NBA NEWS

Legal experts in Nigeria who attended the two days stakeholders’ forum on National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) Bill 2021 in Lagos, which ended at the weekend, have picked holes in the new propositions contained in the proposed bill, which is a…

The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has accepted an apology tendered to it by Governor of Ebonyi State, David Umahi. The NBA had on Wednesday, demanded an apology from the Ebonyi governor following some derogatory remarks he made against Justice Inyang Ekwo, the…

The Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, Lagos Branch, has played additional 350 slots for the 2022 Law Week. The 2022 Law week which is scheduled to run from the 18th to 25th of March is themed “Democracy and Legal Order: Shaping the Future” and…

The President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Olumide Akpata has responded to rife comments ascribed to the Governor of Ebonyi State reacting to the judgement of the Federal High Court, Abuja sacking him and his Deputy, Eric Kelechi Igwe respectively. Umahi and…

In a statement signed by him and made available to The Lawyer in commemoration of International Women’s Day, he acknowledged that we have in recent times recorded some measure of success in our efforts at fixing this anomaly, it is also true…

The General Secretary of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Joyce Oduah, FICMC, has responded to the rejection of bills on affirmative actions for women under the proposed amendment of the 1999 Constitution. In a statement made available to The Lawyer, She urged the…

The Eastern Bar Forum has adopted and released guidelines for the screening of aspirants of the Forum’s extraction for the forthcoming NBA 2022 General Elections. In a press release made available to The Lawyer and signed by the Chairman of the Screening…

The Lagos Branch of the Nigerian Bar Association, has outlined activities for this year’s Law Week. The Law Week is themed: “Democracy and Legal Order: Shaping the Future” The one week event is schedule as follows; Friday, 18th March 2022 Central Mosque, Lagos Time: 1pm – 2pm Jumat Service Civic…

The National Executive Council (NEC) of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) yesterday agreed to publish the names of its members indicted for alleged roles in conflicting orders. The NEC also affirmed its resolve to petition the lawyers to the Legal Practitioners Disciplinary…

The ‘National Executive Council’ [NEC] of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has at its quarterly meeting on Wednesday, 23 February, 2022 approved appointment of the members of the Technical Committee on Conference of the NBA Annual General Conference. In a Communique made…