dr. Adagbabiri.

When Dr. Adagbabiri became aware of the fraudulent manipulation perpetuated by Eberechukwu, he briefed P. M. Obiagba, Esq, of P. M. OBIAGBA, ESQ & ASSOCIATES who wrote a petition against him(Eberechukwu) to the police. He was subsequently arrested by the police. At the police station, he insisted that he was a lawyer and that he graduated from Ekiti State University, Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria and that he was called to the Bar in 2013.

Thus, he was released on self recognizance and was asked to proceed to bring his credentials: his LLB CERTIFICATE, CALL CERTIFICATE, ECT. After two weeks he didn’t bring his Certificates. We, the lawyers, decided 

to investigate him. We called the authority of Ekiti State University and some law students in Ekiti State University, including some Lawyers whom we knew graduated from Ekiti State University at the same time he(Eberechukwu) claimed to have graduated. All the pieces of information supplied to us by the persons we called were the same: that Richard Ebuka Eberechukwu was not a lawyer though he was a Law student at the aforementioned University , he didn’t graduate as he was expelled from the University as result of having consistent and persistent carry overs.

Armed with the above pieces of information, we called him to produce his credentials at the Law Office of P. M. Obiagba and he told us that he was coming. While waiting for him to come, we invited the police. He finally came to the aforesaid office which is housed by two storey buildings. After we have questioned him, and confirmed that he is a quack or fake lawyer, we asked the police arrest him.

As the police was about to put handcuffs in his hand, he quickly forced himself out the office and jumped down from the aforesaid two storey buildings and ran away.

After he had escaped, we opened the bag he had left 

behind, and we saw fake and forged call to Bar certificates, fake Ekiti State LLB Certificate and R SQUARE LEGAL FIRM’ LETTER HEADED PAPER which shows that the Head office of non-existent law firm is at No 28 Adesua Shopping Plaza, Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, and the Branch offices are in Sapele, Delta State, Mbaise, Imo State and in Lagos State.

We were also informed that he was once arrested in Ekiti State for impersonating to be and/or practicing as a lawyer. He later jumped bail and relocated to Delta State. From our findings, he had been in several states in Nigeria, practising law and and whenever he was caught as a fake lawyer he would escape and relocate to another state.

Richard Ebuka Eberechukwu also acts as a fake Pastor. He told us that he is a pastor at Christ Apostolic Church(CAC) and when we enquired From the Church, the Church told us that it didn’t know him. He had defrauded several ladies of their hard earned money for he had always told them that he would pray for them to get man that would marry or get them pregnant.

Richard Ebuka Eberechukwu also impersonates to be a solder. He claimed to be a legal adviser to the Nigerian 

Army and a soldier: we saw solder uniform in his house.

Rechard Ebuka Eberechukwu fraudulently attended the 59th Nigerian Bar Association annual General conference which was held in Lagos this year (2019), where he took pictures with the president of the NBA so as to consolidate the the impression that he was a lawyer. At the NBA conference, he was reported to have bought several goods, especially books, with fake alerts.

The General public, please beware of the person called Richard Ebuka Eberechukwu. I don’t know if he’s Igbo by tribe because he is so fraudulently intelligent (with false intellectual appearance) that he can speak Igbo, Yoruba, Hausa, Urhobo, Ijaw and Itsekiri languages.

Just like Richard Ebuka Eberechukwu, they are other fake or quack lawyers. What is the NBA doing to detect and flush them out of the legal profession, for they are bastardizing the profession? It seems that the introduction of the stamp and seal has not effectively help the NBA to flush out fake Lawyers.

By Samson C. Okehielem

Kano court remands 2 over alleged murder

Kano court remands 2 over alleged murder

A Chief Magistrates’ Court sitting in Kano on Friday ordered the remand of two men, Ja’afaru Ahmadu, 27, and Ubali Ahmadu, 26, in prison for allegedly causing the death of one Mr Ali Bello, by hitting him with sticks on his head. The defendants, who live at Kwalele Village in Albasu Local Government Area of Kano State, were charged with criminal conspiracy and culpable homicide.

The Prosecutor, Insp. Pogu Lale, told the court that the defendants and one Ayuba Ahmadu, now at large, on Aug.1 attacked the deceased in his house at Kwalele Village.

Lale alleged that the defendants used cutlass and sticks to inflict injuries on the victim’s head and other parts of his body. “The victim was rushed to Takai General Hospital, where he was confirmed dead.” The defendants, however, denied committing the offence. According to the prosecutor, the offence contravenes Sections 97 and 221 of the Penal Code. The Presiding Chief Magistrate, Muhammad Jibril, ordered that the defendants be remanded in prison pending the advice from the state’s Director of Public Prosecutions.