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NBA President Advocates Independent Candidacy, Describes Section 221 as Fraud

The President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Yakubu Mikyau, yesterday called for the amendment of the 1999 constitution to give room for independent candidacy in the Nigerian electoral process. Mikyau, who described Section 221 of the 1999 Constitution as a fraud, added…

16/01/2023

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

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

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

Emefiele: African Bar Association Warns DSS To Back Off

The African Bar Association (AFBA) has condemned the alleged plot by Department of State Security (DSS) to frame the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emefiele, of terrorism financing and other economic crimes alleged to be of national…

11/01/2023

Malami Inaugurates NBA’s Bar Council

The Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, on Monday, inaugurated the General Council of the Bar with a call on the leaders of the legal profession to unite towards changing the negative perception of the profession. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that…

09/01/2023

Address By NBA President, Y. C. Maikyau, OON, SAN At The Inauguration Of The General Council Of The Bar

PROTOCOLS 1. It gives me pleasure to welcome you all to this epoch-making event, the inauguration of the General Council of the Bar (GCB). I congratulate my brother the Honourable Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami, CON, SAN,…

09/01/2023

Engage Retired Chief Judges At Supreme Court, Kwara NBA Chair Tells NJC

The chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Ilorin branch, Kwara State, Barr. Kamaldeen Gambari, has made a case for the appointment of retired Chief Judges in the country into the Supreme Court. Gambari, who spoke with press in Ilorin, emphasised the need…

09/01/2023

Crisis Rocks NBA as Ex-General Sec Accuses President of Dictatorship

A former General Secretary of the Nigerian Bar Association(NBA), Mr. Nimi Walson-Jack, has described his suspension from the National Executive Council(NEC) of the association as a return to the dark ages of socialism and communism when Governments sanctioned and jailed lawyers for…

07/01/2023

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