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NBA Calls For Expression Of Interest From Lawyers For Appointment To Federal High Court Bench

APPOINTMENT OF ADDITIONAL 9 (NINE) JUDGES FOR THE FEDERAL HIGH COURT BENCH: CALL FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST Dear Colleagues, By a letter dated 11 January 2023, the Honourable Chief Judge of the Federal High Court has requested the President of the Nigerian Bar…

16/01/2023

Emefiele: Six Senior Lawyers Write AGF, Warn DSS against Disrespecting Court Orders

A former Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Prince Adetokunbo Kayode, and five other Senior Advocates of Nigeria have warned the Department of State Services (DSS) against disrespecting court orders which prevented it from arresting the Governor of the Central Bank of…

16/01/2023

FG Develops Plan Against Lassa Fever

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC), in collaboration with partners, federal and state stakeholders of the Technical Working Group (TWG), has developed a five-year strategic plan to reduce Lassa fever fatality ratio in the country to less than 10…

15/01/2023

Nigerian Bar Association Women’s Forum Holds Inauguration Ceremony for New ExCo

The Nigerian Bar Association Women Forum (NBAWF) has announced the inauguration and handing over ceremony of its executive committee. The ceremony is going to hold on the 16th of January, 2023 at the Westwood Hotel, Ikoyi, Lagos. The new executive committee members will be…

14/01/2023

Four Killed as Gunmen Attack CUPP Spokesperson’s Residence

Some unknown gunmen have reportedly killed the uncle (name yet to be known) of the spokesperson for the Coalition of United Political Parties, Ikenga Ugochinyere. According to Ugochinyere in a seemingly distressed tweet on Twitter Saturday afternoon, the unknown persons are also setting…

14/01/2023

Supreme Court Affirms Abasi Otu As Obong Of Calabar

The Supreme Court has dismissed the appeal by Etubom Anthony Ani challenging the ascendancy of Etubom Abasi Otu as the Obong of Calabar and the grand patriarch of the Efik Kingdom. In the judgement read by Justice Amina Augie on Friday, the apex…

13/01/2023

Bolanle Raheem: Burial Jan 17, NBA Calls for Tributes

Members of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) will on Jan. 16 pay tributes to their female colleague, Mrs Omobolanle Raheem, shot dead on Christmas Day. The NBA made this known in a statement issued to newsmen on Friday. The statement was signed by NBA’s…

13/01/2023

NBA Invites Members To Public Hearing of Human Trafficking Bill at NASS

CALL FOR MEMORANDA AND INVITATION TO PUBLIC HEARING Distinguished Colleagues, By a letter dated 6 January 2023 but delivered on 10 January 2023, the House Committee on Human Rights has invited the Nigerian Bar Association to the Public Hearing on the Bill for…

13/01/2023

Federal High Court CJ Calls for Nomination of Additional Nine Judges

The Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Honourable Justice John T. Tsoho has announced the plan for the appointment of nine more judges of the Federal High Court. In a letter titled Appointment of Further Nine (9) Judges For The Federal High…

13/01/2023

Okupe Arrested At Lagos Airport, Later Released With Apology

The Department of State Services (DSS) on Thursday morning arrested a chieftain of the Labour Party (LP), Doyin Okupe at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport in Lagos. Okupe was billed to fly to London via Virgin Atlantic before he was apprehended by the…

12/01/2023

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