•A Niger Delta oil community Lawyers and the Social Development Integrated Centre (Social Action) have called for stronger policy frameworks and systemic structures to advance environmental justice in the Niger Delta and across Nigeria. They made the call at a stakeholder engagement dialogue convened by Social Action to examine environmental j...
•Nigerian lawyers Some participants at the 2026 Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Annual General Conference in Port Harcourt have decried poor organisation, inadequate welfare arrangements and uncomfortable venues, saying the event fell short of last year’s edition in Enugu. The conference, themed “Beyond Limits,” is holding in its final days ami...
•Impeached Edo Speaker, Blessing Agbebaku Reactions have trailed the decision of the Edo State House of Assembly to convert the resignation of its former Speaker, Blessing Agbebaku, to impeachment, eight days after he resigned from office. Speaking with journalists shortly after the Assembly converted the former Speaker’s resignation to impeac...
•Nigerian lawyers A group of legal practitioners under the aegis of Concerned And Independent Legal Practitioners For The Families Of The Detained And Missing Persons in Igboland today urged the federal government to immediately produce all persons currently detained without trial and either charge them before competent civilian courts or rele...
•Sowore in court, today The trial of activist and politician Omoyele Sowore on alleged defamation charges filed by the Department of State Services (DSS) has been adjourned after a heated exchange between lawyers for both parties disrupted proceedings in court. The confrontation began after Sowore’s lead counsel, Adeyinka Olumide-Fusika (SAN),...
•Oyinkansola Badejo-Okusanya (SAN) Confusion has continued to trail the just concluded national poll of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), with a new twist as a group of lawyers yesterday, asked the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja to stop the swearing in of the President-elect, Oyinkansola Badejo-Okusanya (SAN), and other newly elected na...
•Nigerian lawyers A forum of Yoruba lawyers, under the aegis of Egbe Amofin Oodua, has called for the postponement of the forthcoming Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) presidential election, citing concerns over the transparency and credibility of the electoral process. The group said delaying the election would allow the implementation of agreed...
•Amuwo-Odofin Lawyers Forum executives during Annual General meeting in Lagos The Amuwo-Odofin Lawyers Forum in Lagos has called for the continued independence of the judiciary, saying an impartial justice system is essential to upholding the rule of law and public confidence in the courts. The Chairman of the forum, Chris Aghaonu, who made th...
•Nigerian lawyers Judicial activities at courts in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, Ota, and Sagamu have been paralysed as members of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) commenced a three-day courts’ boycott Members say the boycott is in protest against certain policies of the Ogun State judiciary, which they believe are inimical to the intere...
•Nigerian lawyers The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has warned lawyers against instituting court actions aimed at drawing the judiciary into internal disputes within political parties, vowing to impose disciplinary sanctions on erring practitioners. The association, in a statement issued today, expressed concern over what it described as a gr...
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