•Nigerian lawyers Nigerian lawyers, under the aegis of the Nigerian Bar Association, have condemned the sexual assault and public harassment of women during a recent festival in Ozoro, Delta State, describing the incident as a national disgrace and renewing form of gender-based violence. Viral videos circulating on social media platforms show ...
•Lawyers Nigerian lawyers, under the aegis of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), have urged the National Assembly to reconsider and approve a proposed amendment to the Electoral Amendment Bill that would mandate the electronic transmission of election results from polling units. The call followed the adoption of a report by NBA President Afam...
•Nigerian lawyers Nigerian lawyers, under the aegis of the Nigerian Bar Association, have raised the alarm over what it described as the disturbing resurgence of “one chance” criminal operations in the Federal Capital Territory, following the killings of a nurse, Ms Chinemerem Pascalina Chuwumeziem, and a lawyer, Princess Chigbo Mediatrix. Med...
•Tinubu and lawyers Nigeran lawyers, under the aegis of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), want the suspension of the Tax Reform Acts over the alleged alteration of some sections in the gazetted version, as opposed to what was passed by the National Assembly. Last week, a member of the House of Representatives from Sokoto, Abdulsamad [&hellip...
•Nigerian Senate Key justice and human rights stakeholders yesterday opposed a Senate proposal seeking to prescribe the death penalty for kidnapping under a proposed amendment to the Terrorism (Prevention and Prohibition) Act, warning that capital punishment would neither deter crime nor enhance national security. The opposition was expressed ...
•Afam Osigwe and Ahmed Farouk Nigerian lawyers, under the aegis of the Nigerian Bar Association, yesterday called for an investigation into allegations of corruption levelled against the immediate past Managing Director of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA), Ahmed Farouk. Africa’s richest man, Aliko D...
•Nigerian lawyers Nigeran lawyers under the aegis of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), have condemned the series of violent attacks that happened in the country on Monday, calling for immediate and decisive government action to halt what it described as the “growing culture of brazen violence” across Nigeria. In a statement issued today by t...
Nigerian lawyers, under the aegis of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA)have called on the police to suspend the planned enforcement of tint permits until its lawsuit challenging the policy is resolved. In a statement today, NBA Publicity Secretary Bridget Edokwe said continuing with the enforcement would undermine the judicial process and pot...
•Senator Natasha Akpoti-Udauaghan Nigerian lawyers, under the aegis of The Nigerian Bar Association, have urged the Senate to act honourably and allow the suspended senator for Kogi Central, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, to resume her duties. The NBA President, Afam Osigwe (SAN), told our correspondent yesterday that, notwithstanding the fact that ...
•IGP Egbetokun and Nigerian lawyers Nigerian lawyers under the aegis of the Nigerian Bar Association, Calabar Branch, have called for a transparent and public investigation into the alleged extrajudicial killing of 22-year-old Moses Mba by policemen attached to the former residence of the Governor of Cross River State, Bassey Otu. In a letter ...

