Afam Osigwe
Afam Josiah Osigwe is a Nigerian lawyer who has served as president of the Nigerian Bar Association since 29 August 2024.
Early life and education
Osigwe was born on 25 October 1972. He graduated from the University of Nigeria in 1997 and was called to the Bar in 1999. In 2007, he obtained a Master of Laws from the University of Jos. He also holds an LL.M in Transnational Commercial Practice from the Centre for International Legal Studies in Austria, and in 2010 he received a Diploma in International Commercial Arbitration from Keble College, Oxford.Career
Osigwe began his legal practice with Chike Chigbue & Co. in Abuja in 1999 and left in 2002 to establish his own firm, Law Forte. In 2006, he was appointed a notary public of the Supreme Court of Nigeria. He became a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators in 2011.Osigwe served as general secretary of the Nigerian Bar Association from 2014 to 2016 and has been president since 29 August 2024.