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NBA President Constitutes 2023 NBA-AGC Planning Committee

The President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Yakubu Chonoko Maikyau SAN has constituted the Conference Planning Committee for the 2023 Annual General Conference. The Conference is scheduled to hold from 25 August to 1st of September, 2023. The Committee comprises the following: 1. Mazi Afam…

21/02/2023

Lawyers Support Supreme Court Warning to Judgment Critics

Some lawyers have backed the Supreme Court over its warning against public criticism of its judgements. They said members of the public, opinion leaders and public commentators should be careful before rushing to denigrate the judiciary. The Supreme Court on Saturday came hard on…

12/02/2023

Elevate Justice Ajileye to the Court of Appeal – NBA President pleads

The President of the Nigerian Bar Association YC Maikyau, OON, SAN has pleaded that all efforts be made by the relevant authorities to ensure that Justice Alaba Omolaye-Ajileye of the Kogi State Judiciary be elevated to the Court of Appeal before 15th…

12/02/2023

NBA Releases Names Of Lawyers Seeking Appointment As FHC Judges In Ebonyi, Ogun , Others

The Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, has published the names of 60 lawyers who have expressed interest to serve as Federal High Court judges following a recent window opened by the FHC Chief Judge, Justice John Terhemba Tsoho. The CJ had on January 13 issued a…

04/02/2023

NBA Warri Branch Kicks Over Judges’ Shortage in Delta

The Nigerian Bar Association, Warri Branch, has decried the lingering shortage of judges in the state judiciary while accusing the Delta State Governor, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, of allegedly frustrating the appointment of five High Court judges already screened and cleared by the…

04/02/2023

NBA Condemns Assassination of Imo Judge

The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has condemned the murder of the Chairman of Ejemekwuru Customary Court in Oguta Local Government Area of Imo State, Nnaemeka Ugboma Esq. The development was confirmed in a statement made available to press on the early hours of…

04/02/2023

Imo Lawyers to Boycott Court Over Judge’s Killing

Lawyers in Imo State have said that they will on Monday begin a three-day boycott following the killing of the magistrate in charge of Ejemekwuru Customary Court in the Oguta Local Government Area of the state. Gunmen had on Thursday invaded the court…

04/02/2023

NBA President Blasts Gov El-Rufai Over Industrial Court Comments

The NBA President has condemned comments by the Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai against the Nigerian judiciary. Governor El-Rufai was on Wednesday quoted as describing Nigeria’s judicial system as a pathetic system that sides more with crooks than the innocent. Mr Elrufai…

03/02/2023

2023 Election: NBA Condemns Akwa Ibom Branch For Endorsing Political Candidate

The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has faulted the endorsement of a candidate in the forthcoming election by the NBA in Akwa Ibom State, stressing that NBA as a body remains neutral in the election. The President of the NBA, Mr Yakubu Maikyau (SAN),…

01/02/2023

Presidential Poll: We Won’t Allow Any Convict to Contest – NBA

The Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, said yesterday it would deploy the instrumentality of the law to ensure that no ex-convict was allowed to contest the forthcoming presidential election. NBA, which is the umbrella body of legal practitioners in the country, noted that though some…

01/02/2023

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