Tag: Nigerian Bar Association
EFCC wants enhanced involvement of lawyers, CSOs in anti-corruption fight
Leaders of the delegations described their collaboration with the EFCC in the anti-corruption fight as a necessary step for the…
Lagos lawyer and activist, Adesina Ogunlana, is dead
Ogunlana who was Chairman of the NBA Ikeja Branch from 2016 to 2018, passed away on Tuesday. While paying tribute…
How peace can thrive in Nigeria – Chimamanda Adichie
The public intellectual and feminist also said things are getting harder by the day and Nigerians do not have enough…
NBA: Governors’ decision on JUSUN strike unacceptable
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Anambra branch, said the decision of the Governors’ Forum to suspend discussion and engagement of…
NBA calls for investigation over murder of pregnant lawyer
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), has called on the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, to investigate all circumstances around the…
Olumide Akpata kicks off new era in NBA as 30th president
Mr Olumide Akpata, Head, Corporate and Commercial Practice Group, Templars law firm, was on Friday sworn in as the 30th…
Lawyers blacklist El-Rufai, cancel invitation
Following criticism, the National Executive Committee of the Nigerian Bar Association has withdrawn the invitation extended to Governor Nasir El-Rufai.
Olumide Akpata confirmed NBA President(The full results)
A former Chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association Section on Business Law, (NBA-SBl) Mr Olumide Akpata, has emerged the 30th…
Association worried at increasing misconduct among members
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) says it is worried with the increasing petitions against its members from across the country.
Dogara commends NBA over electronic voting
The Speaker, House of Representatives, Mr Yakubu Dogara, has commended the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), for adopting electronic voting to…
Osinbajo inaugurates NBA house, tasks lawyers on intergrity
The Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, has said that integrity and accountability are needed for lawyers to make the desired…
NBA seeks financial autonomy for judiciary in Kogi
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Lokoja branch, has called on the Kogi Government to grant financial autonomy to the State’s…
Ezekwesili identifies causes of public education collapse
The former Minister of Education, Dr.Oby Ezekwesili, yesterday said that the inconsistent economic policies of federal government is responsible for…
Oby Ezekwesili, Odia, others to speak at Gani Fawehinmi Annual Lecture
Henry Ojelu Former Minister of Education, Dr. Oby Ezekwesili, renown writer Odia Ofeimun are among the dignitaries that will delivers…
Asset declaration: SERAP wants NBA to probe Saraki’s lawyers for walking out on CCT
Henry Ojelu Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has called on the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) to “urgently investigate the…
NBA Asks Jonathan to Negotiate with Boko Haram
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja The Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, on Thursday in Abuja, called on President Goodluck Jonathan to reconsider…
Section 285(6) Of The 1999 Constitution Should Go
By Babatunde Raji Fashola The subject affords the opportunity to examine wider issues of our national development beyond elections and…
NBA, SERAP, Aturu Decry New British Visa Regime
Some prominent lawyers in Lagos on Monday condemned the plan by Britain to compel Nigerians visiting the country to provide…
Ogun NBA Set To Fight Corruption
The Ogun State chapter of the Nigerian Bar Association has resolved to fight corruption in the judiciary and agitate for…
Former Lagos NBA Chairman Passes On
Former chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association, Lagos branch, Mr Anthony Akintola Akinbote, has passed on at his residence in…
Okah: NBA Seeks Overhauling Of Justice System
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) on Monday called for the overhauling of Nigeria’s justice system in order to speedy the…
Prof. Adesanya Denies Impersonation Allegation
A senior advocate of Nigeria, Professor Abiodun Adesanya, who was alleged to have been parading himself as a member of…
Lagos Lawyers Back State Police
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Lagos chapter, on Sunday said that the establishment of state police would check the activities…
Govt Not Interested In Sending People To Jail —Ikuforiji
The Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Adeyemi Ikuforiji, has reiterated that the state government is not interested…
Count Down To ACN, LP Unsettled Scores
Ondo State is no doubt the next battleground for the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, where political parties will converge…
NCC Rejects Proposal For Telecoms Infrastructure
The Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, has rejected telecoms operators proposal on the need for a one-stop permit centre for approval…
Fashola, ACN Govs Endorse Akeredolu For Ondo Race
Governors elected under the platform of the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN on Wednesday endorsed the former President of the…
Court Nullifies NBA Validation Exercise
A Lagos high court sitting in Ikeja, while restraining the Nigerian Bar Association and its officers from carrying on the…
Court Upholds Order Against Swearing In Of New NBA Officials
Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of Lagos High Court, sitting in Ikeja, today refused to vacate an order of an interim injunction,…
Lagos Lawyer Loses Bid To Stop NBA Probe
A Lagos-based legal practitioner, Victor Oluyemi yesterday lost the legal battle to stop the Professional Ethics and Disciplinary Committee of…