• Says Less than 20% of Members Verified • Queries List Used for Verification • ‘Help Desk is Helpless’ • ‘ECNBA Lacks Transparency’ • Our Members are Getting Restive, Says Ikwuazom There are ominous signs that the Nigerian Bar Association (Lagos Branch) may head to court to challenge any attempt to disenfranchise its members from voting in the forthcoming NBA...

The Nigerian Bar Association is set to launch a fund to support members affected by violence in the North East. Below is an NBA statement on the matter: INVITATION TO THE LAUNCH OF NIGERIAN BAR ASSOCIATION SUPPORT FUND FOR LAWYERS AFFECTED BY INSURGENCY IN THE NORTH EAST NIGERIA The NBA will be launching a Support Fund for our colleagues who...

The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) is set to hold a “Town Hall Meeting” in Port Harcourt to forge a roadmap for peace and development in the Niger Delta zone. Below is a statement on the meeting: INVITATION TO THE NIGERIAN BAR ASSOCIATION ONE-DAY TOWN HALL MEETING ON THE NIGER-DELTA Dear Sir/Madam, The Nigerian Bar Association invites you to a 1-day...

Early signs that the forthcoming Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) will be explosive emerged yesterday as former NBA President, Chief Wole Olanipekun warned the Mr. Abubakar Mahmoud SAN-led NBA to shelve any plan to amend the association’s controversial constitution. In a letter dripping with angst and discomfiture, the go-to lawyer expressed disappointment at the situation,...

Newly elected Chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Ikorodu Branch, Mr. Bayo Akinlade has accused the association of being “corrupt, rotten and ineffective.” In a statement released today, Akinlade, who also doubles as the Convener of Fight Against Corruption in the Judiciary (FIACIJ) also reviewed the ongoing NBA voter verification exercise and scored it low. Below is the full...

Former National Human Rights Commission Chairman, Professor Chidi Odinkalu has lampooned the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) and its electoral committee for the hiccups that have attended the verification exercise for this year’s National Officers election. Below is the full statement as sent to CITY LAWYER: Good morning colleagues, I have lost count of the number of people who have tried...

• Hiccups Mar Exercise • Lawyers Seek Extension • Fake Website Casts Pall on Process The long-awaited verification exercise for the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) National Officers Election got off to a faulty start last night with many lawyers yet to be verified as at press time. Investigations by CITY LAWYER indicated that many lawyers are having sundry challenges in an...

Former Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) General Secretary, Chief Emeka Obegolu has urged lawyers to elect Chief Arthur Obi Okafor SAN as the next NBA President. In a statement made available to CITY LAWYER and titled “A New Bar Beckons,” Obegolu who is also the Vice President of Pan Africa Lawyers Union (PALU), said:

Lawyers are by their training, gentle and honourable men, that is why we go by the title: ‘Gentlemen of the Bar’. It is a long-standing and welcomed tradition, that all lawyers in Nigeria and the world at large maintain certain standard of behavior in the conduct of their professional lives.

Lawyers under the aegis of Anambra State Indigenous Lawyers Forum (ASILF) have commended Anambra State Governor, Chief Willie Obiano for rejecting the controversial ranching being proposed by the Federal Government.