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...

‘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:...

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...

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...

BY EMEKA NWADIOKE * EXTENDS OLIVE BRANCH TO ADESINA, AJIBADE * SETS UP ELECTION AUDIT & REFORM COMMITTEE * THANKS USORO, ECNBA FOR STEERING THE SHIP * RESTATES ELECTORAL PROMISES Newly sworn-in Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) President, Mr. Olumide Akpata has promised to prioritize lawyers’ welfare while driving initiatives towards electoral and justice sector reforms. In his inaugural speech after...

Outgoing Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) President, Mr. Paul Usoro SAN has debunked allegations of attempts to fleece the bar association, saying that the claims are baseless. In a report by COURTROOM MAIL, Usoro deflated the allegations by outgoing NBA General Secretary, Mr. Jonathan Taidi, saying: “I couldn’t have known that you (Taidi) carry so much bile and harbour so much...

* USORO OVERRULES TAIDI, ASKS SUSPENDED STAFF TO RESUME “WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT” * NBA VP BACKS TAIDI, ASKS USORO TO COME CLEAN * DADA COUNTERS AGBAKOBA, ALERTS AKPATA There are strong indications that the administration of outgoing Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) President, Mr. Paul Usoro SAN may end up in a cloud of controversies following disagreements between top National Officers...

* USORO PREACHES UNITY AT THE BAR BY EMEKA NWADIOKE The 2020 Nigerian Bar Association Annual General Conference (NBA-AGC) kicked off today with over 21, 000 registered delegates in the first virtual conference by the association. In his address, NBA President, Mr. Paul Usoro SAN noted that while over 21,000 delegates had registered for the conference, about 25,000 delegates are...

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