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NBA Warns Members Against Fraudulent Help Desk Officers & BPF Payment Links

The National Executive Committee of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has issued a warning to its members regarding unscrupulous individuals posing as NBA help desk officers on social media platforms, particularly Instagram. These fraudulent actors have been advising members to make direct…

29/03/2024

Reinstate Ningi Now or be Reported to LPDC, Falana Warns Akpabio

Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN, has requested for the reinstatement of the suspended Senator Abdul Ahmed Ningi, representing the Bauchi Central Senatorial District. Ningi was suspended on the 12th of March, 2024, by the senate for alleging that the 2024 budget was padded with N3…

28/03/2024

Tinubu Confers Honours On Slain Soldiers, Awards Scholarships

President Bola Tinubu has conferred Post Humous National Honours of the Member of the Order of the Niger on Officers of the Nigerian Army killed by unknown persons while on a peacekeeping mission in the Okuama community of Delta State. The President…

28/03/2024

SPIDEL Chairman Aikpokpo-Martins Blasts NBA President

In a strongly-worded letter dated March 15, 2024, John Aikpokpo-Martins, the Chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association’s Section on Public Interest and Development Law (NBA-SPIDEL), has accused the NBA President, Y.C. Maikyau, SAN, of attempting to blackmail him amidst their ongoing face-off.…

27/03/2024

NSA Launches Global Manhunt as Binance Official Flees Custody

The Office of the National Security Adviser, ONSA, has called on the public and the international community to provide information that can assist law enforcement agencies in apprehending the Executive Manager of Binance for the African region, Mr Nadeem Anjarwalla, who escaped…

26/03/2024

NSA Confirms Binance Executive’s Escape From Custody

The Office of the National Security Adviser has confirmed that the detained Binance executive, Nadeem Anjarwalla, escaped from custody. The ONSA on Monday said Anjarwalla, who was a suspect in the probe into the activities of Binance, escaped on Friday. Confirming the development in…

25/03/2024

Falana Demands Compensation For Deceased Nasarawa Students

Prominent human rights lawyer, Femi Falana has attributed the tragic deaths of two students at Nasarawa State University to “official negligence,” demanding an immediate investigation into the circumstances that led to the incident. Two students reportedly died at a stampede during a palliative distribution…

25/03/2024

Chief Awomolo SAN, Assumes Leadership of Body of Benchers

The Body of Benchers has named Eminent Bar Leader, Chief Adegboyega Awomolo SAN to assumed leadership as its Chairman. This came on the heels of completion of the tenure of Justice Mary Odili as chairman of the elite body. Meanwhile, the body has…

23/03/2024

NBA-SPIDEL Officials Cannot Sue In Official Capacity Without NBA Permission – Court

The Federal High Court in Abuja on March 21, 2024, dismissed a lawsuit filed by officials of the Nigerian Bar Association’s Section on Public Interest and Development Law (NBA-SPIDEL) against the Minister of Art, Culture, and Creative Economy, Hannatu Musawa and two…

22/03/2024

Reps Pass Bill On N5.3m Monthly Pay For CJN

The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) will henceforth be collecting the total monthly pay package of N5.3 million while other Justices of the Supreme Court are to earn the sum of N4.2 million. This is as the House of Representatives yesterday passed into…

21/03/2024

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