BY EMEKA NWADIOKE ACCUSES NBA PRESIDENT OF BREACHING CONSTITUTION LABELS HIM ‘SOLE ADMINISTRATOR’ ‘NATIONAL OFFICERS NEGLECTED, TREATED UNFAIRLY’ SAYS APPOINTMENT OF NEC MEMBERS FLAWED RAISES POSERS ON PREPARATIONS FOR NBA ELECTIONS The crisis of confidence rocking the leadership of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) peaked at the weekend following an unprecedented and scorching indictment of...
BY EMEKA NWADIOKE • BARS ELECTION DEBATE PLATFORMS • EXTENDS VERIFICATION DEADLINE • MAY VARY VOTING FRAMEWORK • WARNS CANDIDATES AGAINST FLOUTING CAMPAIGN RULES The Electoral Committee of the Nigerian Bar Association (ECNBA) will soon issue guidelines for voting in the forthcoming NBA National Officers Elections. In a statement today titled “On the march” and...
Top Bar leaders will on Saturday discuss the role of alumni networks on the legal profession. Organised by the Nigerian Law School Class of 1989, an accredited NBA CLE Service Provider, the virtual conference is part of a series of webinars designed to highlight trends in continuing legal education, mentorship for young lawyers and the...
BY EMEKA NWADIOKE The Electoral Committee of the Nigerian Bar Association (ECNBA) may have resolved to deploy the NBA website as the voting portal for the forthcoming National Officers Elections. An indication to this effect was given today by the NBA Assistant Publicity Secretary, Mr. Akorede Habeeb Lawal while responding to concerns raised by lawyers...
The International Bar Association (IBA) is conducting a survey to gauge the interests of lawyers globally. Endorsing the survey, IBA President Horacio Bernardes Neto said: “The Legal Policy and Research Unit are working with the Young Lawyers’ Committee (YLC) on a research project focusing on the interests of young lawyers around the world. ‘The survey...
BY AKOREDE HABEEB LAWAL In this article, Nigerian Bar Association Assistant Publicity Secretary, AKOREDE HABEEB LAWAL traces the age-old challenge of developing a reliable database of lawyers in Nigeria, saying that the Paul Usoro Administration has admirably resolved the conundrum It is 2020, another bar election year. At about this time in 2018, there was...
A leading candidate for the post of Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) First Vice President, Mr. Adedotun Adetunji has unveiled his plan for an “effective, dynamic, innovative and relevant” discharge of the duties of the office if elected in the forthcoming NBA Elections. In a Manifesto published by the Electoral Committee of the NBA (ECNBA) and...
Consummate Bar Leader and Chairman of Council of Legal Education, Chief Emeka Ngige SAN is 59 years today. Fondly called “Emeka Ngige” by his teeming admirers, the renowned activist Bar Leader was born on 11th July, 1961 to the family of late Chief Pius & Mrs. Priscilla Ngige of Urueze-Ide Village, Alor, Idemili South Local...
BY EMEKA NWADIOKE The forthcoming annual vacation of the Federal High Court has stalled speedy hearing of an application in a N1.26 trillion suit brought by Topwideapeas Limited seeking an order of the court to annul concessioning of a part of the controversial National Theatre edifice. The plaintiff is praying for an interlocutory injunction restraining...
Leading human rights activists will on Monday dissect the impact of the Coronavirus pandemic on Nigeria’s human rights landscape. Organized by the Human Rights Committee of Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Lagos Branch, the virtual conference will especially spotlight human rights violations in the wake of efforts to contain the coronavirus pandemic while framing the roadmap...