Lawyers in the Media (LIM) a Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Section for lawyers practicing in the media space on Monday elected Alhaji Adam Adedimeji as its new chairman. IlAt an online meeting, LIM-NBA also elected other members to pilot the affairs of the association for the next two years.
Other members of the executive similarly elected include Mrs Sandra Umeh(Vice Chairman), Adelanwa Bamgbose(Secretary), Jude Igbanoi(Treasurer), Gbolahan Gbadamosi(Ex-Officio I), Charles Odenigbo(Ex-Officio 2), and John Unachukwu(Ex-Officio 3).
Adedimeji was a former Law Editor and member of the Editorial Board of Daily Independent Newspapers. He was LIM secretary between 2014 – 2018. A trained lawyer, journalist and certified Islamic scholar, Adam is a Senior Legislative Aide with the National Assembly Service Commission…
Adedimeji was until August, 2024 a Senior Legislative Aide with the National Assembly Service Commission (NASC), Abuja. He previously served as the Secretary General, Nigerian Lawyers in the Media (LIM), a forum of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) and is Senior Partner, BlackStone Legal Chambers. An Advocate and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Nigeria, he obtained his Law Degrees from Bayero University, Kano, University of Abuja and the Nigerian Law School (NLS) and was a recipient of University scholarship during his undergraduate years.
His experience with Litigation and Corporate practice began in the firm of Dr. Abdulateef Adegbite and Co and was for a brief period underwent tutelage with Adegboyega Awomolo SAN and Co law firm. Author of many legal and political articles and contributor to local and international journals, he was for many years Law Editor and Editorial Board member at Independent Newspapers Limited, publishers of Independent titles.
Adedimeji is a certified Islamic Scholar, author and research fellow, He was for many years a tutor of Arabic language and Islamic Jurisprudence at the famous Arabic and Islamic Training Institute, Markaz, Agege, Lagos. While there, he served at one time or the other as PRO, Sermon Translator and later Private Secretary to Sheikh Adam Abdullahi Al-Ilory (1917 – 1992), the internationally acclaimed Islamic Scholar and writer, founder of Markaz and the League of Imams and Alfas in Yorubaland.
Adam was between 2003 and 2007 a Senior Legislative Aide (SLA) with the National Assembly Service Commission (NASC), Abuja where he served as Senior Special Assistant on Media and Legislative Matters to one of the Distinguished Senators of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. He returned to the National Assembly in 2019 in the same capacity.
A versatile scholar and former external student of the American University in Cairo (AUC), Adam is a multi linguist who can read, write and interpret Arabic language. He has served as member, publication committee of the Multidoor Courthouse of the Lagos State Ministry of Justice as well as Secretary, Senate Committee on the modalities for the establishment of National Hajj Commission NAHCON.
An active member of the Nigerian Bar Association NBA; International Bar Association IBA and Commonwealth Lawyers Association CLA. He is also on the editorial board of ‘Bar News’, a conference journal of the Nigerian Bar Association.
Adam has been participating in all IBA as well as CLA conferences since the year 2005. These conferences have taken him to countries such as the United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland, Italy, United Arabs Emirates, Egypt, Turkey, Japan, Ethiopia, Scotland, USA, Austria and South Africa among others.
A compassionate family man, the Learned Editor as he is popularly called by friends is happily married to Riskiah Olawunmi, an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN), a Chartered Marketer and Certified Accountant. His wife left First Bank of Nigeria Ltd as Manager having served the bank meritoriously for 21 years is presently an Independent Non-Executive Director, Springville MicroFinance bank.
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