The Nigerian Bar Association has described the police policy on tinted glass permits as illegal and extortionate, citing an ongoing court action and demanding an immediate halt to its enforcement while warning security operatives against harassing motorists on Nigerian roads. NBA President, Afam Osigwe, said the association had already challenged the policy in court after […]
The Chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Ibadan Branch, Mr Ibrahim Lawal, has raised concerns over what he described as “the rapid deterioration of Oyo State’s security architecture”. Lawal urged Gov. Seyi Makinde of Oyo State and security agencies to urgently rebuild the state’s security system before matters escalate. The bar chairman made the […]
A former president of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Dr Olisa Agbakoba, has said the federal government can generate up to N70 trillion annually from the Marine and Blue Economy sector if the industry is properly structured, regulated, and fully harnessed. Dr Agbakoba, who is the Senior Partner at Olisa Agbakoba Legal (OAL), made the […]
Some senior lawyers have reacted to the move by Northern lawyers to form a new association, which could make them pull out from the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA). Daily Times reports that some Northern lawyers had on Thursday, August 27 claimed that they had formed a new Bar association called New Nigerian Bar Association (NNBA). […]
I admire Nasir el-Rufai, the Governor of Kaduna State for his intellectual abilities and what he has been able to achieve within the public space, but I am not his fan. I have had two rather disturbing encounters with him. The first I would overlook because at the time, I thought he spoke out of […]
Mixed reactions on Friday trailed payment of 10 per cent of the Bar Practice Fees (BPF)of members to ameliorate the economic hardship brought by the lockdown to contain the Coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. The NBA President, Paul Usoro, in a statement issued on April 15 titled “COVID-19 Pandemic– Release III” announced release of the 10 per cent fees. […]
The Nigerian Bar Association has approved palliatives for it’s vulnerable members by releasing 10 per cent of the bar practice fees to state branches to ameliorate the economic hardship brought by the lockdown to contain the coronavirus pandemic. The NBA President, Paul Usoro (SAN), announced this on Thursday on the NBA twitter handle. Usoro said […]
…Calls for civil monitoring c’ttee Following the controversies trailing the lockdown of some states in the country, the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has expressed concerns over alleged intimidation of civilians by security personnel. In a statement issued and signed by the association’s Warri branch Chairman, Michael Asugo made available to journalists in Asaba, the NBA […]
About 11 prominent socio- cultural associations and professional bodies including the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) have hailed the appointment of Prof. Mohammed Akanbi as the new and second vice chancellor of the Kwara state University (KWASU), Malete. The associations in separate press statements made available to newsmen in Ilorin, the Kwara state capital on Thursday, […]
The safety of the lives and properties of Nigerians should be of priority to the government. the National Publicity Secretary of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, Mr. Kunle Edun Esq has said Mr. Kunle Edun Esq said, “The security situation in Nigeria presently has reached an alarming level and it seems obvious that the Federal […]
…says, poor handling of legal matters responsible The Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Mr Abubakar Malami, (SAN) has said that past leaders should be blamed for the $9billion judgment delivered against Nigeria in London Court last week. Malami made this today while speaking at the ongoing Annual General Conference of the […]
The president of Ghana, Nana Akufo-Addo has charged African leaders to embrace the principles of accountability, rule of law, human rights, individual liberty and freedom, which he acknowledged are crucial to Africa’s development and individual prosperity. He made the call Monday, at the 58th Annual General Meeting of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) in Abuja, […]
The Nigerian Bar Association national elections are scheduled to take place this month, on the 27-28 of July, and it has fallen on the Eastern Zone (as defined by the NBA) comprising Anambra, Enugu, Imo, Ebonyi, Abia, Rivers, Bayelsa, Akwa Ibom and the Cross River States to produce the President of the Association pursuant to […]
Paul Usoro is one of Nigeria’s leading lawyers, with industry-leading expertise in commercial and telecommunications law. In the third part of a series of articles, he tackles the issue of institutional reform of the Nigerian Bar Association. He recently completed a series of articles on the issue of welfare for young practitioners in the legal […]
Paul Usoro SAN called for the cautious use of the constitutional power of the veto, saying that its essence is to provide checks and balances in the management of the country’s affairs. Speaking as part of a panel chaired by Mallam Yusuf Ali, SAN, represented by K. Keleja, SAN on the first day of the […]
Nigerian Bar Association presidential aspirant, Paul Usoro SAN says in order for Nigeria to metamorphose into an agro-industrialised economy, the federal government should at all levels rigorously push for and apply policies channelled towards improving the focus on agro-industries. READ MORE: Paul Usoro: Rethinking the Nigerian Bar Association’s governance structures In a lecture earlier today at the […]
Paul Usoro is one of Nigeria’s leading lawyers, with industry-leading expertise in commercial and telecommunications law. In the second part of a series of articles, he tackles the issue of institutional reform of the Nigerian Bar Association. He recently completed a series of articles on the issue of welfare for young practitioners in the legal […]
Paul Usoro is one of Nigeria’s leading lawyers, with industry-leading expertise in commercial and telecommunications law. In the first part of a series of articles, he tackles the issue of institutional reform of the Nigerian Bar Association. He has recently completed a series of articles on the issue of welfare for young practitioners in the […]
Paul Usoro is one of Nigeria’s leading lawyers, with industry-leading expertise in commercial and telecommunications law. In the sixth and final part of a series of articles, he tackles the issue of welfare for young practitioners in the legal profession, the structural problems fuelling it and set out a range of proposals the Nigerian Bar Association […]
Paul Usoro is one of Nigeria’s leading lawyers, with industry-leading expertise in commercial and telecommunications law. In the fifth part of a series of articles, he tackles the issue of welfare for young practitioners in the legal profession, the structural problems fuelling it and set out a range of proposals the Nigerian Bar Association should consider […]