Co-convener of the New Nigerian Bar Association (NNBA), Abdulbasit Suleiman, has affirmed that more than 5,000 lawyers have registered to join the newly-formed bar association, the New NBA, Daily Times reports. The NNBA was formed in the wake of the dispute that trailed the dis-invitation of Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, governor of Kaduna, after a group of lawyers […]
By Ray Ekpu The Governor of Kaduna State, Mr Nasir El-Rufai was expected to be one of the guest speakers at the 60th annual conference of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) that ended at the weekend. Rufai is not in any way shy of controversy. He either courts controversy or controversy corners him. At this […]
By Tiko Emmanuel Okoye By the time this article is published, the 60th and first virtual Annual General Conference (AGC) of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) scheduled to run from last Wednesday to Friday would have either been concluded albeit under a lingering dark cloud of animosity and controversies or rescheduled for exactly the same […]
By Andrew Orolua The new president of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), who assumed office on Saturday, has called for unity following the pull out of a group of Northern lawyers from the body, Daily Times gathered. Aggrieved lawyers from the North who are protesting against the withdrawal of the NBA’s invitation extended to Kaduna […]
Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) President Olumide Akpata has set up an Electoral Audit and Reforms Committee to audit the body’s 2016, 2018 and 2020 elections. The Committee, headed by Ayo Akintunde SAN, will also recommend reforms for future electoral systems and processes. Akpata, sworn into office for a two-year term last Friday, made the disclosure […]
The new Nigerian Bar Association has written the Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, intimating him of the progress of the formation of the Association. READ ALSO: Obasanjo shuns NBA conference after calls for his removal This is contained in a letter dated 28th day of August, 2020 written to the AGF, signed by […]
Following the recent chaos among members of Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Northern lawyers who purport to be of like minds have agreed to form the “New Nigerian Bar Association” in order to protect their rights as encapsulated in Section 40 of the Constitution. Daily Times gathered this on Friday in a statement issued by Barr […]
By Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa At its National Executive Council (NEC) meeting of 20th August, 2020, the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) was briefed on efforts made by all stakeholders to resolve the controversies associated with the last election of its national officers, following which the Board of Trustees has since released a statement that seems to have […]
By Kayode Ajulo The perceived ‘exodus’ and self-deregistration on the part of some members of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) from the upcoming Annual General Conference, in what appears to be presumptive indignation over the inclusion of the Governor of Kaduna State, Gov. Nasir El-Rufai as one of the keynote Speakers at the annual bar […]
The Muslim Lawyers Association of Nigeria (MULAN) has indicted the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) of “selective justice and a slant application of the rule of law” concerning its removal of Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, from the speakers’ list of its forthcoming Annual General Conference. The group requested that the NBA either “cancel the allotted time which […]
The lawyer to Kaduna State governor and senior advocate, AbdulHakeem Mustapha, in a letter reacted to the decision of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, to withdraw the Governor Nasir el-Rufai as panelist in the Annual General Conference of the association. READ ALSO: NBA President speaks on El-Rufai’s withdrawal from the conference Mustapha in a letter to […]
The Muslim Lawyers’ Association of Nigeria has demanded that the Nigerian Bar Association remove ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo and Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, from the list of speakers in the upcoming Annual General Conference of the NBA. The call comes prequel to the disqualification of one of the invited speakers, which saw thousands of lawyers […]
In the midst of the ongoing controversy about NBA leadership actions, Mr. Usoro defended his decision concerning El-Rufai on Friday. “I have received several messages from our members that have attributed ethnic and religious considerations to the decision. That is not correct and is very far from the truth. Neither the NBA nor NEC belong […]
The Nigerian Bar Association, Dutse, Jigawa Branch, has threatened not to boycott the Virtual Annual General Conference of the NBA following the withdrawal of invitation earlier sent to Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, Daily Times gathered. This was made known in a statement on Friday by Chairman of NBA Dutse, Garba Abubakar. The group […]
On Thursday, the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Effurun branch of Delta State, vowed to contest the new Company and Allied Matters Act (CAMA), 2020 signed on August 7 by President Muhammadu Buhari. Mr Jonathan Ekperusi Esq made the vow during a remark when he led members of the legal profession on a courtesy visit to […]
Following protests from some lawyers, the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has withdrawn its invitation to Nasir El-Rufai, the governor of Kaduna State. The NBA said this in a tweet on Thursday. The tweet read, “The National Executive Committee of the Nigerian Bar Association at its ongoing meeting resolves that the invitation to the Kaduna State […]
Some lawyers have protested against the invitation of Nasir El-Rufai, governor of Kaduna State, to speak at the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) annual general conference, Daily Times gathered. Lawyers under the name of Open Bar Initiative sent a petition to Koyinsola Ajayi, chairman of the technical committee on the NBA conference planning. They described the […]
THE South-West Lawyers’ Forum, popularly known as Egbe Amofin, has rejected the result of last week’s national election of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), alleging manipulation. In a communiqué signed August 1 by the Chairman of its Steering Committee, Chief Niyi Akintola (SAN), and Secretary, Dr. Oluwole Akintayo, Egbe Amofin claimed that 4,000 ‘ghost voters’ […]
Olumide Akpata is set to become the next president of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) after winning the 2020 elections with 1,002 votes representing 54.8% of the total vote cast. He defeated two senior advocates, Babatunde Ajibade who polled 808 votes and Julius Adesina who scored 679 votes, according to Daily Times sources.. Olumide Akpata […]
Ahead of the NBA elections set to hold, July 29, Rotimi Ogunyemi shares his thoughts below with focus on the voting process. The Spanish-born American writer, George Santayana is credited with the profound statement that those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it. If urgent remedial measures are not put in place […]