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Nigerian human rights activist, lawyer, professor, writer and former chairman of National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Chidi Odinkalu, has accused president of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Yakubu Maikyau SAN of being partisan. Odinkalu made the accusation following the invitation of President Bola Tinubu to the NBA Annual General Conference (AGC) by Maikyau at MKO […]
Continue ReadingNigerian Bar Association (NBA) Section On Public Interest Law, NBA-SPIDEL, has set up a team to examine the legality of the Federal Government’s imposition of N1,000 annual proof of ownership fee on vehicle owners. Nigerian government had through the Joint Tax Board, recently come up with a policy making it compulsory for N1,000 to be […]
Continue ReadingThe Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) said it has identified seven lawyers, including a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) that influenced judges to issue conflicting court orders, especially on political matters. The seven lawyers, according to the President of the NBA, Mr Olumide Apata, were found culpable by the investigation committee set up by the association. […]
Continue ReadingNational Executive Council (NEC) of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has resolved to file a petition against the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami SAN, and Mr Emmanuel Iyanna, the Chief Magistrate in Abuja, who issued a search warrant for security officials to search the home of a Supreme Court […]
Continue ReadingI had once expressed the view that the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), an organisation I am a member of, needs to do more in the struggle against corruption in Nigeria. I had posited an inverse relationship between the rule of law and corruption and expressed the view that the NBA was not doing enough in fighting corruption. […]
Continue Reading“The manifestation of the wind of thought is not knowledge; it is the ability to tell right from wrong, beautiful from ugly. And this, at the rare moments when the stakes are on the table, may indeed prevent catastrophes, at least for the self.” – Hannah Arendt Shortly after 07:00 hours, Lucy (real name protected), received a […]
Continue ReadingBuhari’s address at the 2018 NBA annual conference “As you will recall, this administration’s emergence marked the first successful civilian transition in Nigeria’s democratic history, following the outcome of the 2015 General Elections. “Given the enormity of the challenges we inherited and the yearnings of a citizenry earnestly desirous of a new way of running […]
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