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Sharia council criticises NBA for its role in Southern Kaduna crisis

Ihesiulo Grace 22 August 2020 0

The Supreme Council for Sharia in Nigeria has berated the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) for allegedly taking sides in the Southern Kaduna crisis, Daily Times Nigeria gathers. The Secretary-General of the Council, Nafi’u Baba-Ahmad, said this in a statement issued on Saturday in Kaduna while

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Why NBA was right to remove El-Rufai from conference

Ihesiulo Grace 21 August 2020 0

Executive Governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, to say the very least, has been a very famous man recently. The former FCT minister has found himself making the headlines too frequently in recent memory, but for all the wrong reasons. Only recently, the governor had been invited by the Nigerian Bar Association as a […]

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After El-Rufai, Nigerians call for Wike’s withdrawal from NBA conference

Ihesiulo Grace 21 August 2020 0

Nigerians have called on the leadership of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) to withdraw the Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, from speaking at the 2020 conference. Daily Times previously reported that the NBA withdrew its invitation to the Kaduna State Governor, Nasir el-Rufai, from speaking at the 60th annual conference. NBA had on May […]

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Lawyers instead of police should prosecute cases in magistrates’ courts – NBA

Ihesiulo Grace 23 December 2019 0

Mr Bayo Akinlade, the Chairman of the Ikorodu Branch of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), on Monday frowned at the continued  prosecution of cases in the magistrates courts by the police. Akinlade told the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos that delays  in  criminal jurisprudence  at the magistrates’ court were largely due to poor prosecution […]

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Fix Lagos roads, NBA chairman tells Sanwo-Olu

Ihesiulo Grace 17 December 2019 0

Lagos – Ikeja branch Chairman of Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Mr Dele Oloke, has urged Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu  “to put politics aside and fix Lagos State” after 200 days in office. Speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos on Tuesday, Oloke said Sanwo-Olu should think of how to move Lagos forward by delivering […]