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Notices, press statements, tributes and addresses delivered at Call to Bar ceremonies by Chairmen of the Body of Benchers.

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  1. News

    Notice to All Aspirants for the July 2026 Call to Bar

    Invitation cards for the July 2026 Call to Bar Ceremony are now available for collection.

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    Address by the Chairman of the Body of Benchers

    Address by Hon. Justice Mary U. Peter-Odili, CFR, DSSRS, Life Bencher, Chairman, Body of Benchers at the Call to Bar Ceremony held at the Benchers Complex, Abuja, on Wednesday, 11th October 2023.

  3. News

    Notice of Funeral Rites for Late Hon. Justice Raphael C. Agbo JCA, OFR.

    All Members of the Body of Benchers are hereby notified of the funeral rites for Late Hon. Justice Raphael C. Agbo JCA, OFR.

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    Notice of Funeral Rites for Late Hon. Justice Kate Abiri, CON, Life Bencher, DSSR.

    All Members of the Body of Benchers are hereby notified of the funeral rites for Late Hon. Justice Kate Abiri, CON, Life Bencher, DSSR.

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    Tribute in Honour of Hon. Judge Prince Bola Ajibola, KBE, CFR, SAN, Life Bencher, Former Chairman, Body of Benchers

    He served as the Chairman, Body of Benchers from 1989 to 1990, during which he contributed immensely to the growth and development of the Body.

  6. News

    Notice of Briefing Session by the Mentoring Committee of the Body of Benchers

    The Body of Benchers invites all young lawyers 0-7 years post call to a briefing session on the Mentoring Program of the Body of Benchers.

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    Attention: Body of Benchers Probe NJC Scribe Over N800M Payment

    At no point did the Body of Benchers cause an investigation to be carried out against the Secretary of the National Judicial Council as reported.

  8. News

    The Body of Benchers Visit the FCT Minister

    A delegation of eminent members of the Body of Benchers, led by its Chairman, Chief Wole Olanipekun, paid a courtesy visit to the FCT Minister, Malam Muhammad Musa Bello.

  9. PublicationsSpeech

    Address by Hon. Justice S. U. Onu, JSC Chairman of the Body of Benchers at the Call to Bar Ceremony of the Newly Graduated Students of the Nigerian Law School on June 14th 2005.

    Our main preoccupation is the Call to the Bar of the successful students who sat in the April 2005 resit examination. 1,220 sat in the examination while 719 passed.

  10. PublicationsSpeech

    Speech Presented by Hon. Justice Mustapha Akanbi, at the Occasion of Call to Bar Ceremony Held at Nigerian Law School, Lagos on Thursday 12th October, 1995

    I am happy because it is my singular honour and privilege as the Chairman of the distinguished Body of Benchers to admit you, on behalf of the Body, to the Nigerian Bar as legal practitioners.

  11. Articles

    Becoming the First Female Chairman of the Body of Benchers Nigeria

    My membership of the Body of Benchers began as a Nominee of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) in 1981. I was appointed a Life Bencher in 1989 and unanimously elected Chairman of the Body in 1998.

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    Address Delivered by O.C.J. Okocha, MFR, SAN, JP DSSRS, Chairman, Body of Benchers

    At the Call to Bar Ceremony held at the Eagle Square, Abuja – Federal Capital Territory of Nigeria, on Tuesday, 15th September, 2020.

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    Call to Bar

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    Welcome Note

    Welcome to the body of benchers