BY CHUKWUEMEKA KENE OKEKE After several days at the NBA Annual General Conference, I can confidently confirm that these lawyers actually exist. And perhaps that is the funniest part of the NBA AGC: by the end of the conference, most of us have become at least two or three of these lawyers. So tell me,...
By Raphael Christopher NIGERIA MUST REFORM CHILD JUSTICE — NOT SIMPLY EXPAND DETENTION A NATIONAL CHILD JUSTICE EMERGENCY The revelation that approximately 26,000 Nigerian children enter custodial and remand facilities every year, that about 74% remain in pre-trial detention, and that 68% have no lawyer from their first contact with the justice system, should trouble...
WHAT’S IN A NAME? Patrick O. Okigbo III By placing Chima Ubani’s name on a hospital, Alex Otti has offered Nigeria a different measure of a life worth honouring. Governor Alex Otti has named an 80-bed hospital after Chima Ubani. The news will struggle to survive the week’s noise. A hospital has been built. A...
NBA ELECTIONS: BEYOND CONGRATULATIONS – THE TIME FOR GENUINE ELECTORAL REFORMS AND WEEDING OUT CABALS IS NOW Clement Ugo Chukwuemeka The 2026 Nigerian Bar Association presidential election has come and gone. Winners have emerged and have been duly declared by the allegedly independent Electoral Committee of the Nigerian Bar Association (ECNBA). I extend my warm...
What was meant to be a political conversation at the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Annual General Conference in Port Harcourt quickly turned into one of the liveliest sessions of the day. At the session themed “Politics, People, and Nigeria’s Future: Forget the Slogans,” Omoyele Sowore challenged both Peter Obi and Rotimi Amaechi over their records...
Registration has commenced for the eagerly awaited Nigerian Bar Association Section on Public Interest and Development Law (NBA-SPIDEL) 2026 Annual Conference. A statement signed by the Chairman of the NBA-SPIDEL 2026 Annual Conference Planning Committee (CPC), Sir Ejike Ezenwa (SAN, FCArb) urged lawyers and other stakeholders to visit the NBA-SPIDEL Stand at the NBA-AGC Exhibition...
What was meant to be a political conversation at the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Annual General Conference in Port Harcourt quickly turned into one of the liveliest sessions of the day. At the session themed “Politics, People, and Nigeria’s Future: Forget the Slogans,” Omoyele Sowore challenged both Peter Obi and Rotimi Amaechi over their records...
As legal practitioners, jurists, and policymakers assemble in Port Harcourt, Rivers State for the 66th Annual General Conference of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA AGC 2026), the Section on Public Interest and Development Law (NBA-SPIDEL) is set to host a high-impact session on public interest litigation, governance, and institutional accountability. The session will examine critical...
The President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Mr. Afam Osigwe, SAN, welcomed delegates to the 2026 Annual General Conference, describing the event as more than a yearly gathering of lawyers. He challenged members to use the conference as an opportunity to reflect on the profession’s responsibilities to the nation, strengthen the administration of justice and...
Delegates at the ongoing Nigerian Bar Association Annual General Conference 2026 themed Beyond Limits can now purchase two newly published books by Bar Leader and former NBA Port Harcourt Chairman, Cordelia Uwuma Eke at both the AWLA and Rivers State Government Exhibition booths. The publishers had earlier disclosed that the books are being offered to...