Barring any last-minute hiccup, Nigerian lawyers will head to the poll tomorrow to elect the association’s 33rd president, other national officers and members of the General Council of the Bar (GCB). The build-up to the elections has been especially feisty, not least the dramatic and unprecedented arrest barely 48 hours to the election of one...
The Court of Appeal sitting in Ibadan has decided that the controversial “Directions” issued in respect of the forthcoming Nigerian Bar association (NBA) Elections has no legal footing to stand on. In a certified copy of the judgement in an Appeal No. CA/IB/110/2026 filed by the Electoral Committee of the NBA (ECNBA) members against an...
The face-off between Egbe Amofin O’odua, the umbrella body of lawyers of Yoruba extraction, and the leadership of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) peaked at the weekend with the influential lawyers’ group asking the United States of America, United Kingdom, European Union, YIAGA Africa, Transition Monitoring Group (TMG) and other invited observer groups to steer...
No less than 82,213 lawyers are eligible to elect the next Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) President in an election billed to hold on July 18, 2026. According to an email to NBA members seen by CITY LAWYER, the voters are spread across 139 NBA branches. Meanwhile, the electoral committee reports that “Six hundred and seventy-one...
Many Bar Leaders have aligned with the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) and the Electoral Committee of the NBA (ECNBA) to reject the “Directions” issued by the Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Prince Lateef Fagbemi SAN regarding the forthcoming NBA Elections. However, a few have thrown their weight behind the nation’s Chief Law Officer. Among the...
The simmering fire-fight between the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Prince Lateef Fagbemi SAN and the leadership of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) snowballed yesterday when both NBA and the Electoral Committee of the NBA (ECNBA) issued separate statements rejecting the “directions” issued by the nation’s Chief Law Officer. CITY LAWYER had...
The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Prince Lateef Fagbemi SAN has directed the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) to postpone its forthcoming elections to August or to a date thereafter. According to a document obtained by CITY LAWYER, the directive arose from a peace-building initiative undertaken by Fagbemi as the Leader of the...
The Electoral Committee of the Nigerian Bar Association (ECNBA) has released the branch-by-branch list of eligible voters for the forthcoming NBA Elections. Apparently in a bid to assuage concerns of some stakeholders that the elections may not be free, fair and credible, the committee stated that the unveiling of the voters list is “to ensure...
Human rights lawyer and former Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission, Prof. Chidi Odinkalu, has alleged that certain vested interests are attempting to manipulate the upcoming Nigerian Bar Association presidential election by trying to ensure that one candidate runs unopposed. The NBA is expected to elect its 33rd president next month, with three Senior...
EDITORIAL Nigerian lawyers are nearly unanimous in asserting that one of the best policies concerning Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Elections is the introduction of universal suffrage. The credit belongs squarely to the Augustine Alegeh Administration (2014-2016). It is perhaps fortuitous that Mr. Afam Osigwe SAN was the General Secretary during that administration. Accordingly, he is...