BY EMEKA NWADIOKE The Electoral Committee of the Nigerian Bar Association (ECNBA) has published the manifestos of candidates for the forthcoming NBA Elections on the association’s website, exactly 21 days prescribed by the NBA Constitution (as amended). The manifestos are hosted here. Paragraph 2.3(h) of the Second Schedule to the NBA Constitution provides that “The Electoral Committee shall collate all...
VACANCIES: OYO STATE JUSTICE MINISTRY NOW HIRING
The Oyo State Government is set to recruit personnel for her two ministries. Details of the recruitment exercise as obtained by CITY LAWYER are below: OYO STATE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION VACANCIES Applications are invited from suitably qualified candidates for appointment into various ministries as indicated below STAFF VACANCIES IN THE MINISTRY OF JUSTICE STAFF VACANCY IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, SCIENCE...
‘SANship NO LONGER MARK OF LEGAL EXCELLENCE,’ SAYS ADEGBORUWA
By Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, SAN In this article, leading human rights activist, EBUN-OLU ADEGBORUWA, SAN argues that while the process leading to award of SAN title is increasingly meritorious, the rank is no longer the ultimate barometer for measuring legal excellence On July 4, 2019, the Legal Practitioners Privileges Committee, LPPC, rolled out the names of thirty-eight legal practitioners deserving to...
‘POSTPONE NBA ELECTIONS NOW,’ BAR LEADERS, SBL, EX-YLF CHAIR TELL ECNBA
SAY NBA ICT TEAM IS MANIPULATING VERIFICATION PROCESS ASK ELECTORAL C’TE TO WAIVE VERIFICATION, BRANCH DUES WORRY ABOUT NON-DISCLOSURE OF VOTING FRAMEWORK BY EMEKA NWADIOKE A major twist has emerged in the run-up to the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) National Officers Elections as some Bar leaders and the NBA Section on Business Law have asked the Electoral Committee of the...
‘NBA IS CONTROLLING YOU TO RIG ELECTION,’ ONU WARNS ECNBA
SAYS VERIFICATION MODEL WILL FOSTER FAKE VOTERS ‘SAFEGUARD YOUR GOOD NAME,’ ONU TELLS TAWO TAWO BY EMEKA NWADIOKE The Co-Convener of Open Bar Initiative, Mr. Silas Onu has petitioned the Chairman of the Electoral Committee of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) over the exclusion of his name and that of his colleague from the voters’ register for the forthcoming NBA...
KUNLE ADEGOKE OKAYS SOKOYA AS NBA PUBLICIST
Popular lawyer and telecoms litigation expert, Mr. Kunle Adegoke has endorsed Mr. Olayinka Sokoya to win the race for Publicity Secretary of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) come July 30, 2020. In a statement made available to CITY LAWYER, Adegoke who is also active in the election petitions circuit noted that having x-rayed the professional and personal lifestyle of the...
GENERAL SECRETARY: ODUAH GETS ECNBA’S NOD TO RUN
Former Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Treasurer, Joyce Oduah has his chances of clinching the post of General Secretary boosted at the weekend with the green light given to her by the Electoral Committee of the NBA (ECNBA). The electoral committee listed the erstwhile NBA Lagos Branch Publicity Secretary as one of the candidates to compete for the influential General Secretary...
NBA PRESIDENCY: OLUJINMI, CLARKE, PINHEIRO BACK ADESINA TO WIN
A leading presidential candidate in the forthcoming Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) National Elections, Mr. Dele Adesina SAN has received double endorsements by key senior lawyers, including a former Attorney General & Minister of Justice. Throwing his weight behind Adesina, former Nigeria’s chief law officer, Chief Akin Olujinmi SAN described him as “a dynamic, well-informed, focused, respectable and above all, courageous...
DAUDU BACKS OKEY OHAGBA TO WIN NBA GEN SEC RACE
The political fortunes of Port Harcourt-based Bar-man and candidate for the post of Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) General Secretary, Mr. Okey Ohagba brightened at the weekend following his endorsement by Mr. Paul Babatunde Daudu, scion of former NBA President, Mr. Joseph Daudu SAN. The erstwhile NBA helmsman is recognised as a major power broker in NBA politics.
‘HOW ECNBA CAN AVOID RIGGING OF 2020 ELECTIONS,’ BY ODINKALU
Human rights advocate and former Chairman of National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), Prof. Chidi Odinkalu has predicted that the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) National Officers Elections scheduled to open on July 29 will be rigged. In an article titled “The 2020 Elections of the Nigerian Bar Association Will Be Rigged: Here is How,” Odinkalu outlines perceived gaps in the ongoing...