The Electoral Committee of the Nigerian Bar Association (ECNBA) has stated that over 13,000 lawyers have voted in the ongoing NBA National Officers Election, even as the electoral umpire is worried that many eligible voters may not receive their voting links due to telecommunication challenges. Below is the full text of the ECNBA statement: The ECNBA can confirm that over...
EXCLUSIVE: US VENDOR TO CONDUCT NBA ELECTIONS, AS COMPLAINTS MAR VOTERS’ LIST
BY EMEKA NWADIOKE OJUKWU CALLS NEW VOTERS’ LIST A ‘FRAUD’ ‘INTERNATIONAL DIASPORA’ LISTED AS NBA BRANCH OBOLLO AFOR JUMPS FROM 39 TO 662 MEMBERS ECNBA ASSURES VOTERS AGAIN A United States based electronic voting company will conduct the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Elections, CITY LAWYER can authoritatively report. This puts to rest all speculations regarding whether the Electoral Committee of...
EDITORIAL: NBA ELECTIONS 2020 – WHY WE MUST GET IT RIGHT
In a matter of hours, the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) 2020 National Elections will get underway. Unsurprisingly, the election has attracted frenzied interest from key stakeholders. The campaigns have been electrifying. The run-up to the election has been thorny, occasionally uncertain. The compilation of the voters’ list was a near nightmare. Even on the eve of the election, the Electoral...
29,635 VOTERS TO ELECT NEXT NBA PRESIDENT
BY EMEKA NWADIOKE ECNBA PURGES 1604 NAMES FROM VOTERS’ LIST BARS FURTHER CAMPAIGNS WARNS AGAINST PARALLEL ‘HELP DESKS’ The Electoral Committee of the Nigerian Bar Association (ECNBA) has finally released the full list of verified voters for the NBA Elections commencing at 11 pm today. In its Statement No. 018, the Electoral Committee has barred further campaigns as well as...
ELECTORAL C’TE RELEASES VOTING GUIDELINES
The eagerly awaited guidelines for tomorrow’s elections have now been released by the Electoral Committee of the NBA (ECNBA). Setting out the voting protocols in its ECNBA STATEMENT NO 017, the electoral committee assured that voters would receive a certificate after voting. Below is the text of the statement: GUIDELINES FOR ELECTRONIC VOTING Ballot shall open at 11:00 PM on...
EXCLUSIVE: CONCERNS MOUNT ON VOTING PLATFORM FOR NBA ELECTION
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...
‘WE MUST PROTECT, PROJECT RULE OF LAW,’ – ALEX MUOKA
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...
‘STOP THE KILLINGS NOW!’ ADEGBORUWA TELLS BUHARI
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...
ELECTION: BRANCHES BACK OHAGBA AS NBA SCRIBE
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...
NBA ELECTION’LL BE TRANSPARENT, INCLUSIVE, FREE AND FAIR – TAWO TAWO
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...