•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...
•Justice Amina Augie A retired Justice of the Supreme Court, Justice Amina Augie, and senior lawyers have decried the growing practice of indecent dressing by female lawyers in the country. Justice Augie, former Attorney-General and Commissioner of Justice in Sokoto State, Suleiman Usman (SAN) and a member of the Governing Council of the Niger...
•Nigerian lawyers The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has fixed Saturday, July 20, 2024 for the elections of their president and other national officers. Ahead of Saturday’s elections, the Electoral Committee has promised Nigerian lawyers free, fair, credible and inclusive elections. Chairman of the Electoral Committee of the NBA, ECNBA, Oluseu...
•Osun Assembly Speaker, Wale Egbedun Lawyers in Oshogbo under the aegis of The Nigeria Bar Association, Osogbo Branch, have petitioned the state Commissioner of Police, Umar Abba, demanding the investigation and prosecution of the Speaker, Osun State House of Assembly, Wale Egbedun, for allegedly obstructing the execution of court judgment. A ...
•Nigerian Lawyers Five women lawyers have been elected branch chairmen of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA). The five emerged from elections at the various branches during the ongoing 2024 Law Week. The five elected chairmen are: Bukola Ajao, NBA Barnawa branch; Mrs Cordelia Eke, NBA Port Harcourt branch; Ms Olawunmi Adeola, NBA Ikorodu, Lago...
•IGP Egbetokun Some lawyers in Abuja have urged the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Lateef Fagbemi (SAN) to prevail on the Inspector General of Police (IGP) over the alleged incessant threat to arrest one of their colleagues, Victor Giwa. Speaking in Abuja today, Wednesday, June 26, the legal practitioners, under the aegis of Lawyers...
•Afe Babalola The founder of Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD), Aare Afe Babalola, has expressed worry over the effects of economic hardship on lawyers in the country. Babalola stated this today during the 13th edition of the Annual Aare Afe Babalola Public Bar Lecture, instituted by Ado-Ekiti branch of Nigerian Bar Association (NBA),...
•Protesting lawyers The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) today, disclaimed a protest by lawyers over what they called the illegal approach of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in handling its allegations against former Governor of Kogi, Yahaya Bello. The no fewer than 500 legal practitioners from across the country yesterday, s...
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