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No fewer than 75 lawyers who sought to take the coveted rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) have had their hopes dashed, even as 31 others smile home with the sought-after trophy

By Our Correspondent ·        Says ECNBA Not Independent, ‘has not done its homework’ ·        Demands Full Disclosure ·        Raps NBA GenSec for ‘excess of eagerness’ Human rights czar and former Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), Prof. Chidi Anselm Odinkalu has taken a swipe at the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) leadership for meddling in the affairs...

By Our Correspondent The ICT Partner selected by the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) to anchor the forthcoming general elections of the association has as its Chairman, a co-director with one of the leading presidential candidates, CITY LAWYER MAGAZINE can authoritatively reveal. The role was performed by Grace Infotech Limited, owners of the Law Pavillion trademark,...

PRESS RELEASE 11th May, 2018 The National Judicial Council under the Chairmanship of the Honourable Mr. Justice Walter Samuel Nkanu Onnoghen, GCON, at its 86th Meeting, which was held on 8th and 9th May, 2018, recommended the under-listed names of twenty-one (21) successful candidates as Heads of Courts and Judicial Officers for the Federal/State High...

By Anderson Ogaga Djegbada In Nigeria, it is axiomatic that when an accused person is found guilty of a crime, he is convicted and sentenced to a term of imprisonment and/or fined. In the end, one realizes that the main victor is the state, as one more criminal is taken off the street, while she,...

Over 40 jurists are expected to feature at this year’s Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Lagos Branch Law Week which kicks off tomorrow with a health walk. Aside from the plethora of topical legal issues to be dissected at the two-day plenary sessions holding on Thursday and Friday at City Hall, Lagos, the Law Week will...

The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has bestowed an award on veteran prison reform activist and Founder/Executive Director of Prisoners’ Rehabilitation and Welfare Action (PRAWA), Dr. Uju Agomoh. The award was conferred on her at the recent criminal justice summit hosted by the NBA Criminal Justice Reform Committee (NBA-CJRC) at Asaba, Delta State “for outstanding contribution...

Nigerian B a r Association (NBA) President A b u b a k a r Mahmoud (SAN) has restated the association’s commitment to a transparent electoral process in the country. He spoke at this year’s Founders Day lecture of the Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (NIALS) held at the Nigerian Judicial Institute, Abuja. According...

The Independent National Electoral Commission says the Kano State Independent Electoral Commission which organised the controversial local government poll in February didn’t completely use INEC’s voters’ register.

Lawmakers at the Senate plenary yesterday kicked against the newly reframed election sequence bill to pass second reading. Unlike the first election sequence bill rejected by President Muhammadu Buhari, this new bill seeks to reorder the election with Governorship/State Houses of Assembly elections coming first, followed by the National Assembly election with Presidential election coming...