Tag: Nigerian Bar Association
FG approves 7 ministerial regulations on Nigerian Content
SEVEN Nigerian Content Ministerial Regulations have been approved and gazetted, making them subsidiary legislations that can be implemented by the Nigerian Content Development and...
‘Nigeria needs total restructuring, not break-up’
Dr Paul O. Ebiala is the Chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Calabar branch. In this interview with Legal Editor JOHN AUSTIN UNACHUKWU,...
NBA holds section on legal practice June 16
The 2021 Annual Conference of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Section on Legal Practice is scheduled to hold between June 13 and 16, 2021...
VP Osinbajo, CJN, Justice Muhammad to attend NBA-SPIDEL Confab
The executive of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) and branch chairmen have been urged to ensure full participation and support in the forthcoming SPIDEL...
NIN-SIM Linkage: Disquiet over FG’s breach of court’s order
AKEEM NAFIU writes that lawyers have condemned Federal Government’s non-compliance with a court’s order extending the period of NIN-SIM linkage by two months. The...
Strike continues until our demands are –JUSUN, PASAN
The leadership of the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria and Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria in Oyo State says the strike continues until their...
Sanwo-Olu meets NBA, JUSUN leaders
Lagos Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu is holding a crucial meeting with leaders of the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) and Nigerian Bar Association (NBA).
The...
Implement Judicial Autonomy, Senate Tells Governors
Nigeria's 36 state governors have been urged by the Senate to immediately grant full autonomy to the judiciary to avoid the collapse of the...
JUSUN strike splits Lagos NBA branches, Akpata intervenes
LAGOS - The directive by the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) President, Mr. Olumide Akpata to NBA branches to pay a “visit” to Governors’ offices...
Rochas Okorocha Spends Night In EFCC Custody Over N7.9 billion Fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission is yet to release Senator Rochas Okorocha following his arrest yesterday.
The ex-Imo State governor, the first high profile...
FG, telcos to meet over court ruling on SIM blocking deadline
The Federal Government will be meeting with telecommunications operators and other key stakeholders in the sector over the recent court judgement halting the government...
Shoot-on-sight order: Extra-judicial killing by another name?
Following the shoot-on-sight order given by President Muhammadu Buhari and some governors, a former Vice-President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Monday Onyekachi Ubani,...
NBA calls on Obaseki to review COVID-19 curfew in Edo
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Benin branch, has called on Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki to review the 10p.m. to 6a.m. curfew imposed in...
Kidnapped Onitsha NBA Chairman Found
Barrister Francis Onwuachi, the Chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association, Onitsha branch, has been killed by his abductors.
Onwuachi, President General of Omor, a community...
NBA president protests as NJC screens appeal court judge nominees •Full...
The last may not have been heard on the scandal rocking the screening of candidates for appointment to Nigeria’s Court of Appeal, as it...
How jailed prophet helped 82 inmates regain freedom
Barely four months after he was convicted and sentenced to a two-year jail time, Prophet Israel Ogundipe, has assisted 82 persons incarcerated unjustly to...
NBA seeks probe of IGP Monitoring Unit
The Nigerian Bar Association, Epe branch has urged the Inspection-General Of Police, (IGP) Mohammed Adamu to investigate activities of the Monitoring Unit under his...
Wanted: Innovative processes for justice delivery
Benin-based lawyer, Douglas Ogbankwa writes that in the face of indequate funding of the judiciary, justice sector stakeholders must find creative ways to keep...
How jailed prophet helped 82 inmates regain freedom
Barely four months after he was convicted and sentenced to a two-year jail time, Prophet Israel Ogundipe, has assisted 82 persons incarcerated unjustly to...
IGP’s tenure extension: NANS backs Buhari, faults NBA on legal action
The National Association of Nigerian Students has backed the decision of President Muhammadu Buhari to extend the tenure of Mohammed Adamu as Inspector-General of...