A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Dr. Monday Onyekachi Ubani, has criticised the organisation of the Nigerian Bar Association’s 66th Annual General Conference in Port Harcourt, saying the event fell below expected standards and exposed serious shortcomings in logistics and planning. Speaking on Sunrise Daily on Friday, a day after publishing an interim assessment of the conference, Ubani said his criticism...
‘WE LEFT THE BAR STRONGER THAN WE FOUND IT’ – EX NBA PRESIDENT AFAM OSIGWE
VALEDICTORY SPEECH WE CAME TO SERVE. WE LEAVE A STRONGER BAR. Today, as I hand over the leadership of the Nigerian Bar Association to a new National Executive Committee, I do so with a heart full of gratitude and a deep sense of fulfilment. Two years ago, I accepted the responsibility of leading our great Association with a clear understanding...
NBA AGC: SOWORE MOCKS AMAECHI AS FLOOD DISRUPTS DELEGATES (VIDEO)
The 2027 African Action Congress Presidential candidate, Mr. Omoyele Sowore, has made mockery of former Rivers State governor, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, as flood sacked the venue of the 2026 Nigerian Bar Association Annual General Conference in Port Harcourt. Sowore, in a post on his X handle on Saturday, took a jibe at Amaechi following the emergence of a video from...
11 KINDS OF LAWYERS YOU WILL MEET AT NBA AGC
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, which one were you, and...
26,000 CHILDREN IN CUSTODY: ‘WHY NBA MUST LEAD CHILD JUSTICE REFORM’
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 the conscience of every Nigerian....
ALEX OTTI: HOW TO HONOUR CHIMA UBANI AS ACTIVIST
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 plaque has been mounted. Another...
AGENDA FOR NEW NBA PRESIDENT: ‘WHY BADEJO-OKUSANYA MUST PRIORITIZE ELECTORAL REFORM,’ BY EX NBA VP
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 congratulations to every successful candidate...
DRAMA AS PETER OBI, SOWORE, ‘ATIKU’ CLASH OVER 2027 ELECTIONS AT NBA-AGC (FULL VIDEO)
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 in government and their positions...
NBA-SPIDEL KICKS OFF EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION FOR 2026 ANNUAL CONFERENCE AT AGC
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 Centre in Port Harcourt to...
DRAMA AS PETER OBI, SOWORE, ‘ATIKU’ CLASH OVER 2027 ELECTIONS AT NBA-AGC (FULL VIDEO)
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 in government and their positions...