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NBA President Pledges Stronger Collaboration with FIDA Nigeria to Advance Gender Justice and Child Protection

The President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Mazi Afam Osigwe, SAN, today, Tuesday 21st January, 2025, received the newly elected executive members of the International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA) Nigeria, led by the Country Vice President, Eliana Martins, FICMC, at…

22/01/2025

ECNBA Releases Guidelines For 2024 NBA National Officer Elections

The Electoral Committee of the Nigerian Bar Association (ECNBA) has issued detailed guidelines for the 2024 elections of NBA National Officers and Representatives to the General Council of the Bar. The elections will take place electronically on July 20, 2024. ECNBA-NOTICE-NO-9-GUIDELINES-B The ECNBA emphasized it…

11/06/2024

NBA Constitutes Anti-Money Laundering Committee

The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has constituted the Anti-Money Laundering Committee (NBAAMLC) in line with Rule 73 of the Rules of Professional Conduct for Legal Practitioners, 2023 (RPC). The committee’s formation is subject to ratification by the National Executive Council (NEC). In a…

10/06/2024

NBA President Warns “NBA Decides” Organizers Of Legal Consequences For Unauthorized Polls

The President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Mr. Yakubu Chonoko Maikyau, issued a strong disclaimer against an unauthorized group calling itself “NBA Decides,” which announced the conduct of an election poll for the upcoming NBA elections. Maikyau clarified that the NBA…

04/06/2024

Ikeja NBA Branch Challenges Hiked AGC Rates, Warns Of Boycott

The Ikeja Branch of the Nigerian Bar Association, popularly known as the ‘Tiger Bar,’ has demanded that the Annual General Conference Planning Committee reverse the approved registration fees for the 2024 conference to the 2023 rates or face a full boycott from…

12/05/2024

Maxwell Opara Urges NBA To Investigate Assault By Crypto Platform CEO At Federal High Court

Maxwell Opara, a legal practitioner and human rights activist, has filed a complaint with the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Bwari Branch, alleging assault, attack, and gross violation of his rights by Mr. Jesam Michael Ubi and his associates at the Federal High…

10/05/2024

NBA Bwari Branch Condemns Violent Attack On Maxwell Opara Esq At Federal High Court

In a disturbing development related to the ongoing alleged Jesam Micheal’s Afriq Arbitrage System (AAS) scandal, the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Bwari Branch, has strongly condemned the recent physical attack on Mr. Maxwell Opara, a member of the branch’s executive, within the…

09/05/2024

Kebbi Govt Donates N100m for NBA Secretariat’s Completion

Kebbi State Governor Dr Nasir Idris has donated the sum of N100 million for the completion of the Secretariat of Nigeria Bar Association (NBA)State Chapter as well as inaugurated the Justice Sector Reform Team and Steering Committee. Idris, who made the donation, while…

08/05/2024

NBA Election Appeals Committee Issues Guidelines For Disqualified Candidates

The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) National Officers Election Appeals Committee (NBA-NOEAC) has released guidelines for candidates who were disqualified from participating in the upcoming elections for National Officers and Representatives of the NBA in the General Council of the Bar. The elections…

07/05/2024

NBA’s 2nd Vice President Calls For Rejection Of Electoral Appeal Committee Appointments

The Second Vice President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Mr. Chukwuemeka Clement Ugo, has once again criticized the NBA President, Mr. Yakubu Maikyau SAN, accusing him of running a “dictatorship” in the association. In a recent post on his verified Facebook…

18/04/2024

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