I am delighted to announce the opening of our law firm, Umar Farouq Zubairu & Co, at Kaduna State, Nigeria.
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https://t.co/LCDb9qNUsL
Thank you
@IHorlarsco@Fortunate_48@tayo_jro@Hayatu42
On the eve of my CTB Ceremony, I had the privilege of sharing a memorable evening over dinner with His Excellency, Dr Abubakar Bukola Saraki, CON. I appreciate His Excellency's commitment to investing in exceptional young Nigerians. I am grateful to the @absfoundationng.
Distinguished Colleagues,
For far too many members of this Association, the annual payment of the Bar Practising Fee has been an exercise in institutional obligation without a corresponding experience of institutional value. The question that too many lawyers ask but rarely say aloud is: what, precisely, does my BPF get me?
Under an LOA presidency, that question has twelve specific answers.
One: Free digital stamp and seal for all members on payment of the BPF, with permanent migration to a secure digital imprint stamp that eliminates the logistical failures of the current physical distribution system.
Two: Free access to Law Pavilion, the New Weekly Law Reports, and electronic law reports for all lawyers of zero to ten years at the Bar, removing a significant recurring cost of practice from the members who can least absorb it.
Three: Reactivation of the N1.5 billion single-digit interest rate loan scheme, with improved accessibility, clearer eligibility criteria, and an Islamic finance option for members who require non-interest arrangements.
Four: Increase in the NBA life insurance payout from N2 million to N4 million in the event of death or complete incapacitation, with corresponding upward reviews for terminal illness and partial incapacitation.
Five: Free qualitative training through the NBA-ICLE, with at least seven CPD hours available free to young lawyers every month.
Six: A comprehensive NBA member application, NBA One, modelled on the International Bar Association's member platform, through which every member can interface with the Secretariat and conduct all NBA activities.
Seven: Free NBA Journal for all financial members on payment of the BPF.
Eight: A health insurance scheme open to all members, with twenty members per branch covered at no cost each year and a minimum additional health fund investment of N20 million.
Nine: Free Annual General Conference attendance for members who are seventy years and above, excluding Senior Advocates of Nigeria.
Ten: A twenty per cent reduction in conference fees for young lawyers.
Eleven: A national mentorship scheme for young lawyers, structured across three tracks: one-to-one mentorship pairing, group and speed mentorship, and the Law Firm Mentorship Initiative providing institutional guidance between established firms and start-up practices.
Twelve: Five per cent of the NBA's annual income set aside for career development, scholarships, and sponsorships specifically targeting young lawyers.
Each of these commitments is drawn directly from the published LOA manifesto. Each has a delivery mechanism. Each has a funding basis. None of them are new ideas that appeared only in election season. They are the coherent welfare programme of a candidate who understands what NBA membership should feel like.
Membership in the NBA should not feel like a tax. Under LOA, it will feel like belonging to an institution that is genuinely working for you.
Vote LOA. 18 July 2026.
Olalere Yusuf Asamu Olaoluwamikikitan is an exceptional mentor whose impact on legal education deserves recognition.
Through his mentorship platform, he trains and guides aspirants to the Nigerian Bar every session. For this set alone, he mentored 141 students, with an outstanding 67 graduating with First Class honours.
Among his mentees are the Best Graduating Student and the Second Best Graduating Student of the Nigerian Law School.
Excellence deserves to be acknowledged, and his contribution to shaping the next generation of lawyers is truly commendable. He has earned every bit of the credit. 👏🏽 @Lere_Esq
Y tras el silbatazo final en la eliminación de Portugal ante España, Cristiano Ronaldo simplemente NO pudo contenerse.
Intentó aplaudir. Intentó sonreír. Y realmente intentó no llorar. Pero la emoción lo superó. Cristiano Ronaldo simplemente no pudo contener las lágrimas después de entender que hoy se terminó para siempre su viaje mundialista.
Es la tristeza de saber que no podrá cumplir el único sueño que le faltaba por lograr. Es la decepción de asimilar que no logrará la gloria eterna en el torneo más grande que existe. Y es la emoción de comprender que se retirará sin ser campeón del mundo.
Si realmente te gusta el fútbol, es imposible no conmoverse viendo estas imágenes. Duele ver así al mejor goleador de todos los tiempos. Duele ver así a un ídolo que nunca volverá a repetirse.
Gracias por todo, Cristiano Ronaldo.
GRACIAS ETERNAS.
Dear Men, if you ask a woman “How are you?” and she answers “I’m not fine”, if you make the “mistake” of asking “Why? What’s wrong?”, it will cost you money.
I am Ezemmuo. I know things.😊
Dear Blessing,
I just came across your tweet, and it truly inspired me.
To graduate with a First Class in Mathematics from UNILORIN and then earn a fully funded Master's admission in Italy is an extraordinary achievement. You have demonstrated excellence and the promise that exists in so many young Nigerians.
No young person who has worked this hard should have such an opportunity limited by the cost of getting there. It would be my privilege to support your journey by covering what is left in the cost of your relocation.
@nancy_i_i from my office will reach out to you today.
Congratulations once again. Go, excel, and continue to make Nigeria proud.
Point of correction, we Muslims don’t pray because of worldly needs alone. And asking what a billionaire is still praying for shows a big misunderstanding of what prayer means in Islam. Salah is about submission, gratitude, and acknowledging our status as servants of the Almighty.
Wealth cannot not buy you a pass out of your obligations to the Creator. A rich man needs forgiveness, peace of mind, good health, and a favorable standing in the hereafter just like anyone else.
On that prayer mat, your net worth is zero. In fact, some of the ordinary persons behind him, might hold a higher status in the sight of the Almighty.
So, Dangote is sitting there as a servant of Allah fulfilling his ultimate purpose of why he is on earth in the first place.
Allah knows best.
A witness does not lose his evidence simply because, under cross examination, he says he signed his witness statement in his lawyer's office.
Once the witness is sworn in open court and adopts the statement, it becomes his oral evidence. If no objection was raised at trial, it cannot be expunged on appeal on the ground that it was not signed before the Commissioner for Oaths.
KATAGUM v. UMAR & ANOR (2026) LPELR 83085(SC).
A 12-year-old boy was swimming in a few feet of water off Alaska when an orca shot straight at him at full speed. It bumped his shoulder, then folded its body in half, turned, and swam back out to sea. The boy was unharmed. The researcher who described it said the orca realized at the last second that he was not food.
Wild orcas have killed zero humans in all the years people have kept records. Not one person, in any ocean, ever. The same animal, kept in a marine park tank, has killed four people.
They could if they wanted to. An orca can kill a blue whale, the biggest animal that has ever lived. Off South Africa, pods flip great white sharks upside down, hold them still until they stop moving, and eat the liver. The sharks leave those waters and stay away for up to a year.
What an orca will eat comes down to one thing: what its family taught it to hunt as a baby. Scientists have found at least ten different kinds of orca around the world, and each kind eats only a short list of foods. Some hunt only salmon. Some hunt only seals. One group near Antarctica eats just one kind of fish. A salmon-eating pod will swim right past a seal, because no one ever taught them to catch seals.
Baby orcas learn the family diet from their mothers and grandmothers, the same way you learned which things in your kitchen are food. This gets passed down for generations and almost never changes. Different kinds share the same water, ignore each other, and don't even breed with each other. Humans were never on a single one of those lists. We are just not something an orca's mother ever taught it to eat.
There is one exception on record. In 1972, a surfer off California was bitten hard enough to need more than 100 stitches. He was in a black wetsuit with sea lions swimming nearby. The orca let go the moment it realized its mistake and left.
And wild orcas do more than leave us alone. In a 2025 study, scientists recorded 34 separate times, over 20 years and in oceans all over the world, when wild orcas swam up to people and offered them food. Fish, birds, pieces of seal, a whole stingray, once a sea turtle. Each time, the orca dropped its catch next to the person and waited to see what they would do.
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Arabic Language and Education (University of ilorin)
Master’s degree in Leadership and Management,United Kingdom
Memorized the Qur’an and written it by heart.
Represented my state in Qur’an competitions both locally and Nationally.
A Thanawiy graduate from Az-Zumratul Adabiyyatul Kamaliyyah.
Owner and Co-Founder of Al Firdaous Islamic Open Academy, an educational institution that has served and supported over 300 students both locally and internationally.
القراءات العشر الصغرى عن طريق الشاطبية والدرة (In View).
Greek mythology always leaves me pondering - it stuns me with the vivid pictures, then allows me to pick lessons.
So is the story of Antaeus. He was born of Poseidon and Gaia. Poseidon ruled over the seas, Gaia was the earth herself - the mother of Uranus.
Long before he was defeated by Heracles, Antaeus was always rumoured to be invincible. Stories recorded that Antaeus would wait at the entrance of Libya and force passersby to wrestle him - he always crushed them, piling their skulls so he could build a temple to his father, Poseidon.
This is where it gets interesting - he was only invincible as long as he maintained contact with Mother Earth. When Heracles eventually crushed him, Heracles did so by suspending him in the air, away from Mother Earth, crushing him in a bear hug.
In reflection, a lot of people have not been truly tested by the realities of the world because they have insulation. Insulation in systems, in parents, in their backgrounds. Just like Antaeus, the illusion of their strength is in contact with Gaia.
On the day Heracles decides to test your resolve, all it takes is for you to fall once, and if there is anything I know, it is the fact that a man who is used to standing and has never fallen will not be able to stand on the day he falls.
An extension of this conversation goes to parents who shield their children entirely from life's realities. You cannot apologise for having leverage in life, especially if your parents paved your way - but it is important to consistently stress-test how much of life you really can handle.
In the absence of the strength that grounds you, how do you survive?
His story is mad if you actually deep it bro 😳
Zadok Abu Yohanna was born on June 29, 2007. He belonged to the Sayawa people and wasraised in a modest home where football was more than a game it was an escape
At just 12 or 13 years old, young Zadok made a brave, almost unbelievable decision. He left his family behind and journeyed alone to Kaduna. He was registered at Allah Football Academy where he began chasing his destiny. No fancy boots. No lush grass. Just bare feet, pure heart, and a left foot that seemed kissed by magic.
Last year, he was still that hidden gem — playing monkey post style in Kaduna, dreaming big while the world barely knew his name. Then AIK Stockholm saw the fire in him. They took a chance, signing him from Ikon Allah for just €750,000 in 2025. In less than a year in Sweden, the boy exploded. Goals. Assists. Magic. Top European clubs started circling — Real Madrid, Chelsea, Newcastle, Tottenham. But it was Brighton & Hove Albion who won the race.
Today, at only 18 years old, Zadok has signed for the Seagulls in a £21.5 million deal a record-breaking move that will keep him at the club until 2031.
From the streets of Bauchi and the academy grounds of Kaduna to the bright lights of the Premier League.
This is more than a transfer story.
This is grass to grace in its purest form.
This is proof that Nigerian talent, forged in fire and faith, can rise and conquer the world.
This is the power of our academies like Ikon Allah factories of dreams that keep producing diamonds even when the odds are stacked against them.
Zadok Yohanna just gained another proud son ready to fly for Nigeria .
The world is watching how a boy from the red dirt of Bauchi to the green fields of England 🤯
Go make us proud 🇳🇬 😎