Workers’ Day: NBA President demands prosecution of oil subsidy crooks
The President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Yakubu Maikyau (SAN) has demanded increased accountability on subsidy spendings while calling for prosecution of crooks in the subsidy scheme. He…
Alleged rights violation: 50 testimonies so far heard by Panel in N/East – Official
April 3, 2023 The Panel on Human Rights Violations in Counter-Insurgency Operations in North-East Nigeria (SIIP North East) has so far heard 50 testimonies in its facts finding mission, following…
NBA seeks exclusion of corrupt INEC staff from guber polls
March 8, 2023 The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), to exclude its staff engaged in malpractices during the Feb. 25 elections from participating…
Pre-election litigation: INEC one of the most litigated against agencies in Nigeria, joined in 1,241 cases
February 10, 2023 …Solicits NBA’s support in handling numerous electoral cases The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has sought support of the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA) in handling its numerous…
NHRC inaugurates panel on human rights violations in Counter-Insurgency operations
Feb. 7, 2023 The National human rights commission (NHRC) on Tuesday inaugurated a special investigative panel on alleged human rights violations in Counter-Insurgency operations in the North east. Following the…
P&ID Scam: Court Grants Ex-Lagos Attorney-General, Shasore’s Application to Travel Abroad, Adjourns Till Feb.21
Jan. 17, 2023 Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Monday granted an application filed by a former Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Lagos…
Customary Court Judge abducted on way to work, ex-Assemblyman too in Edo
The President of Igueben Area Customary Court, His Honour, Mrs Precious Aigbonoga, was Monday morning reportedly abducted in Ugoneki, on her way to Court in Igueben Local Government Area of…
Doctors beat journalists 5-1 in novelty football match; ascribes victory to fitness
The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), on Saturday ascribed its 5-1 victory over the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) in a novelty football match in Abuja, to fitness of its players….
Maikyau, new NBA President, promises electoral reform; four female lawyers make cabinet
History was made Friday as the newly elected 31st President of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, Yakubu Chonoko Maikyau, SAN was sworn in, thus ending the tenure of Olumide Akpata….
NBA crisis worsens: Suspends proposed Constitutional amendment; Oduah fights back
The crisis rocking the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, has worsened as the body of lawyers suspended its proposed Constitutional amendment due to a  pending litigation from a member from Abia…