SAYS FOCUS SHOULD BE ON CHARACTER AND CAPACITY One of the leading aspirants for the presidency of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Mr. Babatunde Ajibade SAN has disagreed sharply with the position of Chief Adegboyega Awomolo SAN on his call for position to be retained within the rank of senior advocates. Awomolo had in a...
Month: June 2020
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NBA PRESIDENTIAL ASPIRANTS WOO IGBO LAWYERS
Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) presidential aspirants stormed the meeting of Igbo lawyers yesterday to felicitate with the members and express their intention to vie for the presidency of the Bar. Also present at the meeting were some aspirants for the post of General Secretary. Among the presidential aspirants who attended the virtual monthly meeting of...
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EDITORIAL: NBA ELECTIONS 2020 – OF OPPORTUNITIES AND THREATS
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) 2020 National Elections will hold barely 28 days from today. In fact, Paragraph 2.3 (d) of the Second Schedule to the NBA Constitution 2015 (as amended) provides that “The full list of all legal practitioners qualified to vote shall be published by ECNBA in conjunction with the National Secretariat of...
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‘WE’VE NOT SET VOTER VERIFICATION DEADLINE,’ SAYS TAWO TAWO
• …. MIXED REACTIONS GREET EXERCISE • “MY EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN TERRIBLE,” SAYS FUNKE ADEKOYA • … WARNS THAT MANY ELIGIBLE VOTERS WILL BE DISENFRANCHISED The Electoral Committee of the Nigerian Bar Association (ECNBA) has declared that it has not set any deadline for the ongoing verification exercise, contrary to speculations that verification was billed...
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NBA ELECTIONS: LAGOS, ABUJA, IKEJA, PH ARE BATTLE-GROUND BRANCHES
• 34, 418 ELIGIBLE VOTERS MAKE SECOND LIST • ECNBA OKAYS VOTER VERIFICATION EXERCISE Some Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) branches have maintained their rating as battle-ground branches in NBA National Elections, given the latest voter registration list published by the Electoral Committee of the NBA (ECNBA) in the run-up to the 2020 polls. Following release...
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NBA PRESIDENCY: 31 SANs BACK AJIBADE TO WIN
BY EMEKA NWADIOKE The political fortunes of Dr. Babatunde Ajibade SAN in the forthcoming Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) National Elections received a major boost at the weekend with over 30 senior advocates throwing their illustrious weights behind his quest to lead Africa’s largest Bar. The NBA National Elections is scheduled to hold on 24th and...
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‘THE PLATFORM’ CANCELS NBA PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE
BY EMEKA NWADIOKE SAYS ‘WE WILL KEEP YOU INFORMED ON ANY NEW DEVELOPMENTS’ The Platform Nigeria has formally canceled its planned “interactive session” with Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) presidential candidates in line with the disapproval of the programme by the Electoral Committee of the NBA (ECNBA). However, the promotional website for the aborted programme had...
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OGUNLANA APPEALS DISQUALIFICATION, BLAMES IKEJA CHAIR FOR WOES
BY EMEKA NWADIOKE Controversial Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) presidential aspirant, Mr. Adesina Ogunlana has made good his resolve to challenge his disqualification by the Electoral Committee of the NBA. Ogunlana, the Convener of the Radical Agenda Movement in the Nigerian Bar Association (RAMINBA), blamed outgoing NBA Ikeja Branch Chairman, Mr. Dele Oloke for his woes,...
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THE USORO LEGACY: NBA NEC MEETINGS
BY AKOREDE HABEEB LAWAL Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Assistant Publicity Secretary, MR. AKOREDE HABEEB LAWAL in this article made available to CITY LAWYER tracks the gains of the Paul Usoro SAN-led Administration in organizing National Executive Committee (NBA-NEC) meetings. Meetings of the Nigerian Bar Association are above the simplistic coming together of two or more...
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‘WE HAVE DUMPED ICT FIRM, NOT NBA VOTING PORTAL,’ SAYS TAWO TAWO
BY EMEKA NWADIOKE The Electoral Committee of the Nigerian Bar Association (ECNBA) has resolved that TAVIA Technologies Limited, the company that built the NBA Election website, will not conduct the e-voting for the forthcoming NBA Elections. Disclosing this in an interview with THISDAY LAWYER, ECNBA Chairman, Mr. Tawo Tawo SAN however stated that the electoral...