NEWS RELEASE The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Electoral Reform Committee, chaired by Dr. Monday Onyekachi Ubani, SAN, on Monday, 18th August 2025, formally presented its expanded electoral reform recommendations to the NBA President, Mr. Afam Osigwe, SAN, at the Association’s National Secretariat in Abuja. The delegation included the Committee Secretary, Mr. Lawrence Ebewele, alongside members...
A MATTER OF TRUTH, UNITY, AND HONOUR: REBUTTAL TO MR. AKANGBE’S CASTIGATION OF EGBE AMOFIN’S ADOPTION PROCESS By Muritala Oladimeji Abdul-Rasheed The recent public statement by Mr. Lateef Omoyemi Akangbe, SAN, purporting to “set the records straight” on the adoption of Aare Olumuyiwa Akinboro, SAN, as the consensus candidate of Egbe Amofin O’odua for the...
NEWS RELEASE PRESS STATEMENT: DECISION TO WITHDRAW CRIMINAL COMPLAINT AGAINST MS. COMFORT EMMANSON AND TO ADDRESS RELATED MATTERS 1. In the last 48 hours, I have been in consultation with critical stakeholders in the Aviation Sector and those involved in the unfortunate incidents regarding the unruly behaviours of certain individuals at our airports of recent....
Barely 24 hours after CITY LAWYER reported the exclusion of Midwest presidential aspirants in the high-profile debate slated for the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Annual General Conference, the leadership of the NBA has rectified the situation. CITY LAWYER had yesterday reported the exclusion of former NBA First Vice President, John Aikpokpo-Martins and former NBA Third...
A presidential aspirant in the forthcoming Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Elections, Prof. Foluke Dada-Lawanson has queried the legitimacy of the Mr. Isiaka Olagunju SAN-led Egbe Amofin O’odua, adding that she would not abide by the association’s decision to back Mr. Olumuyiwa Akinboro SAN as its sole aspirant for the NBA Presidency. In a statement she...
Plans by Egbe Amoofin Oodu’a to hammer out a consensus arrangement for the forthcoming 2026 Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Elections has again met a brick wall as another presidential aspirant has rejected its endorsement of Mr. Olumuyiwa Akinboro SAN as its sole aspirant. In a statement on the endorsement, presidential aspirant and former NBA Lagos...
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....