The Prisoners Rehabilitation and Welfare Action (PRAWA) has partnered with the Legal Aid Council of Nigeria (LACON) and Clifford University to offer Paralegal Studies. The partnership was cemented with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) by the partner organisations. The delegation of PRAWA/LACON and International IDEA learnt during the signing ceremony that Clifford...
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• NBA ZONAL APPEAL COMMITTEES ISSUES DIVERSE DECISIONS Bar leaders have descended heavily on the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Branch Elections Appeal Committee (North) for disqualifying aspirants for branch elections on the basis that virtual meeting attendance is not recognized under the NBA Constitution. Meanwhile, there are strong indications that the NBA Appeal Committees for...
The Traditional Council of Upata Kingdom paid a landmark courtesy visit to Mrs. Cordelia Uwuma Eke, Chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association, Port Harcourt Branch, at the branch secretariat in Port Harcourt. The visit blended cultural pride with professional recognition, as Mrs. Eke is both a distinguished daughter of Upata Kingdom and the first female...
“NIGERIA’S LEGAL EDUCATION SYSTEM MUST EVOLVE OR RISK IRRELEVANCE” At the 2026 NBA Legal Education Summit, the President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Mr. Afam Osigwe, SAN, called for urgent and far-reaching reforms in Nigeria’s legal education system, warning that the profession risks producing lawyers unprepared for modern realities if decisive reforms are not implemented....
BY NGOZI PRINCE IGBO The debate surrounding the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Uniform Bye-Law, particularly on eligibility to vote and be voted for, has continued to generate intense conversations within the legal profession. At the heart of this controversy lies the decision of the NBA Election Appeal Committee (North) on virtual meeting attendance and the...
ELECTORAL ACT 2026: Nigeria’s Revised Electoral Law Expands Spending Limits, Campaign Finance By Abdulrasaq Kamaldeen As the 2027 election gradually comes closer in Nigeria, the National Assembly has taken a bold step by making a substantial revision of the Electoral Act (2026). The revision is, among other things, aimed at regulating Nigeria’s campaign finance framework....
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The First Major Casualty of Section 83 of the Electoral Act 2026 May Have Emerged The recent decision of the Federal High Court in Fubara Dagogo v. All Progressives Congress (APC) & 3 Ors., Suit No. FHC/ABJ/CS/591/2026 delivered by Justice Joyce Abdulmalik, represents a significant development in Nigeria’s pre-election jurisprudence. In that case, the court...
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria Godwin Obla Odumu has decried the incidence of conflicting judgements in the justice sector. Obla spoke while delivering a Keynote Address at the 2026 Gabriel Adikwu Annual Lecture which held in Yola, Adamawa State. He stated that the spectre of conflicting judgements was a threat to the rule of law...