Estimated Reading Time: 1The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has sued President Muhammadu Buhari and the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) over the suspension of Twitter in Nigeria. The NBA, in the wake of the ban on Twitter on June 4, had threatened to sue the government. Making real its threat, the[Read More…]
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Judical Autonomy: Lawyers in solidarity with JUSUN, protest in Abuja, Lagos
Estimated Reading Time: 1Members of the Nigerian Bar Association are protesting the non-implementation of financial autonomy for the judiciary in Lagos State and Abuja Monday’s protest is coming after members of the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria commenced a nationwide protest. Meanwhile, security officials locked the gate of National Assembly[Read More…]
NBA sues Buhari over extension of IGP’s tenure
Estimated Reading Time: 2The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has filed a suit to challenge the tenure elongation of Mohammed Adamu, the inspector-general of police (IGP). Criticisms have trailed the decision of President Muhammadu Buhari to extend the stay of the IGP who had in February clocked the mandatory 35 years[Read More…]
NBA threatens Cross River Government over magistrates’ salaries
Estimated Reading Time: 1The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has threatened to sue the Cross River government over the non-payment of magistrates for two years In his statement on the development on Friday, the NBA President, Olumide Akpata, described the “excuses” offered by the Cross River State Government for not paying the magistrates[Read More…]
NBA condemn the killings of peaceful #ENDSARS protesters at the Lekki Toll Plaza, to sue Nigerian army
Estimated Reading Time: 3The Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, on Wednesday, condemned the killing of peaceful #ENDSARS protesters at the Lekki Toll Plaza in Lagos by unidentified men of the Nigerian Military. The legal body, in a statement that was signed by its President, Mr. Olumide Akpata, said reports available to[Read More…]
Femi Falana to challenge AGF Malami’s illegal amendment of NBA rules
Estimated Reading Time: 2A human rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN), has said he will challenge the illegal amendment of the Rules of Professional Conduct for Legal Practitioners 2007 by the Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami (SAN). Falana said this in a statement on Sunday titled, ‘Clarifications of My[Read More…]
Newly elected NBA President, Olumide Akpata sworn in -kicks against attempts to divide the bar along religious & regional lines
Estimated Reading Time: 1The newly elected President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Olumide Akpata has been sworn in. Akpata condemned the move by northern lawyers in the country to form a parallel association. Some lawyers of northern extraction had, on Friday, formed the ‘New NBA,’ following the recent controversy[Read More…]
Plan to carve a faction out of the NBA will not work Says Mike Ozekhome
Estimated Reading Time: 2Mike Ozekhome, a senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN), says the plan to carve a faction out of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) will not work. Following the controversy that trailed the withdrawal of invitation to Nasir el-Rufai, governor of Kaduna, as a speaker at an NBA conference, some[Read More…]
Inibehe Effiong: El-Rufai Vs. NBA: The unspoken truth about the Annual Conference Of Nigerian Lawyers
Estimated Reading Time: 8As a member of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), I have been silent before now on the avoidable and needless controversy that has characterized the self-redeeming decision of the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the NBA to disinvite the Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, as one[Read More…]
The New NBA: Nigerian Bar Association and peddling of sectional interests
Estimated Reading Time: 4By Nuhu Ibrahim, Esq: and Abdulbasit Suleiman, Esq: The recent rumblings from the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) is leaving much to be desired within the ranks of concerned Lawyers from Northern part of the Country.What has been happening recently has exposed the inability of the NBA to[Read More…]
