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Nigerian Bar Association seeks sanctions against judges, lawyers over involvement in intra-party disputes

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Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has called on the National Judicial Council (NJC) to sanction judges who entertain and adjudicate intra-party disputes. The body also petitioned the Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee (LPDC) against lawyers who help politicians file such litigations, in contravention of the 2026 Electoral law. Afam Osigwe, the NBA president, disclosed this in a […]

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We won’t refund N300m ‘hosting fund’ to Rivers ―Nigerian Bar Association responds to sole administrator, Ibas

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National leadership of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has said that it would not refund the N300 million given to it by the Rivers State government as support for its 2025 Annual General Conference. Chairman of the 2025 NBA Annual General Conference Planning Committee (NAGCPC), Emeka Obegolu, in a statement on Monday, April 14, said […]

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Nigerian Bar Association begins 2024 annual conference, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala delivers keynote address (Photos)

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Director-General (DG) of the World Trade Organization (WTO), Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has stressed the urgent need for Nigeria to move beyond political infighting and inconsistent policies that have hindered the country’s development since independence. She asserted that collective efforts, rather than a blame game, were needed to move the nation forward. Okonjo-Iweala spoke on Sunday […]

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Former president of Nigerian Bar Association, Olumide Akpata joins Labour Party

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Former president of Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Olumide Akpata has joined the Labour Party (LP). This move may not be unconnected with an aspiration towards contesting in the Edo 2024 Governorship Election. He can be seen proudly holding the Labour Party’s membership card, signifying his formal association with the party. Mrs O.J @mamarolex, on her […]

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Nigerian Bar Association reportedly suspends female lawyer over nudity, indecent poses (Photos)

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Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has reportedly suspended a young female controversial lawyer, Ifunaya Delilah, who was about a year ago called to the Nigerian Bar, over indecent dressings, nudity, and alleged smoking of weeds. Reports have it that Ifunaya Delilah gained notoriety online posting images of herself in a wig and gown along with other […]

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Maikyau sworn in as the 31st President of Nigerian Bar Association

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Yakubu Chonoko Maikyau SAN, has been sworn in as the 31st president of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA). Maikyau was sworn in by his predecessor, Mr Olumide Akpata, at the close of activities for the 62nd Annual General Conference of the association held at Eko Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos on Friday August 26. The new […]

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See president of the Nigerian Bar Association, Olumide Akpata, breakdances (Videos)

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The President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Olumide Akpata, is a hot stepper. He showed off his dancing skill at a ceremony recently and also at one NBA annual conference sometime ago. Watch videos of him dancing below: https://youtu.be/qrtdjg3sIds?t=24 Another one: Videos: Instablog9ja, Onweh Egboh

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Nigerian Lawyer takes Nigerian Bar Association to court, claims N10m damages

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Nigerian legal practitioner, Bartholomew Okafor—Oyilo, has asked a High Court sitting in Abuja, Nigeria to set aside the findings of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) which recommended him for disciplinary action based on a legal opinion he rendered as Special Assistant to the Deputy Governor of Anambra State (Legal Matters). Okafor-Oyilo, in a writ of […]

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Former president of Nigerian Bar Association, Paul Usoro discharged and acquitted

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The Federal High Court, sitting in Lagos, Nigeria and presided over by Justice Rilwan Aikawa, has discharged and acquitted the immediate past President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Paul Usoro SAN, of the N4.2billion fraud charge filed against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Justice Rilwan Aikawa held that the anti graft […]

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Nigerian Bar Association threatens lawsuit against Nigerian govt over Twitter suspension

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Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has threatened to sue the Federal government following the decision to suspend Twitter’s operations in Nigeria. In a statement released on Friday evening, June 4, Olumide Apata, NBA president, said the federal government lacked constitutional authority to back its decision. Apata described the government’s action as a “disguised attempt to regulate […]

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Nigerian Bar Association, judiciary disappointed Onnoghen —Abaribe

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Nigeria’s Senate Minority Leader, Senator Enyinaya Abaribe, knocked the Nigerian Bar Association on Tuesday for “failing to speak up” when President Muhammadu Buhari suspended former Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen. Abaribe stated that the Senate waited in vain for the NBA and the judiciary to act in order to save the situation, because […]

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Nigerian Bar Association warn Buhari not to arraign CJN Onnoghen before CCT

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The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), in a statement signed by its General Secretary, Jonathan Gudu Taidi, has described the move to arraign the CJN, Walter Onnoghen before the Justice Danladi Yakubu-led Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) as an assault, intimidation and desecration of the judiciary, which must stop. The body questioned government’s position to embark on […]

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