The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has unveiled its amended constitution titled Nigerian Bar Association 2015 (as amended in 2025). A certified copy of the amended constitution was made available to CITY LAWYER by an NBA officer. It is instructive that NBA President, Mr. Afam Osigwe SAN made references to the amended constitution in his report...
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja last Tuesday nullified aspects of the Nigerian Bar Association’s Continuing Professional Development (CPD) framework, ruling that professional rules cannot alter statutory conditions governing a lawyer’s right of audience in Nigerian courts. In a judgment delivered on January 27, 2026, in Suit No. FHC/CS/1238/2025: Victor Ozioma Nwadike v. NBA...
NEWS RELEASE The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) today 4th of February, 2026 participated in a high-level stakeholders’ meeting convened by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) at its Headquarters in Abuja. The meeting brought together key electoral stakeholders, including Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), government officials, and senior officers of INEC, to deliberate on measures aimed...
NEWS RELEASE The National Executive Council (NEC) of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has resolved to take decisive steps in response to the continued delays surrounding the appeal involving our colleague, Mr. Bright Ngene. Ngene has been languishing at the Enugu Correctional Centre for nearly two years amid prolonged delays in the hearing of his appeal....
Erudite scholar and human rights lawyer Professor Chidi Odinkalu, has warned that one of the charges reportedly filed against the former Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami, SAN, seriously threatens the integrity of the office of the Attorney-General in particular. He therefore called for an urgent corrective action by the Attorney-General, and expressed the...
Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuja, has ordered the Nigeria Police Force and the Department of State Services (DSS) to investigate alleged tampering with exhibits in an ongoing N10 billion fraud trial. The order followed a disclosure by the judge on Thursday that the court’s Registrar, Nasiru Zubairu, confessed to him...
The Nigerian Bar Association Section on Public Interest and Development Law (NBA-SPIDEL) has joined forces with the NBA Human Rights Institute (NBA-HRI) and the NBA Bwari Branch to petition to the Inspector General of Police (IGP) over “alarming cases of police brutality, arbitrary arrests, and extortion in Bwari, Federal Capital Territory (FCT).” A statement seen...
• ‘I NO LONGER PRIORITIZE REGIONAL ALIGNMENT‘ Legal scholar and Bar Leader, Prof. Foluke Dada-Lawanson has sensationally dumped Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) presidential hopeful, Mr. Olumuyiwa Akinboro SAN and thrown her weight behind his rival, Mrs. Oyinkan Badejo-Okusanya SAN. The move may have brightened Badejo-Okusanya’s chances at the forthcoming NBA presidential election, moreso as it...
The Nigerian Bar Association, Port Harcourt Branch has conferred Excellence Awards on Justice Williams-Dawodu of the Court of Appeal, Port Harcourt Division as well as Justices Kola-Olalere and Hamza Mohammad of the National Industrial Court. The NBA Port Harcourt Chairman Cordelia Uwuma Eke stated that “the awards are in recognition of their Lordships exemplary punctuality,...
The Enugu State Judiciary is currently under national spotlight as the fourth judge yesterday recused himself from an appeal filed by embattled senior lawyer, Mr. Bright Ngene over his conviction by an Enugu Magistrate Court. Ngene has been languishing at the Enugu Correctional Centre for nearly two years amid prolonged delays in the hearing of his...