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...
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....