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SHOCKER! NBA ELECTION PORTAL RESULT TALLIES WRONG
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SHOCKER! NBA ELECTION PORTAL RESULT TALLIES WRONG

BY EMEKA NWADIOKE • ALSO, MORE VOTERS ON PORTAL THAN ON VOTERS’ REGISTER The tally of votes on the election portal deployed for the recently concluded Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Election is incorrect, CITY LAWYER can authoritatively report. Also, the Electoral Committee of the NBA (ECNBA) uploaded more voters than the number of voters published...

AKPATA DISOWNS ATTACKS ON POLITICAL OPPONENTS
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AKPATA DISOWNS ATTACKS ON POLITICAL OPPONENTS

Nigerian Bar Association President-elect, Mr. Olumide Akpata has warned his supporters to desist from lampooning opponents while celebrating his victory at the poll. In a post trending on social media, Akpata chided “my supporters who have unnecessarily targeted and excoriated our colleagues for no just cause,” and warned that such attitude would detract from his...

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Leading human rights activist, MR. EBUN-OLU ADEGBORUWA SAN reviews the case of activist-lawyer Emperor Ogbonna and notes that his plight “highlights what the ordinary citizen goes through in the hands of agents of the State” “Every person shall be entitled to his personal liberty and no person shall be deprived of such liberty save in...

AKPATA’S AIDE BLASTS ADESINA OVER NBA ELECTION
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AKPATA’S AIDE BLASTS ADESINA OVER NBA ELECTION

BY EMEKA NWADIOKE SAYS ‘HE PREPARED TO FAIL’ ‘HIS AGENT ONLY CAME TO SITUATION ROOM TO SUBMIT PETITION’ The controversies trailing the recently concluded Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) National Officers Elections took a new turn today following a fierce indictment of erstwhile presidential candidate, Mr. Dele Adesina SAN by an aide of NBA President-elect, Mr....

‘NBA ELECTION WAS RIGGED,’ SAYS OKUTEPA
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‘NBA ELECTION WAS RIGGED,’ SAYS OKUTEPA

BY EMEKA NWADIOKE • ‘NBA LEADERSHIP TOOK LAWYERS TO SLAUGHTER SLAB’ Longstanding Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Chief Prosecutor at the Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee (LPDC), Mr. Jibrin Okutepa SAN at the weekend took a hard look at the just concluded NBA Elections and declared that it was rigged. In a reaction made available exclusively to...

OSINBAJO, CJN, USORO, AKPATA, OTHERS FOR LEGAL TECH CONFAB
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OSINBAJO, CJN, USORO, AKPATA, OTHERS FOR LEGAL TECH CONFAB

FEATURED Virtual LegalTech Conference unveils New Ecosystem for Client/Lawyer Engagement and Administration of Justice in Nigeria Post COVID-19 As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to ravage economies all around the world, there has been an increased pivot in the use and adoption of technology across several industries, where hitherto technology was a mere tool and not...

EXCLUSIVE: EGBE AMOFIN CRACKS, GAGS MEMBERS ON NBA ELECTION
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EXCLUSIVE: EGBE AMOFIN CRACKS, GAGS MEMBERS ON NBA ELECTION

BY EMEKA NWADIOKE • EGBE BLOC CONGRATULATES AKPATA, ASSURES SUPPORT • ADESINA PETITIONS NBA TRUSTEES  Cracks have emerged within Egbe Amofin O’odua ranks as a major bloc in the influential regional group has congratulated Nigerian Bar Association President-elect, Mr. Olumide Akpata on his victory at the poll. Meanwhile, there are strong indications that Egbe Amofin...

BUHARI, ATIKU, SARAKI, ODINKALU, OTHERS HAIL AKPATA
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BUHARI, ATIKU, SARAKI, ODINKALU, OTHERS HAIL AKPATA

BY EMEKA NWADIOKE Encomiums have continued to pour in for Nigerian Bar Association President-elect, Mr. Olumide Akpata over his victory at the just concluded NBA National Officers Elections. In his congratulatory message, President Muhammadu Buhari said: “I congratulate Olumide Akpata on his election as the President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), a crucial stakeholder...

ELECTION CRISIS: USORO VOWS TO UNITE AKPATA, ADESINA, OTHERS
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ELECTION CRISIS: USORO VOWS TO UNITE AKPATA, ADESINA, OTHERS

BY EMEKA NWADIOKE Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) President, Mr. Paul Usoro SAN has committed to bridge the schism that has attended the just concluded NBA National Officers Elections. CITY LAWYER recalls that one of the presidential candidates in the race, Mr. Dele Adesina SAN had in a searing petition to the Electoral Committee (ECNBA) carpeted...