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Lagos Lawyer Arraigned for Trafficking 11-year-old Girl

A lawyer, Igwe Ifeoma, has been arraigned before Chief Magistrate P.E Nwaka sitting at the Magistrate’s Court, Yaba, Lagos State, on Wednesday, on charges bordering on child trafficking, assault of an 11-year-old girl, Esther Onwa. Ifeoma is facing six counts of conspiracy to…

25/08/2022

Looting of Materials at NBA Conference Shameful – Akpata

Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) President Olumide Akpata yesterday berated lawyers who stormed the accreditation centre and carted away conference bags and other items. Akpata, who apologised for his lateness to the President’s Dinner held on Tuesday night as one of the highlights of the…

25/08/2022

[VIDEO] Embarrassing Scenes as Lawyers Fight For Conference Materials

There was drama yesterday at the ongoing NBA Conference 2022 as some lawyers were seen struggling and fighting for conference materials. The drama started in the morning when conference attendees noticed that the bags given to them were of substandard quality. After complaints…

24/08/2022

Reps Tag Hate Speech as Electoral Offence, Recommend Imprisonment

A bill seeking to establish a National Electoral Offences Commission, which is under consideration by the National Assembly, has proposed to classify hate speech as an electoral offence that may attract a jail term of 10 years or a fine of N40m…

24/08/2022

Judge has Power to Decide Contempt – Akwa Ibom AG

The Attorney-General of Akwa Ibom State, Uko Udom, SAN, on Tuesday, said that a judge had the power to decide what was contemptuous in his court. Udom stated this while answering a question on the incarcerated human rights lawyer, Inibehe Effiong, who was…

23/08/2022

Court Nullifies Ratification of NBA General Secretary’s Suspension

The ratification of suspension of Barrister Joyce Oduah as Secretary General of the Nigerian Bar Association has been nullified by a Federal High Court in Abuja. The ratification effected by the National Executive Council of the NBA was on Tuesday voided and set…

23/08/2022

Tinubu Absent as Atiku, Obi, Shettima Attend NBA Conference (PICTURES)

The Annual General Meeting of the Nigerian Bar Association is currently holding at the Eko Hotels and Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos. The presidential candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party, the Labour Party, Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi, respectively are present at the event. The…

22/08/2022

NBA-AGC 2022: Nigerians Lack Heroes – Chimamanda Adichie

Award-winning novelist, Chimamanda Adichie, has said Nigerians do not have enough leaders to look up to in the current system. Adiche made this statement during her keynote address at the ongoing Annual General Meeting of the Nigerian Bar Association at the Eko Hotel…

22/08/2022

NBA-NEC Ratifies Suspension of General Secretary Oduah

The National Executive Council of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA-NEC) has ratified the suspension of the General Secretary of the Association, Mrs Joyce Oduah. It took the decision at the ongoing NBA-NEC Meeting holding on the sidelines of the 2022 NBA Annual General…

22/08/2022

LASTMA Issues Travel Advisory Over NBA Conference

The Lagos State Traffic Management Agency has issued a travel advisory to motorists and commuters ahead of the Nigerian Bar Association conference on Monday. According to LASTMA, the NBA started the conference on Saturday, August 20, 2022. However, the main activities will be…

22/08/2022

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