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...
OPINION REVITALIZING NIGERIA’S NIGHTLIFE ECONOMY: A STRATEGIC PATHWAY TO ECONOMIC GROWTH, JOB CREATION, CRIME REDUCTION, AND URBAN RENEWAL Addressed to: All Executive Governors of the 36 States of the Federation The Honourable Minister, Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja Federal and State Commissioners for Economic Planning, Youth Development, Tourism, Culture, Security, and Urban Renewal From: Dr....
NEWS RELEASE Governor Mohammed Umaru Bago of Niger State Must Withdraw Unconstitutional Order Shutting Down Badeggi FM Immediately – NBA The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) strongly condemns the directive issued by Governor Mohammed Umaru Bago of Niger State ordering the immediate shutdown of Badeggi FM 90.1, a privately‑owned radio station in Minna. The action, implemented...
By Abdul Mahmud One month ago, in Abuja, a small circle of friends, literary enthusiasts, human rights activists, politicians, public intellectuals and thinkers gathered to listen to Chidi Odinkalu read from his latest offering, The Selectorate: When Judges Topple the People. It was a private reading, but the ideas Chidi graciously espoused belong in the public domain....
The Igede ethnic group has formally placed a request before the National Assembly to join the proposed Ogoja State. The quest for the creation Ogoja State is led by the convener of Ogoja State Movement, Papa Dorn Cklaimz Enamhe and Mr. Johnny Agim SAN. The Igede group has requested to separate from Benue and be...
NEWS RELEASE The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) is pleased to announce that His Excellency, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, GCFR, former President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, has confirmed his attendance and Chairmanship of the Opening Ceremony at the upcoming NBA Annual General Conference 2025 scheduled to hold in Enugu State. This confirmation followed a courtesy...
THE NIGERIAN BAR ASSOCIATION, IKEJA BRANCH (TIGER BAR) – ANNUAL LAW WEEK 2025 FELICITATION! I write to convey my warmest felicitations to the Adeniyi Quadri led EXCO, the Law Week Planning Committee, and the entire members of NBA Ikeja Branch (The Tiger Bar) on the occasion of your 2025 Law Week, themed “Preserving the Legal...
IN THE CASE OF SENATOR NATASHA AKPOTI-UDUAGHAN VS THE SENATE AND OTHERS BY CASMIR OJUKWU I. INTRODUCTION The judgment of Hon. Justice Binta Nyako delivered on 4th July 2025 at the Federal High Court, Abuja, has sparked widespread public discourse, particularly concerning her Lordship’s observations on the six-month suspension imposed on Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan by...
A LAYMAN’S GUIDE TO UNDERSTANDING HON. JUSTICE BINTA NYAKO’S JUDGMENT – A TALE OF TWO ACTS OF DISOBEDIENCE: SENATOR NATASHA DISOBEYED THE SENATE RULES, AKPABIO DISOBEYED THE NIGERIAN CONSTITUTION (SENATOR NATASHA’S MISDEMEANOUR VS. AKPABIO’S FELONY) BY TONYE CLINTON JAJA A lot of commentaries have been written by lawyers on the true meaning of the judgment...
The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has mobilized 97 volunteer lawyers to defend its interim leaders against what it calls a fake lawsuit allegedly backed by the All Progressives Congress (APC). The party made this known in a statement last Tuesday, calling the legal challenge “fabricated, fraudulent, and politically motivated.” Mr. Mohammed Sheriff, who leads the...