The President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Olumide Akpata, has said the Association will strongly resist every attempt to intimidate or harrass lawyers while carrying out their professional responsibilities.
In a statement made available to The Lawyer, the NBA President while reacting to…
The Nigeria Bar Association has dissolved the branch elections conducted for the Bori branch of the NBA.
In a letter dated July 27, 2022, signed by Mr. John Aikpokpo-Martins, the 1st NBA Vice-President, and obtained by The Lawyer.
The resolution also notes that…
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has called for further input on the proposed amendment of her Constitution which was last amended at the AGM 2021.
The Association will be hearing the notice for further amendment at this year’s Annual General Meeting which…
The Body of Benchers led by Chief Wole Olanipekun SAN is treading a path many in the legal profession fear may destroy the integrity of the profession in Nigeria.
According to a Source at Tuesday’s meeting, the Body of Benchers carried on…
As successful applicants to the Nigerian Bar get set to be called to bar, the Nigerian Bar Association has provided guidelines for the payment of Bar Practicing Fees by the new lawyers in line with extant rules of practice.
According to a…
The President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Olumide Akpata has refuted reports that he was totally absent at the meeting of the Body of Benchers which held today, 26th of July, 2022.
It has earlier been reported that Akpata was conspicuously absent…
The first vice president of Nigeria Bar Association, NBA, John O. Aikpokpo-Martins has urged the Body of Benchers to change the venue of the call to bar ceremony for new lawyers from the Nigeria Law School Bwari, Abuja.
He said the ceremony should…
BARRING any last minute change of position, the Body of Benchers has scheduled a meeting for tomorrow to discuss the controversial letter written by the President of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, Mr Olumide Akpata, asking legal luminary and Chairman of Body…
The Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Olukayode Ariwoola is set to declare open the eagerly awaited Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Section on Public Interest and Development Law (NBA-SPIDEL) Annual Conference. The Annual Conference will hold from August 3 to August 5,…
Legal luminary and Chairman of Body of Benchers (BoB), Chief Wole Olanipekun (SAN), has said that he was angry with the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA).
Olanipekun, in a chat with Sunday Vanguard, said he would not understand why the President of the NBA,…