NEWS RELEASE In a groundbreaking partnership, the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Annual General Conference Planning Committee has confirmed that Lawya, Nigeria’s leading AI-powered legal technology platform, will provide free access to its comprehensive suite of tools to all participants of the 2025 NBA Annual General Conference, holding from August 22 to 30, 2025, at the International Conference Centre, Enugu. This...
RIGHTS ACTIVIST UBANI FAULTS LIFETIME BAN ON IBOM AIR PASSENGER
OPINION HOW LAWFUL IS THE ALLEGED LIFETIME BAN BY THE AIRLINE OPERATORS OF NIGERIA (AON) ON AN OFFENDING PASSENGER? The recent unruly conduct of passengers during domestic flights in Nigeria has raised legitimate concerns about acceptable in-flight behaviour, aviation safety, and appropriate disciplinary measures. Two recent cases stand out: that of Fuji musician, Wasiu Ayinde Marshal (Kwam 1), and Ms....
BREAKING: FG WITHDRAWS CRIMINAL CHARGES AGAINST KWAM1, IBOM AIR PASSENGER
NEWS RELEASE PRESS STATEMENT: DECISION TO WITHDRAW CRIMINAL COMPLAINT AGAINST MS. COMFORT EMMANSON AND TO ADDRESS RELATED MATTERS 1. In the last 48 hours, I have been in consultation with critical stakeholders in the Aviation Sector and those involved in the unfortunate incidents regarding the unruly behaviours of certain individuals at our airports of recent. 2. Though regrettable, we think...
NBA DEMANDS ‘THOROUGH INQUIRY’ INTO IBOM AIR PASSENGER FIASCO
NEWS RELEASE THE TREATMENT OF MS. COMFORT EMMANSON BY IBOM AIR WAS RECKLESS AND VIOLATED HER RIGHT TO DIGNITY OF HUMAN PERSON – NBA The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) strongly condemns the treatment of Ms. Comfort Emmanson in the incident aboard an Ibom Air flight on 10 August 2025 and the subsequent lifetime flight ban imposed on her by Ibom...
NBA-SPIDEL SETS UP PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION COMMITTEE TO CHALLENGE IMPUNTY
NEWS RELEASE NBA-SPIDEL SETS UP PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION COMMITTEE TO CHALLENGE IMPUNTY AND LAWLESSNESS Sequel to the decision of the President of the Nigerian Bar Association appointing a Transitional Committee for the Nigerian Bar Association Section on Public Interest and Development Law (NBA-SPIDEL), the Chairman of the Section, Prof. Paul Ananaba, SAN has constituted the Section’s Public Interest Litigation Committee...
NBA REVERSES SELF, INCLUDES MIDWEST PRESIDENTIAL ASPIRANTS IN AGC DEBATE
Barely 24 hours after CITY LAWYER reported the exclusion of Midwest presidential aspirants in the high-profile debate slated for the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Annual General Conference, the leadership of the NBA has rectified the situation. CITY LAWYER had yesterday reported the exclusion of former NBA First Vice President, John Aikpokpo-Martins and former NBA Third Vice President Amanda Demechi-Asagba from...
‘EGBE AMOFIN LEADERSHIP IS ILLEGAL, CAN’T MAKE ANY BINDING DECISION,’ SAYS NBA PRESIDENTIAL ASPIRANT FOLUKE DADA
A presidential aspirant in the forthcoming Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Elections, Prof. Foluke Dada-Lawanson has queried the legitimacy of the Mr. Isiaka Olagunju SAN-led Egbe Amofin O’odua, adding that she would not abide by the association’s decision to back Mr. Olumuyiwa Akinboro SAN as its sole aspirant for the NBA Presidency. In a statement she personally made available to CITY...
ANAMBRA AG, IGP AND POWERS OF ATTORNEY-GENERAL IN CRIMINAL PROSECUTION UNDER NIGERIAN LAW
BY MONDAY UBANI CLARIFICATION ON THE POWERS OF THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL IN CRIMINAL PROSECUTION UNDER NIGERIAN LAW Colleagues, Let us be guided by the clear provisions of the law before making public statements on the powers of the Attorney-General (AG) in criminal prosecution. The Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended) grants the AG wide prosecutorial powers no...
NBA PRESIDENCY: EGBE AMOFIN’S CONSENSUS PLAN IN TATTERS AS YEMI AKANGBE REJECTS AKINBORO’S ENDORSEMENT
Plans by Egbe Amoofin Oodu’a to hammer out a consensus arrangement for the forthcoming 2026 Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Elections has again met a brick wall as another presidential aspirant has rejected its endorsement of Mr. Olumuyiwa Akinboro SAN as its sole aspirant. In a statement on the endorsement, presidential aspirant and former NBA Lagos Branch Chairman, Mr. Yemi Akangbe...
NBA SHUTS OUT MIDWEST PRESIDENTIAL ASPIRANTS FROM AGC ‘DEBATE’
There are strong indications that the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) may have micro-zoned the presidency of the association in the forthcoming elections to the South West bloc. This indication emerged at the weekend as the association shut out at least two aspirants from the MidWest bloc from the high-profile Annual General Conference (AGC) ‘debate’ slated for presidential aspirants. The controversy...