In a rare and forceful public intervention, Ondo State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Dr Olukayode Ajulo, SAN, has issued a blistering, intellectually rigorous rebuttal to veteran columnist, Festus Adedayo’s opinion article titled, “Aiyedatiwa’s Years of the Locusts”. The Attorney-General, who stated that he had long maintained a posture of restraint befitting his high...
Former Vice President of Nigeria, Yemi Osinbajo, has commended Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, for what he described as purposeful and people-centred leadership that is repositioning the state for sustainable growth and prosperity. A press statement signed by Ctz. Ukoha Njoku Ukoha, Chief Press Secretary to Governor Otti, noted that Osinbajo spoke on Wednesday, February...
By Oyinkansola Badejo-Okusanya “Universal Suffrage in the NBA: Strengthening Democracy, Empowering Young Lawyers” There was a time in the history of the Nigerian Bar Association when leadership was determined through a delegate system. Under that structure, only selected delegates from branches were eligible to vote in national elections. While it served its purpose in its...
The Senate on Tuesday bowed to public pressure by approving the electronic transmission of election results to the Independent National Electoral Commission’s (INEC) Result Viewing Portal (IReV). As a backup in the event of network failure, the lawmakers also permitted manual collation. The decision followed a reconsideration of a controversial provision in the Electoral Act...
By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu When he presented his budget proposals for 2024 to Nigeria’s National Assembly, the first full year of appropriations under his presidency, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu identified as his priorities human asset development, poverty reduction and fighting insecurity. Last week, his official spokesperson, Bayo Onanuga, appeared to forget or renounce that policy...
BY GODWIN EFFIONG Selective Neutrality and the Capture of NBA Leadership Hirelings of the President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Mazi Afam Osigwe, SAN, tried to defend his narrative of the “right to choose” who succeeds him and his supposed promise of neutrality during the last NEC meeting in Maiduguri, yet his actions tell a...
NEWS RELEASE ALL ASPIRANTS WERE GIVEN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY TO DISPLAY BRANDED MATERIALS AT THE MAIDUGURI NEC MEETING The attention of the Local Organising Committee (LOC) for the Maiduguri National Executive Council (NEC) Meeting of the Nigerian Bar Association has been drawn to various reports, commentaries, and interpretations arising from the presence of branded materials at...
The Egbe Amofin O’odua, the umbrella body of lawyers of Yoruba extraction, has raised the stakes in the forthcoming Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) presidential election by presenting its consensus canidate to the Eastern Bar Forum (EBF). Reaffirming its commitment to unity, inclusiveness, and collaborative leadership within the Nigerian Bar Association, the Chairman of the Governing...
The Defence Headquarters has released the full identities of sixteen officers of the Armed Forces of Nigeria linked to an alleged coup plot to remove President Bola Tinubu from office. According to the military authorities, the officers were investigated by a Special Investigative Panel set up to look into claims of serious misconduct within the...
Prominent constitutional lawyer, Dr. Monday Ubani, SAN, has declared that Abia State “saw the light in 2023” with the election of Governor Alex Chioma Otti, insisting that the state is not prepared to “return to Egypt” after witnessing purposeful and people-centered governance. In a strongly worded endorsement, Ubani described Governor Otti’s emergence in 2023 as...