Nigerian Bar Association

The Nigerian Bar Association, (NBA), has again, demanded the immediate resignation of Wole Olanipekun, Chairman of the Body of Benchers (BoB) following a disclosure by a leading partner in his chamber, Adekunbi Ogunde, that he influenced…

Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami has approved the appointment of Bulus Yakubu as acting Post-Master General (PMG) and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigeria Postal Services (NIPOST). He was appointed to replace…

A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, sitting at Maitama, on Monday, fixed October 12 to hear a preliminary objection from the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Muhammad Bello filed to dismiss a suit challenging…

The judiciary on Monday at the special session to mark the 2020/2021 new legal year highlighted what is required to clean up the industry so as to move the country forward. While the lawyers sought a clean up of the bench which it said…

I arrived home from external commitments just over a week ago to an extraordinary homecoming gift. It took the form of a movement -- sometimes angry, sometimes entrancing, poignant, sometimes strident, certainly robust in expectations but…

The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has condemned the shooting of #EndSARS protesters by soldiers in the Lekki, Lagos State. The president of NBA , Olumide Akpata, faulted the incident in a statement personally signed by him on Tuesday…

The 36 States of the Federation have approached the supreme court seeking to quash the presidential executive order No. 00-10 of 2020 which mandates state governments to fund the judiciary. President Muhammadu Buhari on May 22 signed the…

The President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Olumide Akpata, has set up an Electoral Audit and Reforms Committee to audit the body’s 2016, 2018 and 2020 elections. The Committee, headed by Ayo Akintunde, SAN, will also recommend…

BY FESTUS ADEDAYO  You may not understand what inimitable Fela Anikulapo’s early days of Koola Lobitos’ ballistics-sounding song, with the refrain, Alujanjan kijan, was about until you hear the full anecdote. It goes thus: A very…