* SAY 2007 RPC WAS APPROVED BY BAR COUNCIL BY EMEKA NWADIOKE The controversy trailing amendment of the Rules of Professional Conduct for Legal Practitioners peaked today with the former Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) president and Chairman of its Board of Trustees, Dr. Olisa Agbakoba (SAN) stating that the 2007 amendment was endorsed by the General Council of the Bar...
CRISIS ROCKS BOSAN’S PROBE C’TE, AS GADZAMA REJECTS APPOINTMENT
* SAYS: ‘I HAVE ALREADY CONGRATULATED AKPATA’ * ‘I WANT MY OWN 2016 NBA ELECTION AUDITED, TOO’ * ASKS BOSAN TO REJIG COMMITTEE BY EMEKA NWADIOKE The crisis rocking the beleaguered committee set up by the Body of Senior Advocates of Nigeria (BOSAN) to audit the 2018 and 2020 NBA Elections peaked today with leading arbitrator and former Nigerian Bar...
‘WHY WE ARE PROBING NBA ELECTIONS,’ BY BOSAN
* GADZAMA LEADS PROBE PANEL * BOSAN THANKS ADESINA FOR NOT HEADING TO COURT The Body of Senior Advocates of Nigeria (BOSAN) has given reasons why it has set up a five-member committee to review past Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Elections, saying it needed “detailed facts” to decide on the quality of the elections and the way forward. In a...
‘LEAVE FALANA ALONE, FACE YOUR N20M TRIAL,’ LAWYER TELLS OGUNLANA
Human rights advocate, KABIR AKINGBOLU pens a rejoinder to a recent fierce attack by NBA presidential aspirant, Mr. Adesina Ogunlana on leading human rights activist, Mr. Femi Falana SAN FALANA AS A METAPHOR OF JUSTICE TO OGUNLANA’S PUERILE INCONSISTENCY THEORY Recently, Mr. Adesina Ogunlana, the embattled former NBA Ikeja Branch Chairman, said that whoever takes Mr Femi Falana SAN, serious...
BLASPHEMY: ‘DON’T EXECUTE AMINU,’ NBA WARNS GANDUJE
‘WE SHALL KEENLY MONITOR THE PROCESS’ BY EMEKA NWADIOKE The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has asked the Governor of Kano State, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje not to sign the warrant for the execution of convicted musician YAHAYA SHARIF-AMINU until he has exhausted his constitutional right of appeal against the judgement of the sharia court. In a statement by its Publicity...
‘ALL SANs AGREED TO PROBE NBA ELECTIONS,’ SAYS ADEGBORUWA
‘THERE IS A DELIBERATE ATTEMPT TO BLACKMAIL SANs’ BY EMEKA NWADIOKE A new twist has emerged in the move by the influential Body of Senior Advocates of Nigeria (BOSAN) to probe the election of Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Mr. Olumide Akpata among others. There are reports that BOSAN had at its virtual meeting yesterday resolved to set up a committee...
ANXIETY, AS BOSAN MEETS TODAY OVER DRAFT LPA BILL
BAR LEADERS QUERY INCLUSION OF SENATE PRESIDENT, SPEAKER, OTHERS BENCHERS TO TAKE OVER NBA DURING CRISIS BY EMEKA NWADIOKE There is palpable anxiety within legal circles as the influential Body of Senior Advocates of Nigeria (BOSAN) meet today to decide the fate of the controversial Legal Practitioners Act Bill. The Bill seeks to repeal and re-enact the 45-year-old Legal Practitioners...
ADESINA SURRENDERS, SAYS 4 OF 6 TRUSTEES ALLOWED PETITION
‘I WOULD HAVE RESIGNED IF I WERE AKPATA ….’ BY EMEKA NWADIOKE More insights have emerged from the recently concluded Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Elections, even as former NBA presidential candidate, Mr. Dele Adesina SAN has finally thrown in the towel in his quest to have the election cancelled. In a detailed statement titled “NIGERIAN BAR ASSOCIATION 2020 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION:...
ONDO GUV’SHIP ELECTION AND KEKEMEKE’S UNHOLY OUTBURST
In this article, ADEBOLA OLAROTIMI LEMA, a former Secretary of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Lagos Branch and Partner in the Lagos law firm of Fountain Court Partners, tackles frontline politician and former Ondo State Attorney General & Commissioner for Justice, Hon. D. Isaac Kekemeke over his recent comments on the forthcoming Ondo Governorship Election A few days ago, a...
‘MY STEWARDSHIP AS NBA PRESIDENT,’ BY USORO
BY EMEKA NWADIOKE In what may pass as a self-assessment of his legacy as the 29th President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), MR. PAUL USORO SAN went down memory lane in an address to the association’s Annual General Meeting and scored his administration highly on several fronts. Below is the full text of the address at the virtual meeting...