Barring any last-minute hiccup, Nigerian lawyers will head to the poll tomorrow to elect the association’s 33rd president, other national officers and members of the General Council of the Bar (GCB). The build-up to the elections has been especially feisty, not least the dramatic and unprecedented arrest barely 48 hours to the election of one of the service providers for...
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NBA ELECTIONS: ‘HAGF LACKS POWER TO ISSUE DIRECTIVES,; SAYS APPEAL COURT
The Court of Appeal sitting in Ibadan has decided that the controversial “Directions” issued in respect of the forthcoming Nigerian Bar association (NBA) Elections has no legal footing to stand on. In a certified copy of the judgement in an Appeal No. CA/IB/110/2026 filed by the Electoral Committee of the NBA (ECNBA) members against an injunction by a High Court...
‘STAY AWAY FROM NBA ELECTIONS,’ EGBE AMOFIN WARNS US, EU, UK, YIAGA AFRICA, OTHERS
The face-off between Egbe Amofin O’odua, the umbrella body of lawyers of Yoruba extraction, and the leadership of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) peaked at the weekend with the influential lawyers’ group asking the United States of America, United Kingdom, European Union, YIAGA Africa, Transition Monitoring Group (TMG) and other invited observer groups to steer clear of the forthcoming NBA...
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‘POSTPONE ELECTION BY 2 WEEKS OR PAY HEAVY PRICE,’ EGBE AMOFIN WARNS NBA
NBA ELECTIONS: EGBE AMOFIN O’ODUA REJECTS MISGUIDED NEC DECISION, DEMANDS TWO-WEEK POSTPONEMENT TO SAFEGUARD CREDIBILITY AND TRANSPARENCY The Minority Has...
THE BAR AT A DEFINING MOMENT: WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH NIGERIAN BAR ASSOCIATION NATIONAL ELECTIONS?
By Sylvester Udemezue (1). INTRODUCTION The 2026 NBA national officers elections are no longer simply about choosing new officers. They...
FIDA GLOBAL PRESIDENT ENDORSES AUDREY CHINELO OFOEGBUNAM AS NBA WELFARE SECRETARY
I am pleased to express my strong support for Chinelo Audrey Ofoegbunam in her bid for the office of National...
‘NBA CRISIS: THE IMPERATIVE OF FREEDOM OF ASSOCIATION,’ BY BOLAJI AYORINDE
The chicken has come home to roost, as they say. The current crisis in the Almighty one body of lawyers...
SENIOR LAWYER ENAMHE ENDORSES BADEJO-OKUSANYA FOR NBA PRESIDENCY
I have watched with philosophical calmness in the past months the campaigns for the office of the NBA President 2026...
DSS FREES SERVICE PROVIDER’S CEO AS NBA-NEC VOWS NO GOING BACK ON SATURDAY’S ELECTIONS
The Department of State Services (DSS) has released the Managing Director of the Nigerian Bar Association’s (NBA) election service provider...