Nigerian Bar Association logo The Nigerian Bar Association Section on Public Interest and Development Law has sued the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, over the issuance of the Central Motor Information System for vehicle owners across the country. The police had in December 2023 unveiled CMRIS as one of …
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SOME legal practitioners in Edo have called on aggrieved political party members during the state’s February primary elections to embrace all internal party crisis resolution mechanisms. The legal practitioners spoke to News Agency of Nigeria in separate interviews on Friday in Benin following the violence and political grandstanding that trailed …
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IN response to the widespread insecurity across the nation, the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has urged President Bola Tinubu to declare a state of emergency. Making this call while addressing a press conference on Wednesday, the NBA president, Yakubu Maikyau, SAN, lamented that insecurity has left many Nigerians homeless and …
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Chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association, Osogbo branch, Olayemi Abiona, talks to BOLA BAMIGBOLA on the controversy surrounding the resolution of the House recommending the suspension of the Chief Judge of the state. Your association recently wrote a letter to the Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, where it took a position …
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THE Nigerian Bar Association has set up an adhoc committee to investigate the allegations of sexual assault against the suspended Dean of the Faculty of Law, University of Calabar, Prof. Cyril Ndifon. Members of the committee are the NBA 1st Vice President, Linda Rose Bala, Assistant General Secretary, Daniel Kip, …
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THE Nigerian Bar Association on Friday announced plans to appoint nine additional judges to the Federal High Court apart from the 15 earlier approved as it published the list of the 60 lawyers who indicated interest. The NBA also called on members of the Bar and the public to submit …
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The immediate past president of the Nigerian Bar Association, Olumide Apata, has thrown his weight behind the ongoing protest by Nigerian students against the lingering strike action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities. The students on Monday barricaded the roads leading inward and outward of the Muritala International Airport …
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The Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, has stepped down its proposed constitutional amendments following a decision of a Federal High Court, Abuja which set aside the suspension of the association’s General Secretary Mrs. Joyce Odua. Mrs Odua had dragged the association to court over her alleged suspension. The decision to halt …
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A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, Mr. Yakubu Maikyau, has emerged as the 31st President of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA. Maikyau, SAN, polled a total of 22, 342 votes to defeat his major challenger, Chief J. K. Gadzama, SAN, who got 10, 842 votes out of a total of …
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Checkout pre-wedding photos of NBA president Olumide Akpata and his bride, Osayamon Ogbebor Olumide Akpata, the president of the Nigerian Bar Association, will on May 14th, walk down the aisle with his longtime girlfriend, Osayamon Ogbebor Michelle May, Newsextra24 reports. The traditional wedding will hold this Saturday in Benin city, …
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