BY EMEKA NWADIOKE ‘NO CAUSE FOR ALARM,’ SAYS ECNBA There are strong indications that the Electoral Committee of the Nigerian Bar Association (ECNBA) is making frantic efforts to fortify the NBA Election Portal and deploy it for the election now shifted to commence tomorrow evening. The electoral committee had in its latest statement moved the election from midnight today to...

The Rule of Law is sacrosanct in any democratic Society. Consequently, it must be protected and projected at all times. The entrenchment of the Rule of Law in Nigeria is in our interest because the Law and legal practitioners can only thrive where the Rule of Law thrives. It is instructive that the motto of the Nigerian Bar Association is...

BY EBUN-OLU ADEGBORUWA, SAN In the course of last week, both Chambers of the National Assembly took up the issue of failing security across the land. Whilst the Senate asked that the service chiefs be sacked, the House of Representatives interacted with the security agencies. It is now clear to all and sundry, at least from the comments and contributions...

The political fortunes of consummate Bar-man and former Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Assistant General Secretary, Mr. Okey Ohagba has received a major boost with his endorsement by the eight branches in Rivers State. Rising from a stakeholders meeting last Wednesday, the Bar Leaders unanimously declared support for the candidacy of Ohagba for the office of NBA General Secretary in the...

At today’s meeting of the Electoral Committee of the Nigerian Bar Association (ECNBA) with candidates and other stakeholders, ECNBA Chairman, MR. TAWO TAWO SAN in his welcome address assures all that the committee is leaving no stone unturned to deliver free and credible polls  ECNBA UPDATE ON THE NBA NATIONAL OFFICERS ELECTIONS 2020 PRESENTED AT THE STAKEHOLDERS INTERACTIVE SESSION HELD...

BY EMEKA NWADIOKE * BAYO OJO, PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES, OTHERS SPEAK * OVER 30,000 VOTERS TO ELECT NEXT NBA PRESIDENT * ECNBA BLASTS AKPATA FOR ‘OPEN LETTER’  * AKPATA REPLIES ECNBA, INSISTS NBA PORTAL IS ‘VULNERABLE’ * ECNBA WARNS CANDIDATES AGAINST ELECTION ‘HELP DESKS’ The Electoral Committee of the Nigerian Bar Association (ECNBA) today held a virtual meeting with candidates in...

Firebrand human rights activist, Mr. Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa SAN has declared that the three presidential candidates in the race for the coveted NBA Presidency are qualified to mount the saddle. In a statement released today titled “NBA ELECTIONS 2020,” the prominent senior lawyer therefore urged eligible voters to vote “purely in the fear of God and according to your conscience.” The...

Leading Nigerian Bar Association presidential candidate, Mr. Babatunde Ajibade SAN has vowed that he will reengineer the technology ecosystem in the legal industry if elected President come July 30. Unveiling “Opportunities for Lawyers,” a cutting-edge online portal designed to connect lawyers to latest life-changing opportunities around the world, Ajibade observed that “Technology has become a part of everyday life in...

BY EMEKA NWADIOKE The controversy trailing the adoption of Mr. Dele Adesina SAN as the preferred candidate of the influential Arewa Lawyers Forum (ALF) deepened at the weekend, with the Nigerian Bar Association, Shendam Branch Chairman, Mr. Gabriel Tsenyen washing his hands off the exercise. Stating that he only got wind of the adoption via a Facebook post, Tsenyen vowed...

The Electoral Committee of the NBA (ECNBA) has made good its promise to meet with candidates in the forthcoming NBA Elections. The electoral committee in a statement scheduled the meeting to hold tomorrow at 5 pm. The sole agenda for the meeting is “Update on the Elections.” The full text of the statement is below: Please TAKE NOTICE that the...