The Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, has replied Rivers State Sole Administrator, Ibok-Ete Ibas, following his demand for a refund of the N300 million paid to host the 2025 Annual General Conference in Port Harcourt. A statement issued on Monday by Emeka Obegolu, chairman of the NBA AGC planning committee, said the legal body did not … Read more
The Rivers government has asked the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) to refund the N300 million allegedly paid for the hosting rights of the legal body’s 2025 annual conference. Ibas faulted the reason cited by the NBA, describing it as misleading and uncharitable. The Sole Administrator stated this in a statement issued in Port Harcourt on … Read more
Hamidat Kelani reports A fake lawyer Brian mwenda posed himself as a legal practitioner and his professionalism has never been questioned until this recent post. According to the report by Fact East Africa, mwenda has represented his clients in 26 different cases before the Kenya high court judges magistrate court, and Court of Appeal judges … Read more
A legal practitioner identified as Mr Edieke Jumbo is reported to have dragged NBA Public Relations Officer of his Branch, Mr Uboho Atang to court over his removal from the branch’s general Whatsapp group. Mr. Atang, PRO of the Ikot Ekpene Branch of the NBA and who is also the Administrator of the branch’s Whatsapp … Read more
leadership would make female lawyers continue to suffer from institutional and structural challenges due to marginalization. “Women are vastly under-represented in the rank of SAN, with a dismal ratio of 26:1. This also applies to leadership positions in the executive committee of NBA branches, particularly chair and secretaries. Borno State is the exception, as it … Read more
The Body of Benchers, BoB, has said that the petition by the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, through its president, Mr. Yakubu Maikyau SAN, asking the Chairman of BoB, Chief Wole Olanipekun SAN, to recuse himself from presiding over the just concluded call to bar ceremonies, was not considered because sole business of the day was … Read more
More troubles are on for the disqualified housemate of BBNAIJA, and ex-Miss Nigeria, Beauty Tukura as the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, the body of Lawyers has revealed that her name is not on the role of Lawyers at the Supreme Court of Nigeria. The NBA 1st Vice President, John Aikpokpo-Martin Esq in a statement decried … Read more
Mr. Yakubu Maikyau who is a Senior Advocate of Nigeria has been elected 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 34, 564 votes … Read more
Lawyers under the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) in Zaria, Kaduna State, have lamented increasing high handedness of lower court judges, saying it negatively affects the speedy dispensation of justice, According to Daily Trust report. This is as the bench also raised concerns over what it described as lack of respect from the bar, frivolous applications, … Read more
