Ęgbé Amòfin Oòdu’À (The Yoruba Lawyers Forum), the umbrella body of lawyers of Yoruba extraction, has raised strong concerns over the forthcoming Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Elections, calling for the use of National Identification Number (NIN) linked mobile numbers for transmission of voting credentials as against use of emails. In a communique made available to...
Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Mike Ozekhome, has been barred by the Legal Practitioners’ Privileges Committee (LPPC) from further parading or referring to himself with that title pending the conclusion of ongoing disciplinary proceedings and other cases involving him. “This action was taken pursuant to Paragraph 26(6) of the Guidelines for the Conferment of the...
A claim that an alleged boycott of the recent Egbe Amofin Annual Conference by the camp of Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) presidential candidate, Mrs. Oyinkansola Badejo-Okusanya SAN led to a poor turn-out of lawyers at the conference has sparked a viral debate among lawyers. The report, seen by CITY LAWYER, was titled “Hall Empty as...
I HAVE TAKEN A BOW FROM THE OFFICE OF THE NBA CHAIRMAN. It is with profound gratitude to Almighty Allah that I finished my 2-year term as the Chairman of NBA Ibadan Branch. I am proud to say that throughout the period of my stewardship, I projected Ibadan Bar in a positive light. Our voices...
‘YOU’VE IMPUGNED MY, AKINBORO’S INTEGRITY’ A candidate in the forthcoming Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) presidential election, Mr. Yemi akangbe SAN has told the Electoral Committee of the NBA (ECNBA) that NBA elections are compromised by insiders. Akangbe also accused the electoral committee of impugning his integrity and that of his co-contestant, Mr. Olumuyiwa Akinboro SAN....
There is palpable anxiety within legal circles as two presidential candidates have raised concerns on the forthcoming elections of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA). In separate letters to the the Electoral Committee of the NBA (ECNBA) by Messrs Yemi Akangbe SAN and Olumiywa Akinboro SAN, the candidates raised concerns about the appointment of Mikrodigital Connect...
• CEO TELLS CITY LAWYER: ‘I DON’T UNDERSTAND’ Mikrodigital Connect, the ICT entity hired to provide the electronic voting platform for the forthcoming Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Elections, has remedied its non-payment of six-year arrears of Annual Returns to the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC). CITY LAWYER investigation shows that the entity commenced payment of the...
The President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Mr. Afam Osigwe SAN has directed all branches to accord full recognition to virtual attendance in all branch matters. The directives are a direct fallout of a CITY LAWYER exclusive report which highlighted the decision by the Branch Elections Appeal Committee (North) rejecting virtual attendance of meetings...
Barely 24 hours after CITY LAWYER reported that the National Officers Election Appeals Committee (NOEAC) had overshot the deadline set by the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Constitution in treating appeals by disqualified aspirants, the committee has now resolved all pending appeals. This development was confirmed by the Electoral Committee of the NBA (ECNBA) through its...
There is a major concern with the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) appeal process for the forthcoming National Officers Elections as the fate of some disqualified aspirants hang in the balance. At least one disqualified aspirant told CITY LAWYER that the committee has failed to deliver a verdict on an appeal submitted to the National Officers...