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The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has released modalities for payment of the mandatory 2024 Annual Bar Practicing Fee (BPF) by lawyers. In a public notice, the professional body pegged the 2024 BPF at N5,000 for 4 years and below, N10,000 for 5-9 years,…

The Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, has paid glowing tribute to the late Governor of Ondo State, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, describing him as one of the most influential and courageous Presidents that ever led the legal body. Akeredolu, who died on Wednesday after a protracted ill-health,…

The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Annual General Conference for 2024 will be held again in Lagos from August 23 to 30, 2024. According to a statement by the association, “The decision was among the resolutions made at the National Executive Committee Meeting which…

The Adamawa branch of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, has identified corruption as one of the major impediments hindering legal profession and its practice in Nigeria. Jibril Jimeta, Chairman of the organising committee of the just concluded Law Week organized by the branch,…

The Nigerian Bar Association has revealed that it has initiated an investigation into the viral video depicting a lawyer assaulting his wife in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State. In a statement released, the National Publicity Secretary of the Association, Akorede Habeeb Lawal says the…

The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Garki Branch, FCT has condemned the illegal harvest and trade of kidneys in the territory and its environs. In a statement by the chairman of the branch, Obioma Ezenwobodo on Wednesday, the association declared pro bono legal representation…

The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) said on Sunday that the judiciary has to be independent and effective for human rights to thrive in Nigeria. “The concept of ‘justice for all’ is unattainable without an independent judiciary. Individual rights and freedoms will remain a mirage without…