The President of the Peoples’ Club of Nigeria/International, Chief Joseph Ilonze, has petitioned the Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee of the Nigerian Bar Association, accusing three lawyers of being the brain behind the club’s current leadership crisis. The alleged club members are Felix Obi-Okafor, Fidelis Onyebueke and Lawrence Ari...
•ICPC chairman, Dr. Musa Adamu Aliyu, SAN The Chairman of the IndeÂpendent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Dr. Musa Adamu Aliyu, SAN, has urged members of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) about subÂmitting unnecessary and frivoÂlous petitions against anti-corÂruption agencies and judges during litigation. Dr. ...
•Protesters Lawyers and civil society organisations, CSOs, yesterday, decried the continued detention and incarceration of #EndBadGovernance protesters two months after the August 1-10 protests across the country. As of last night, most of the detained protesters are yet to be prosecuted, with minors among those held in captivity in Police, De...
•Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Lagbaja Two lawyers – Mr Siraj Hamza and Junaid Sanusi – have called on the Nigerian Army to comply with the judgment of a Borno State High Court directing it to release 14 of their clients from illegal detention. Hamza also called on the Attorney-General of the Federation and […]
•Deji Adeyanju One of the lawyers to #EndBadGovernance protesters, Deji Adeyanju Esq, yesterday, disclosed that lawyers, under the auspices of Citizens’ Liberties Committee of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, have secured the release of six protesters in Kano State. This came as civil society organisations, numbering 67, yesterday, declared ...
•Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) Members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, also known as Shi’ites, have accused the Nigerian Police Force of denying detainees access to lawyers and family members, following the arrest of scores of people during the Abuja Arba’een Trek. Sheikh Rabiu Abdullahi, briefing journalists in Abuja today, alleged th...
•Lawyers The Legal Practitioners’ Privileges Committee (LPPC) under the Chairmanship of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, has approved the conferment of the rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria on 87 legal practitioners. A statement signed by the Chief Registrar of the Supreme Court and Secretary of the LPPC, Hajo Sarki B...
•Nigerian lawyers The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has established Legal Support Services Teams across the country to offer free legal services to protesters whose fundamental rights may be breached during the nationwide protests that started this morning. President of the NBA Yakubu Maikyau (SAN) directed all chairpersons of the 130 branche...
•Afam Osigwe (SAN) A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Afam Osigwe, has emerged as the president-elect of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) following the 2024 NBA election held online. Osigwe secured the highest number of votes, with 20,395, surpassing his closest rival, Tobenna Erojikwe, who got 10,970 votes, and Chukwuka Ikwuazom (SAN), who recei...
•Nigerian lawyers The 2024 election of new national leaders of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) is ongoing. NBA National Publicity Secretary, Akorede Habeeb Lawal, in a statement made available to The Frontier today says the voting process began at midnight today, Saturday, July 20, 2024, and will end precisely at 11:59 pm also today. Accord...
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