Fiery human rights activist, EBUN-OLU ADEGBORUWA SAN x-rays the recent Nigerian Bar Association Elections and warns that the incoming administration must take a hard look at the poll in order to make progress At its National Executive Council (NEC) meeting of 20th August, 2020, the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) was briefed on efforts made by all stakeholders to resolve the...
OVERCROWDING: CONTROLLER GENERAL HAILS CORRECTIONAL SERVICE ACT
• SAYS 33, 000 FCT COVID-19 CONVICTS DID COMMUNITY SERVICE The Controller General of Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS), Mr. Ja’afaru Ahmed has expressed his commitment to ensure that the Nigerian Correctional Service Act 2019 “is fully implemented,” adding that “we are on course and on top of the situation.” Speaking yesterday during a virtual conference on “Overcrowding of Custodial Centres...
ADESINA LOSES AGAIN, AS NBA TRUSTEES THROW OUT PETITION
BY EMEKA NWADIOKE Erstwhile Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) presidential candidate, Mr. Dele Adesina SAN has lost his bid to upturn the election of Mr. Olumide Akpata as the 60th President of the association. In a ruling dated August 19, 2020 and obtained by CITY LAWYER, the trustees noted that they received responses from the Electoral Committee of the NBA (ECNBA);...
UNILAG CRISIS: SENATE TEAM VISITS BUHARI, DUMPS BABALAKIN-LED COUNCIL
A delegation of the University of Lagos Senate today visited President Muhammadu Buhari to express their grievances over the controversial sacking of Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe as vice chancellor by the university’s council led by famous corporate lawyer, Dr. Wale Babalakin SAN. Led by former Dean, Faculty of Law, Prof. Chioma Agomo, the team also met with the Minister of State...
‘I’M NOT SURPRISED AKPATA WON’ – CHIJIOKE OKOLI
BY EMEKA NWADIOKE Bar Leader and former Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Lagos Branch Chairman, Mr. Chijioke Okoli SAN has given a pass mark to the just concluded NBA Elections, saying he is not surprised that tier-one solicitor, Mr. Olumide Akpata won the presidential poll. In an interview with CITY LAWYER, the fiery litigator stated that circumstances conspired to hand-over the...
ECNBA APPEARS BEFORE TRUSTEES, REPLIES ADESINA
BY EMEKA NWADIOKE • CONTRADICTS ITSELF ON NUMBER OF VERIFIED VOTERS • SET TO SUBMIT CLEAN LIST OF VERIFIED VOTERS TO BOT • ELECTIONBUDDY SUBMITS CERTIFIED RESULTS • ‘AUDIT WILL IDENTIFY EVERY VOTER, CHOICES’ • ‘THERE IS ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT,’ SAYS TAWO There are strong indications that the Electoral Committee of the Nigerian Bar Association (ECNBA) may have appeared before...
NBA TRUSTEES TO HEAR ADESINA’S ELECTION PETITION TODAY
EMEKA NWADIOKE There are strong indications that the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Board of Trustees (BOT) will today begin hearing in the petition filed by Mr. Dele Adesina SAN against the declaration of Mr. Olumide Akpata as winner of the recent NBA National Officers Elections. It is expected that the Electoral Committee of the Nigerian Bar Association (ECNBA) will appear...
SHOCKER! NBA ELECTION PORTAL RESULT TALLIES WRONG
BY EMEKA NWADIOKE • ALSO, MORE VOTERS ON PORTAL THAN ON VOTERS’ REGISTER The tally of votes on the election portal deployed for the recently concluded Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Election is incorrect, CITY LAWYER can authoritatively report. Also, the Electoral Committee of the NBA (ECNBA) uploaded more voters than the number of voters published by the committee in its...
AKPATA DISOWNS ATTACKS ON POLITICAL OPPONENTS
Nigerian Bar Association President-elect, Mr. Olumide Akpata has warned his supporters to desist from lampooning opponents while celebrating his victory at the poll. In a post trending on social media, Akpata chided “my supporters who have unnecessarily targeted and excoriated our colleagues for no just cause,” and warned that such attitude would detract from his quest to forge a united...
Leading human rights activist, MR. EBUN-OLU ADEGBORUWA SAN reviews the case of activist-lawyer Emperor Ogbonna and notes that his plight “highlights what the ordinary citizen goes through in the hands of agents of the State” “Every person shall be entitled to his personal liberty and no person shall be deprived of such liberty save in the following cases and in...