The Chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Jos Branch has described the NBA Security Agencies Relations Committee (NBA-SARC) Chairman, Chief Joe-Kyari Gadzama SAN as a juggernaut who transcends above everything noble. Speaking yesterday while addressing members of the branch during their monthly general meeting, Bawa also hinted that the leading litigator is a crowd-puller...
An aspirant for the office of Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Welfare Secretary, Mr. Ikechukwu Maximus Ugwuoke has commended Bar Leaders, Mazi Afam Osigwe SAN and Chief Anthony Mogbo SAN for their support for young lawyers. Noting that some senior lawyers “are doing their best” to ameliorate the challenges facing young lawyers, Ugwuoke said: “I was...
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There are concerns in legal circles following revelation by the Electoral Committee of the Nigerian Bar Association (ECNBA) that one of the applicants for the crucial role of “Technical Support Consultant” (TSC) played the same role in the controversial 2018 NBA Elections. The ECNBA had in a Public Notice yesterday urged NBA stakeholders to comment...
The Electoral Committee of the Nigerian Bar Association (ECNBA) has called for complaints against two firms that have applied to be Technical Support Consultant to the committee. In a Notice released today, the electoral committee stated: “We wish to invite any member of the Association who has any reason why the foregoing entities should not...
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has urged lawyers and the general public to ensure that they use the Early Bird window to register for the eagerly awaited NBA Section on Public Interest and Development Law (SPIDEL) Annual Conference. In a statement by its Publicity Secretary, Dr. Rapulu Nduka, the NBA stated that lawyers are “specially...
It was a roll-call of ‘Who is who’ in the Bar, Bench and political sphere at the burial ceremony for Pa Ubani Egbedubi Nwokocha, the father of Nigerian Bar Association Section on Public Interest and Development Law (NBA-SPIDEL) Chairman, Dr. Monday Ubani. The late patriarch of the Ubani Dynasty was interred at the weekend in...
A human rights activist and the Lead Partner at Newworth LLP, Mr. Ayo Ademiluyi has urged the Ooni of Ife, His Royal Majesty, Ooni Enitan Ogunwusi to “direct the refund of the amount owed our clients with interest which has accumulated over the years as our clients are going through hardships.” In a press statement...
Former Nigerian Bar Assocaition (NBA) Assistant Publicity Secretary, Mr. Chukwuemeka Mbamala has hailed Catholic mothers on the occasion of their Mothering Sunday. Describing mothers as “golden,” Mbamala, who is believed to be eyeing the post of Welfare Secretary in the forthcoming NBA Elections scheduled for July 16, 2022 also extended his felicitations to “all mothers...
A leading aspirant in the race for the presidency of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Chief Joe-Kyari Gadzama SAN has urged lawyers to enquire into the Bar activism records of aspirants seeking offices in the forthcoming NBA Elections. Speaking to NBA Aba Branch members at the weekend, Gadzama said: “When people tell you they want...