Alphonsus Nweze The new chairman of Onitsha Bar, popularly called premier Bar, Mazi Iheanyichukwu Uba, has stressed the need for clients to trust their lawyers.Speaking shortly after he was elected the chairman of Onitsha Bar last Friday at Onitsha Bar Centre, Mazi Uba said when a client engages a legal practitioner, he/she has no option than to trust his/her lawyer, although there might be one or two errors or misjudgment in the discharge of his duties as a lawyer. He however stated that if there is any reason for one…
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Onitsha Wharf: South-East Shippers Condemn Frequent Suspension
When in October 2020, the media went into frenzy, both new and conventional, with the news of Onitsha port coming alive again after 42 years of closure. Pictures went viral and many thought that finally it is uhuru for the southeast who have been deprived of everything meant to support commerce in the region.As information went rife that this administration meant well for the economic wellbeing of the east, considering the importance of such facility in the region, ittle did they know that it was all a smokescreen considering as…
Read MoreCourt fixes Nov. 17 for suit challenging jurisdiction in Okorocha’s suit against Imo Govt.
The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, fixed Nov. 17 to hear application challenging its jurisdiction in the suit filed by former Imo Gov. Rochas Okorocha, against the state government and others.Justice Mohammed fixed the date after Okorochas’ counsel, Oba Maduabuchi, SAN, moved for an adjournment on the ground that the head of the staff in his chamber, Emeka Okoye, died recently. The prayer for adjournment was not opposed by counsel to defendants in the suit, including the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Okorocha, Senator representing Imo West Senatorial…
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