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Four Killed as Gunmen Attack CUPP Spokesperson’s Residence

Some unknown gunmen have reportedly killed the uncle (name yet to be known) of the spokesperson for the Coalition of United Political Parties, Ikenga Ugochinyere. According to Ugochinyere in a seemingly distressed tweet on Twitter Saturday afternoon, the unknown persons are also setting…

14/01/2023 0Comments

Supreme Court Affirms Abasi Otu As Obong Of Calabar

The Supreme Court has dismissed the appeal by Etubom Anthony Ani challenging the ascendancy of Etubom Abasi Otu as the Obong of Calabar and the grand patriarch of the Efik Kingdom. In the judgement read by Justice Amina Augie on Friday, the apex…

13/01/2023 0Comments

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…

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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…

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Federal High Court CJ Calls for Nomination of Additional Nine Judges

The Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Honourable Justice John T. Tsoho has announced the plan for the appointment of nine more judges of the Federal High Court. In a letter titled Appointment of Further Nine (9) Judges For The Federal High…

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Okupe Arrested At Lagos Airport, Later Released With Apology

The Department of State Services (DSS) on Thursday morning arrested a chieftain of the Labour Party (LP), Doyin Okupe at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport in Lagos. Okupe was billed to fly to London via Virgin Atlantic before he was apprehended by the…

12/01/2023 0Comments

CJN Reads Riot Act to Politicians, Others Fond of Disregarding Rule of Law, Contempt of Judiciary

The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, on Tuesday warned politicians and others who are in the habit of disregarding the rule of law and contempt of the judiciary that it would no longer be business as usual under his…

11/01/2023 0Comments

No Cause for Alarm, Elections Will Hold — FG

The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed on Tuesday said the 2023 elections will be held as planned. Mohammed said this in Abuja at the 17th edition of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) scorecard series from 2015-2023. The minister’s assurance came…

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Falana Requests An Inquest into Death of Police Inspector, Others

A human right lawyer and senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana, has requested for an inquest into the death of a police officer, Monday Orukpe, and others injured at Trade Fair section of the Lagos-Badagry Expressway on August 3, 2022. In a letter…

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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,…

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