The President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Mr. Yakubu Maikyau SAN has berated presidential aspirants who attended the NBA Annual General Conference (AGC) for not speaking to the issue of judicial autonomy. Maikyau spoke yesterday at the Annual Legal Year Ceremony of the Court of Appeal which held at the Court of Appeal Headquarters, Abuja. The ceremony had in...
MAIKYAU MOVES TO EXPEDITE VISAS FOR IBA CONFEREES
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) President, Mr. Yakubu Maikyau SAN has waded into the challenges facing registered conferees for the forthcoming International Bar Association (IBA) Annual Conference in Miami, Florida, USA. A statement made available to CITY LAWYER by NBA Publicity Secretary, Mr. Habeeb Lawal showed that the conferees were having challenges securing visa interview dates, adding that “The NBA...
AGC BAGS: C’TE STARTS PROBE, INVITES MEMO FROM LAWYERS
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Conference Incident Investigation Committee (NBA-CIIC) has commenced probe of the invasion of the centre where conference materials for the recent Annual General Conference were being distributed. In a statement made available to CITY LAWYER, the committee urged NBA members and the general public with useful information that may aid in the investigation “to contact the...
ETI-OSA LAWYERS FORUM HAILS MAIKYAU, SEEKS BRANCH STATUS
The Eti-Osa Lawyers Forum (ELF) has congratulated Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) President, Mr. Yakubu Maikyau SAN and other National Officers on their inauguration as the NBA National Executive Committee. In a congratulatory letter made available to CITY LAWYER and signed by ELF Chairman, Mr. M. M. A. Sanni, the Forum stated that the newly sworn-in NBA President came “at an...
NBA BLASTS NIGERIA POLICE FOR BERATING JUDICIARY
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has berated the Nigeria Police Force for stating that the judiciary is to blame for suspects reappearing in the streets after arraignment. Saying that suspects are presumed innocent until proven guilty, NBA Publicity Secretary Habeeb Lawal also alluded that “weak investigations and terrible prosecution” by the police are responsible for the discharge of suspects by...
NBA VOWS TO PROSECUTE CULRPITS OVER AGC FRACAS
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has stated that it would prosecute its members found to have been culpable in the invasion of the centre where the 2022 Annual General Conference (AGC) materials were to be distributed. In a statement made available to CITY LAWYER by NBA Publicity Secretary, Mr. Habeeb Lawal, NBA President, Mr. Yakubu Maikyau SAN said that “the...
SENIOR ADVOCATE DIES SUDDENLY IN ABUJA
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mr. Charles Ihua-Maduenyi is dead. The Coordinator of the 2021 Class of Senior Advocates, Mr. Ade Agbola SAN told CITY LAWYER that Ihua-Maduenyi died this afternoon in Abuja. The Port Harcourt based senior lawyer was a Commissioner under Peter Odili and Celestine Omehia administrations. An unimpeachable source told CITY LAWYER that the deceased went to...
ADR SOCIETY APPOINTS OBEGOLU AS PATRON
Bar Leader and former Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) General Secretary, Mr. Emeka Obegolu SAN has been appointed the Patron of National ADR Society. A statement made available to CITY LAWYER indicated that the appointment was in “extreme gratitude for your (Obegolu’s) show of support in such short timing, and in high appreciation of your good office.” Continuing, the association wrote:...
‘I WAS SEVERELY PERSECUTED AS NBA GENERAL SECRETARY, ‘ SAYS ODUAH
Immediate past Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) General Secretary Joyce Oduah has said that she “was severely persecuted by those who unjustly tried to bring me down for same reason.” In a “Thank You” message to NBA members made available to CITY LAWYER, Oduah who had a running battle with the NBA leadership in the twilight of her tenure, said that...
NBA KADUNA BRANCH HAILS MAIKYAU ON INAUGURATION
The Executive and Members of the Nigerian Bar Association, Kaduna Branch heartily felicitates with Yakubu Chinoko Maikyau, SAN FCIArb on his assumption of office as the 31st President of the Nigerian Bar Association. The Branch also congratulates the Members of the Executive led by Yakubu Chinoko Maikyau, SAN FCIArb who have also assumed their various offices. It is our wish...