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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…

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.…

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…

Tobenna Erojikwe, the Chairman of the Governing Board of the Nigerian Bar Association’s Institute of Continuing Legal Education (NBA-ICLE), has officially declared his intention to run for the presidency of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) in the upcoming elections scheduled for July…

The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Representatives to the General Council of the Bar (GCB) have written to the Trustees of the NBA, addressing the alleged false accusations and misrepresentations made against them by the NBA President, Yakubu C. Maikyau, OON, SAN, during…

The President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, has called on the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, to collaborate with the National Assembly in the ongoing constitution review process. Senator Akpabio made the call when he received the leadership of the association on a courtesy…

The Electoral Committee of the Nigerian Bar Association, ECNBA has released the date for the NBA National Elections 2024. In the ECNBA Notice titled ECNBA NOTICE NO 2 signed by the Chairman of the Committee Oluseun Abimbola SAN and the Secretary, Huwaila Ibrahim…

A legal practitioner, Olamide Timothy Olaniyi has narrated how he was brutally assaulted by some officers of the Nigeria Police Force. The incident was said to have occurred when Mr. Olaniyi visited the station to inquire about a client who was detained. Despite his…

The Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee (LPDC) of the Body of Benchers has come down heavily on a senior lawyer of 41 years post-call for using derogatory language against an Anambra Chief Magistrate. In a February 20, 2024 direction the Committee ordered “That the…