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NBA Hosts Presidential Candidates to Dialogue Jan 30

The Nigerian Bar Association will on January 30 host all presidential candidates at its State of the Nation Dialogue. According to a statement signed by the NBA President, Yakubu Maikyau (SAN), on Thursday, the candidates’ discussions will centre on security, the economy, and…

21/01/2023

FULL LIST: NJC Recommends Appointment of 9 Heads of Courts, 84 Judges

The National Judicial Council, at its 100th Meeting of 18 and 19 January 2023 considered the list of candidates presented by its Interview Committee and at the end of deliberation, recommended the under-listed names of successful candidates as Heads of Courts and…

21/01/2023

NBA Renews Call on Olanipekun to Resign as BoB Chair

The Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, through its president, Mr. Yakubu Maikyau, yesterday, renewed its call for the resignation of Wole Olanipekun, as the Chairman, Body of Benchers, BoB. BoB is the statutory body saddled with the primary responsibility of calling law graduates to…

20/01/2023

Olanipekun Donates New High Court Complex to Community

The Chairman, Body of Benchers, Chief Wole Olanipekun has emphasised the need to pay special attention to the state of courtrooms across the country. Olanipekun made the remarks in Ikere-Ekiti, his country home at the inauguration of the ultra-modern court room, he built…

20/01/2023

Kano Shari’ah Court Judges, Others Remanded in Prison Over N500m ‘Fraud’

A cashier with the Kano State Sharia Court Division, Hussaina Imam and 14 others, including judges and registrars have been arraigned before a magistrates’ court in the state for allegedly diverting the sum of N500 million meant for orphans. When the case came…

19/01/2023

NBA President Meets IGP, Seeks Partnership To Stem Harassment

The President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Yakubu Maikyau has deplored the working conditions of officers and men of the Nigeria Police Force. According to a statement by the National Publicity Secretary of the NBA, Habeeb Lawal, Maikyau made this known when…

19/01/2023

Bolanle Raheem Buried in Lagos

Tears flowed on Tuesday when a Lagos-based lawyer, Bolanle Raheem, who was allegedly shot dead by a policeman, Drambi Vandi, last Christmas, was committed to mother earth. Dressed mostly in black attire, family, friends and colleagues of the late lawyer gathered at The…

18/01/2023

Cash Withdrawal Limit: Banks Suspend Transactions Via Naira Credit, Prepaid Cards

In compliance with the Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) currency redesign and cash withdrawal policy that limited withdrawals across all channels to N500,000 weekly, banks have suspended further cash disbursement via customers’ Naira Credit and prepaid cards. The Lawyer learnt that as a…

18/01/2023

Tunde Ayeni Engulfed In Paternity Mess With Daughter’s Lawschool Classmate

Former chairman of defunct Skye Bank, Tunde Ayeni, is currently enmeshed in a paternity mess. Ayeni is alleged to have fathered a child, a baby girl, with one of his mistresses, Adaobi Alagwu, a claim he has blatantly refused to accept. Adaobi is a…

17/01/2023

How Cop Vandi Killed Raheem During Stop-and-Search – Police Witness

An Inspector of Police, Matthew Ahmen, who is a colleague of Drambi Vandi, who allegedly killed female lawyer Bolanle Raheem, told a Lagos State High Court sitting at the Tafawa Balewa Square on Monday that they were conducting a stop and search…

16/01/2023

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