The Electoral Committee of the NBA (ECNBA) has made good its promise to meet with candidates in the forthcoming NBA Elections. The electoral committee in a statement scheduled the meeting to hold tomorrow at 5 pm. The sole agenda for the meeting is “Update on the Elections.” The full text of the statement is below:...
The political fortunes of Mr. Dele Adesina, one of the presidential candidates in the forthcoming Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) National Election, brightened today as the influential Arewa Lawyers Forum (ALF) has adopted him for the presidential race. In a letter dated 24th July, 2020 and signed by the forum’s Secretary, Mr. Mohammed Monguno, the ALF...
BY EMEKA NWADIOKE Former Chairman of Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Ikeja Branch, Mr. Adesina Ogunlana has vowed to go ahead with a lawsuit to determine his eligibility for the forthcoming NBA National Election, saying today’s ruling by a Lagos High Court sitting at Ikeja did not tamper with his right to institute the substantive action....
The Electoral Committee of the Nigerian Bar Association (ECNBA) has released a video to enlighten eligible voters on how to engage in the verification exercise. The 2:22 minutes long video outlines the step-by-step procedure required to complete the verification exercise on the NBA website. It is recalled that the electoral committee had in its latest...
BY EMEKA NWADIOKE • WARNS THAT GRANT OF ORDER WILL ‘CAUSE ANARCHY’ • SAYS COURT LACKS JURISDICTION TO HEAR MATTER • ‘THIS APPLICATION WILL TRUNCATE NBA ELECTION IF…’ • ‘WE HAVE DONE NOTHING WRONG’ The Nigerian Bar Association has asked the Lagos High Court to dismiss the suit brought by controversial former NBA Ikeja Branch...
The National Industrial Court in Lagos has ordered the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and NNPC Pension Fund Limited to pay harmonised pensions to NNPC retirees. Justice Elizabeth Oji gave the two defendants 90 days within which to comply with the order, while also awarding N20,000 costs against them. The judge made the order in...
BY EMEKA NWADIOKE • FATE OF ELECTION HANGS IN BALANCE • COURT SET TO HEAR SUIT FRIDAY The fate of the forthcoming Nigerian Bar Association National Officers Elections is now hanging in the balance as a Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja will on Friday hear a lawsuit brought by controversial former Chairman of the...
BY EMEKA NWADIOKE CONFIRMS CITY LAWYER REPORT Echoes of the election that brought outgoing Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) President, Mr. Paul Usoro SAN has reverberated as the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) may soon arraign suspects in the controversial election. Filed as Suit no FHC/L/118c/2020, the EFCC is, according to GAVEL INTERNATIONAL accusing the...
The Electoral Committee of the Nigerian Bar Association (ECNBA) has extended the deadline for lawyers verify their profiles for the forthcoming NBA Elections. In an ECNBA Statement No. 015 titled “Extension of verification exercise” and signed by the committee Secretary, Mrs. Cordelia Eke, the electoral body stated that the verification exercise will now end barely...
BY EMEKA NWADIOKE * SAYS NBA PORTAL IS ‘EXTREMELY POROUS,’ BEING MANIPULATED * ‘YOUR OPACITY IS A SOURCE OF CONCERN’ * WARNS THAT MANY ELIGIBLE VOTERS MAY BE SHUT OUT A leading presidential candidate in the forthcoming Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Elections, Mr. Olumide Akpata has raised alarm over what he called “looming disenfranchisement of...