One of the leading aspirants for the forthcoming Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) election, Mr. Olumide Akpata has set up a Help Desk for the ongoing verification exercise to enable eligible voters participate in the election. In an email sent early today, Akpata restated the publication of the final voters list by the Electoral Committee of the Nigerian Bar Association (“ECNBA”)...
ANXIETY, AS ECNBA BEGS DISQUALIFIED ASPIRANTS TO BE PATIENT
BY EMEKA NWADIOKE • SAYS VOTERS’ REGISTER STALLED HEARING OF APPEALS • PROMISES TO CONCLUDE PROCESS BY WEEKEND There is palpable anxiety among aspirants disqualified from contesting the forthcoming Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) National Elections by the Electoral Committee of the NBA (ECNBA), even as the electoral umpire has pleaded for more time to conclude the exercise. CITY LAWYER can...
NBA DUTSE MEMBERS DEFY USORO, INAUGURATE NEW EXCO
BY EMEKA NWADIOKE The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Dutse Branch has inaugurated a new Executive Committee to pilot its affairs, notwithstanding the appointment of a Caretaker Committee for the branch by NBA President, Mr. Paul Usoro SAN. With Mr. Garba Abubakar as the newly elected Chairman, the new Executive Committee was sworn-in by Mr. Sule Umar, a Notary Public. Speaking...
NBA ELECTIONS: VERIFICATION ‘HOT LINES’ GO COLD
BY EMEKA NWADIOKE Doubts were yesterday cast on the functionality of the Help Desk set up by the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) to facilitate the verification exercise for the forthcoming NBA Elections, as the hot lines were unavailable. The elections are scheduled to hold on July 29 and 30, 2020 to elect new national officers for the association. The NBA...
NBA GENERAL SECRETARY: SAN, OTHERS BACK ALEX MUOKA
EX YOUNG LAWYERS’ FORUM CHAIR, TOO The quest by former Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Lagos Branch Chairman, Mr. Alex Muoka to clinch the influential seat of NBA General Secretary received a major boost today with his endorsement by leading white-collar litigator, Mr. Chijioke Okoli SAN. A former (NBA), Lagos Branch Chairman himself, Okoli said that Muoka “unquestionably ticks all the...
CABLE TV PROFITEERING MUST CEASE NOW – ADEGBORUWA
By Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, SAN In this article, leading human rights activist, By Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, SAN argues that cable television service providers must change their billing system to a more humane model, urging the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) to wake up to its regulatory duties. It was like a movie, watching the proceedings of the Ad Hoc Committee set up by...
AMNESTY INT’L, ODINKALU, BALLASON, OTHERS SEEK ACCOUNTABILITY FOR MASS KILLINGS
Amnesty International and human rights advocates have warned that unless there is accountability for mass killings in Nigeria, the trend will not stop. Rising from the 2020 Annual Lecture of the Molluma Medico-Legal Centre held recently at House of Justice, Kaduna, the panelists noted that survivors, victims and communities affected by mass killings deserve empathy from government as well as...
NBA ELECTORAL COMMITTEE FINALLY DISQUALIFIES OGUNLANA
I WILL HEAD TO COURT, SAYS FORMER IKEJA BRANCH CHAIR Controversial NBA presidential aspirant, Mr. Adesina Ogunlana finally been disqualified from contesting the forthcoming Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Elections, CITY LAWYER can authoritatively report. Confirming the incident to CITY LAWYER, a close aide of Ogunlana, Mr. Ayo Ademiluyi however said the former NBA Ikeja Branch Chairman will “definitely” head to...
ECNBA DISQUALIFIES OBASI, SHILLINGS AGAIN, KEEPS MUM ON OGUNLANA, OTHERS
• ELECTORAL COMMITTEE SCRIBE LOSES FATHER The Electoral Committee of the Nigerian Bar Association (ECNBA) may have concluded hearing of appeals from aspirants disqualified in the forthcoming NBA Elections. There are strong indications that at least three of the appeals were unsuccessful, as the electoral committee sustained its decisions to disqualify the aspirants, including incumbent NBA Second Assistant Secretary, Miss...
AWOMOLO LETTER: WHAT SANs, BAR LEADERS, OTHERS ARE SAYING
Many Bar Leaders and lawyers have been weighing in on the recommendation by Chief Adegboyega Awomolo SAN that the next president of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) should be sourced from the rank of senior advocates. Aside from the presidential aspirants, many lawyers have also joined the fray in reacting to the controversial letter. Awomolo had in a letter to...