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...
FORMER NBA NATIONAL OFFICER OKEY OHAGBA LAUDS EASTERN BAR FORUM ON QUARTERLY MEETING, ELECTIONS
NEWS RELEASE EASTERN BAR FORUM QUARTERLY MEETING/COUNCIL ELECTIONS, 2025 YENAGOA, BAYELSA STATE: A NOTE OF FELICITATION Your Excellency, Aniekan Akpan, I write to convey my profound message of goodwill to you and our esteemed Governing Council of the Eastern Bar Forum as your administration winds down at this quarterly meeting holding in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State. Under your visionary stewardship, the EBF...
NBA-AGC: ABIA STATE AG, IKECHUKWU UWANNA, TO SPEAK ON DISRUPTIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
NEWS RELEASE The Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice of Abia State, Mr. Ikechukwu Uwanna, is set to speak at the 2025 Nigerian Bar Association Annual General Conference (NBA-AGC) scheduled to hold in Enugu State from August 22 to 29, 2025. Uwanna will deliver a highly anticipated presentation on “Disruptive Artificial Intelligence” on Monday, August 25, 2025, where he will...
NBA PRESIDENCY: FOLUKE DADA REJECTS EGBE AMOFIN’S BACKING FOR AKINBORO, VOWS TO RUN
Former Nigerian Bar Association 2nd Vice President (2018-2020), Prof. Foluke Dada-Lawson has vowed to contest next year’s NBA presidential election notwithstanding reported endorsement of senior lawyer, Mr. Olumuyiwa Akinboro SAN by Egbe Amofin O’odua as its sole aspirant for the coveted seat. Unconfirmed reports indicate that the influential regional association of lawyers of Yoruba extraction may have thrown its weight...