24 yrs ago this week, @NigBarAssoc gathered in Ibadan, Oyo State, at the beginning of its 42nd Annual Conference.
The participants included the Chairman of Onitsha Branch, Barnabas Igwe & his wife, Amaka, who was also a lawyer. She was pregnant.
At the end of the conference, they departed back to Onitsha, arriving on 1 September. The following day, Barnabas & Amaka went to work together in their law office. It was their last.
On their way back from work on that fateful 2 Sept in 2002, a criminal gang attacked & murdered both of them.
Ken Emeakayi, a member of the cabinet in the @anambrastate_ then, was subsequently arrested & charged with the killings. A prison break ostensibly freed him & ransacked the trial, before it cld be concluded.
In March 2024, the Truth, Justice & Peace Commission of Anambra State re-examined the matter & reported to @CCSoludo as the Governor of Anambra State. It recommended a re-opening of the prosecution with a view to bringing Mr. Emeakayi to lawful account.
Instead, the governor rewarded Mr. Emeakayi with appointment as the man in charge of security in Anambra State.
As @NigBarAssoc convenes in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, for its #NBAAGC2026 Annual Conference, @okenwalillian examines the issues....
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The underrated actor Michael Wright has passed. His wife made an announcement on IG. He was know for his incredible roles in the films The Five Heartbeats (1991), ‘’ Streamers (1983) for which he won the Volpi Cup for Best Actor, and Sugar Hill
(1994), and for his television roles Elias Taylor in V:
The Series (1984-1985), [2) Omar White in Oz (2001-
2003), and Lazarus Prime in Black Lightning (2019). Prayers to his family and fans.
Prof Kingsley Ekwueme couldn't contain his joy after successful robotics Surgery operation at the brand new Imo Robotics Surgery and Oncology Center Owerri Imo state.
Prof Kingsley Ekwueme is the MD of Prostrate Clinic, the firm that partnered with IMSG to establish the center.
That’s Ron Carter (90 years young) on bass. Herbie Hancock (86) on piano playing So what. They were Miles Davis’s “new band” in 1963. Funk and Hip hop owes these 2 gentlemen everything.
“Abacha told people that MKO Abiola, Shehu Yar’Adua and I would not come out of detention alive. Yar’Adua was injected with a virus. They also tried to do the same to me.
A military doctor came to me, saying he wanted to take my blood for a test. I refused. I told him I would only allow a doctor I trusted to take my blood.
The doctor I trusted took my blood and gave it to the military doctor. I was told the result would come after the blood got to Abuja. But that result never came till today.”
— Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, recounting an attempt to eliminate him while he was detained under the regime of General Sani Abacha.
@mymixtapez Man we couldn’t even graduate high school without passing Spanish 1 which became mandatory, so how the fuck did they make it to high school not being able to read or write???