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New NBA gains more currency as over 5,000 lawyers sign up

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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 […]

Times guest Columnist, NBA: Two wrongs

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 […]

Still on NBA’s ‘red card’ to El-Rufa’i

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 […]

How I’ll reunite NBA — Akpata

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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 […]

Olumide Akpata sets up committee to audit NBA elections

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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 […]

Breaking: New NBA sends Malami Intimidating letter

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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 […]

NBA: Northern lawyers form new association

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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 […]

NBA in focus: Agenda for the new EXCO

NBA vows to challenge CAMA 2020

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 […]

Memo to NBA on Governor El-Rufai

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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 […]

NBA Conference: Disinvite Tony Blair, Obasanjo, and Wike, Muslim Lawyers demand

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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 […]

NBA unfair to me, withdrawal had political undertone – El-Rufai

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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 […]

Remove Obasanjo and Wike from NBA conference, Muslim lawyers charge NBA

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 […]

NBA President speaks on El-Rufai’s withdrawal from the conference

NBA President Speaks on El-Rufai's withdrawal from the conference

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 […]

BREAKING: We stand by El-Rufai and may boycott conference – NBA Jigawa

El-Rufai, SOKAPU

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 […]

NBA vows to challenge CAMA 2020

NBA vows to challenge CAMA 2020

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 […]

BREAKING: NBA revokes El-Rufai’s invitation

Edo polls: Buhari always allowed the will of the people to prevail —Nasir El-Rufai

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 […]

NBA conference: Inviting El-Rufai is a ‘reward for misrule’ — Group protests

NBA conference: Inviting El-Rufai is a 'reward for misrule', group protests

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 […]

Ghost voters were smuggled into the NBA voting register – Egbe Amofin

Ghost voters were smuggled into the NBA voting register – Egbe Amofin

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’ […]

BREAKING: Olumide Akpata emerges as NBA President

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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 […]

NBA National Election 2020: [Not] Learning From History

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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 […]